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Topic 2Human Resources
Human Resource Planning
Learning Objectives• Analyse the workforce planning process• Evaluate strategies for developing future human resources• Discuss different methods of recruitment, training, appraisal
and dismissal• Describe reasons for and consequences of changing work
patterns and practices• HL – Analyse the impact on business of legal employment rights• HL – Examine how recruitment, training and appraisal can help
achieve workforce planning targets• HL – Analyse the consequences of changing work patterns and
practices on business• HL – Apply Handy’s Shamrock organisation theory
WORKFORCE PLANNING OBJECTIVES
• Identify the constraints and opportunities provided by demographic change.
• Discuss the significance of changes in labour mobility, both domestic and international.
• Compare present human resources with future requirements and evaluate strategies for developing future human resources.
• Examine how recruitment, appraisal, training, dismissal and redundancies enable the firm to achieve workforce planning targets.
What is workforce planning?
The process of assessing a company’s current and future labour needs. You must consider: •Overall employee numbers •The skills that will be required within the business
Workforce planning also involves managing any training and recruitment process to ensure the organisation has the right staff in place.
Audit – check on the skills and qualifications of all
existing employees
Plan – think ahead and establish the number of skills of the workforce
required
Two Main Stages
Forecasting the number of staff required
Depends on several factors• Forecasting demand for the
product• Productivity levels of staff• Objectives of the business• Changes in law regarding
workers’ rights• Labour turnover and
absenteeism rate
Forecasting skills required Depends on the following• Pace of technological
change in the industry• The need for flexible or
multi skilled staff