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Human Resource Planning

Introduction

• Human resource planning is the continuous process of systematic planning to


achieve optimum use of an organization's most valuable asset.
• HRP is the business process for ensuring that an organization has suitable
access to talent to ensure future business success.
• Human Resource Planning is a systematic process of forecasting both the
prospective demand for and supply of manpower, and employment of skills
with the objectives of the organization.
• The HRP is closely linked to the corporate plan.
• Corporate planning includes managerial activities that set the company’s
objectives and determine the appropriate means for achieving these objectives.
• Human resource planning develops strategies for matching the skills and
size of the workforce to organizational needs. The planning system
specifically recruits, trains and restructures the staff/personnel needed to
meet business objectives and any changes within the external environment.
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• HRP facilitates the realization of the organization’s objectives by
providing the right type and right number of personnel
• It can also be termed as the method of reviewing the manpower
necessities to ensure that right kind of skills is made available to the
organization.
• The objective of HRP is to ensure the best fit between employees and
jobs while avoiding manpower shortages or surpluses.
• Human resource planning investigates all the requirements of the
organization and associated needs of management programs, policies
and the resources that are necessary to fulfil the requirements.
• Human resource plans set the bases for all human resource activities.
Importance
• It gives the company the right kind of workforce at the right time frame
and in right figures.
• In striking a balance between demand-for and supply-of resources, HRP
helps in the optimum usage of resources and also in reducing the labor
cost.
• It helps the organization to develop a succession plan for all its
employees. In this way, it creates a way for internal promotions.
• It makes the organization to evaluate the weaknesses and strengths of
personnel thereby making the management to take remedial measures.
• The organization as a whole is benefited when it comes to increase in
productivity, profit, skills, etc., thus giving an edge over its competitors.
• Human Resource Planning is required to meet the requirements of
diversification and growth of a company.
Key elements

• Forecasting recruitment needs


• There are a number of ways in forecasting your business needs, to
know the exact number of employees required to run the business.
• Factors to be considered are the economical situation of any given
country, internal and external factors of an organization and the
demand for the products.
• Evaluate Supply
• In estimating this, there are two aspects, one is the evaluation of the
internal resources and the other is the prospective or external resources.
• Among the two, external factors require extra care, these include
education, unemployment rate and law that is in existence.
• Evaluating these factors very closely will help the organization in filling
the right resources at the right time with the right skill set.
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• Supply and demand balance
• This element of Human Resource Planning is very important, as
striking a balance between these two forces will help the organization
in understanding if there is shortage or excess of employees available in
a particular group.
• It also helps in understanding as to the need of full time or part time
needs of the organization.
HRP Process
• Assessment of Current HR Supply
• Assessment of the current human resource availability in the organization is the
foremost step in HR Planning. It includes a comprehensive study of the human
resource strength of the organization in terms of numbers, skills, talents,
competencies, qualifications, experience, age, tenures, performance ratings,
designations, grades, compensations, benefits, etc.
• At this stage, the consultants may conduct extensive interviews with the managers
to understand the critical HR issues they face and workforce capabilities they
consider basic or crucial for various business processes.
• Analysis of Future HR Demand:
• Analysis of the future workforce requirements of the business is the second step in
HR Planning.
• All the known HR variables like attrition, foreseeable vacancies, retirements,
promotions, pre-set transfers, etc. are taken into consideration while determining
future HR demand. Further, certain unknown workforce variables like
competitive factors, resignations, dismissals are also included in the scope of
analysis.
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• Demand Forecast
• Next step is to match the current supply with the future demand of HR, and
create a demand forecast. Here, it is also essential to understand the
business strategy and objectives in the long run so that the workforce
demand forecast is such that it is aligned to the organizational goals.
• HR Sourcing Strategy and Implementation:
• After reviewing the gaps in the HR supply and demand, the HR department
develops plans to meet these gaps as per the demand forecast created by
them. This may include conducting communication programs with
employees, relocation, talent acquisition, recruitment and outsourcing,
talent management, training and coaching, and revision of policies.
• The plans are, then, implemented taking into confidence the mangers so as
to make the process of execution smooth and efficient. Here, it is important
to note that all the regulatory and legal compliances are being followed.

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