Human Resource Planning

A process through which the company anticipates future business and environmental forces.Assess the manpower requirement for future period of time.Attempts to provide sufficient manpower required to perform organizational activities.

The following HR Planning process can be adopted by any organization with necessary modifications.

Steps in general HR Planning process:

Step 1 – Determine Your Business GoalsMissionObjectivesLong-term ObjectivesShort-term Objectives

Step 2 – Scan the EnvironmentWorkforce AnalysisKey demographic employment dataand characteristics.Internal workforce trends

Internal ScanFocuses on identifying the factorswithin the department that mightaffect the HR capacity.

External ScanFocuses on identifying externalfactors that may affect workforcecapacity.

Step 3 – Conduct a Gap AnalysisCurrent and future HR requirementsneed to be projected based on an analysisof departmental goals and priorities, andenvironmental scanning.

Step 4 – Set HR PrioritiesSubsequent to an examination to thegap analysis outcomes, HR prioritiesshould be determined and the strategiesneeded to achieve desired outcomes mustbe identified by departments.

Step 5 – Monitor, Evaluate and ReportKey to assessing progress in target areas,organizational learning and improvement,and to determining future priorities.

Major Activities Required to Execute HR Plan

RecruitmentSelectionPlacementTraining and DevelopmentControlEvaluation