HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNINGPLANNING

• Right number of people with right skills Right number of people with right skills at right place at right time to at right place at right time to implement organizational strategies in implement organizational strategies in order to achieve organizational order to achieve organizational objectivesobjectives• In light of the organization’s objectives, In light of the organization’s objectives,

corporate and business level strategies, corporate and business level strategies, HRP is the process of analyzing an HRP is the process of analyzing an organization’s human resource needs organization’s human resource needs and developing plans, policies, and and developing plans, policies, and systems to satisfy those needssystems to satisfy those needs

HUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RESOURCESSTRATEGIC PLANNINGSTRATEGIC PLANNING

HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNINGPLANNING

Setting human resource objectives Setting human resource objectives and deciding how to meet themand deciding how to meet them

Ensuring HR resource supply Ensuring HR resource supply meets human resource demands meets human resource demands

HRP PROCESSHRP PROCESS• Interfacing with strategic planning and scanning the Interfacing with strategic planning and scanning the

environmentenvironment

• Taking an inventory of the company’s current human Taking an inventory of the company’s current human

resourcesresources

• Forecasting demand for human resourcesForecasting demand for human resources

• Forecasting the supply of HR from within the organization Forecasting the supply of HR from within the organization

and in the external labor marketand in the external labor market

HRP PROCESS CONT.HRP PROCESS CONT.

Comparing forecasts of demand and Comparing forecasts of demand and supplysupply

Planning the actions needed to deal Planning the actions needed to deal with anticipated shortage or overageswith anticipated shortage or overages

Feeding back such information into Feeding back such information into the strategic planning process.the strategic planning process.

EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC HUMAN EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING MODELRESOURCES PLANNING MODEL

Organizational

Objectives

Human Resource Requirements

Human Resource Programs

Feasibility Analysis

HRP MODELHRP MODEL

Strategic Human Resource Planning Strategic Human Resource Planning Links 1 & 5: HR objectives are linked to Links 1 & 5: HR objectives are linked to

organizational objectives and planningorganizational objectives and planning Designed to insure consistency between Designed to insure consistency between

organization's strategic planning process and HRP. organization's strategic planning process and HRP. So objectives of strategic plan are feasible andSo objectives of strategic plan are feasible and HR programs are designed around what HR programs are designed around what

organizational objectives and strategies require organizational objectives and strategies require in terms of human resource goalsin terms of human resource goals

EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING MODELPLANNING MODEL

Organizational

Objectives

Human Resource

Requirements

Human Resource Programs

Feasibility Analysis

1 2 3

4

5

HRP MODEL CONT.HRP MODEL CONT.

• Operational Human Resource PlanningOperational Human Resource Planning

• Steps 2,3, & 4Steps 2,3, & 4

• Ensure HRP programs are coordinated and allows the Ensure HRP programs are coordinated and allows the

organization to meet its human resource requirements. organization to meet its human resource requirements.

EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC HUMAN EXAMPLE OF THE BASIC HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING MODELRESOURCE PLANNING MODEL

Open new product

line

Open new factory

and distribution system

Develop staffing for new installation

•Production workers

•Supervisors

•Technical staff

•Other managers

Recruiting and training programs feasible

Transfers infeasible because of lack of managers with right skills

Recruit skilled workers

Develop technical training programs

Transfer managers from other facilities

Develop new

objectives and plans

Recruit managers from outside

Too costly to hire from outside

1 2 3

4

5

6

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