HR, workforce planning

Question 1

what are the components of a workforce plan?

Answer 1

• what workers will be needed and the skills they will need
• the cost of employment
• training

Question 2

what is a skills audit?

Answer 2

an exercise used to identify gaps within employees in the business

Question 3

what is workforce planning?

Answer 3

-predicting the future demand for staff and to match it with the supply
- it ensures there is the right number of staff, with the correct skills, at the right time.
- it can also be used to reduce number of workers. e.g.) by redundancy

Question 4

what are the advantages of having a workplan?

Answer 4

• control staffing costs
• avoid staff shortages as it will be planned for
• ensure enough products are created to meet demand by hiring correct staff
• help produce quality products due to skilled staff

Question 5

what are the disadvantages of having a workplan?

Answer 5

• employment can be carried out ineffectively by someone inexperienced or not completed in time
  -may not be able to be changed, poor when external changes occur
  -may not be detailed enough