5.3 Manpower Planning/HR Planning/ Workforce Planning

Question 1

Strategic Planning

Answer 1

1. Process
2. Management Determined Overall Organizational Purposes and Objectives and how they are chieved

Question 2

Manpower Planning

Answer 2

1. Matching the internal and external supply of people
2. Deciding what positions the firm will have to fill and how to fill them

Question 3

Organizing

Answer 3

Giving each subordinate specific tasks, establishing a department, delegating authority to subordinates, establishing channels of authority and communication, coordinating the work of subordinates

Question 4

Strategy and Workforce Planning

Answer 4

Workforce/Employment planning is best understood as an outgrowth of the firm’s strategic and business planning

Question 4

Trend Analysis
Ration Analysis
Scatter Plot Analysis

Answer 4

All are Forecasting Personnel Needs
1. Variation in the firm’s employment levels over the past few years
2. Making forecast based on historical ration between a causal factor and number of employees require
3. Shows graphically two variables related

Question 5

Forecasting the supply of inside candidates

Answer 5

Markov Analysis: forecast availability of internal job candidates

Which current employees are qualified or trainable for the projected openings