Class 4 : QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MANPOWER PLANNING

Question 1

What are the four major activities to fill an empty position ?

Answer 1

1. planning
2. recrutement
3. selection
4. orientation

Question 2

quantitative : what to do (action plan) if we have to many people (surplus)

Answer 2

• layoffs
• part time work
  rudection in number of working hours per day
• early retiremenets
• jobs sharin g
• leave of absence
• resignation
• promotion

Question 3

quantitative : what to do if we have a shortage of employee

Answer 3

• external recruitment
• postponement of retirements
• call-back of retired employee
• reorganization of work assignments and tasks
• work time increase
• production increase through different technologies
• moving production elswhere
• decrease in production

Question 4

qualitative : what to do if we have a surplus of employee ?

Answer 4

• participative management
• career management
• increasing employee responsibilities

Question 5

qualitative : what to de if we have a shortage ?

Answer 5

• external recruitment
• training (internal)
• coaching

Question 6

what are the three step to fill a position ?

Answer 6

1. job analysis (job description)
2. analyse required competency (competency profile)
3. determine selection criteria (selection cirteria)

Question 7

name the difference between job analysis and job description

Answer 7

job analysis :

• collect and analyse information about job tasks and responsibilities
• about the work contact (physical)
• material used on the job
• level in the organization’s hierarchy

job description:
- synthesis of the information collected during the job analysis

Question 8

name 3 over 6 methods to collect information for the job analysis

Answer 8

1. company decuments
2. secondary source of information
3. observation (employee)
4. interview (with employees)
5. questionnaire (to employees)
6. notes taken by incumbents (people who hold positions)

Question 9

name a few facts in the content of the job description

Answer 9

• title of the position
• name of the org
• title of supervisor
• purpose of the position
• main respo
  -data written and name
  (number of employee, financial respo, respo for material, working condition)

Question 10

what are the division in a competency profile (KSAO)

Answer 10

knowledge, skills, attitudes, other

Question 11

Choosing selection criteria :
what does is allows for?

1. ____ comparison among candidates
2. comparison of candidates with the ___ ____
3. measures of the _________ required

Answer 11

1 fair
2 job profile
3 competencies

Question 12

How to choose selection criteria ?

1. importance of the competence
   - –> important or essential = ______ for beginning of job
   - —> assets = ____ provided later or possible selection criterion

Answer 12

1. necessary and training