Human Resource Management Flashcards
What are tasks of the human resource management?
-recruit by attracting staff with correct skills/qualities to apply for vacancies.
-select best candidate to fill a vacancy and complete a job role.
-reduce staff turnover by ensuring job satisfaction to retain staff.
-run staff training and development opportunities on an on-going basis.
What are some issues of concern workforce planning?
-forecast so may not be accurate and could still end up with skills shortage or excess staffing in some areas.
-key person dependency if a worker leaves creating a staffing gap that is difficult to fill.
-trained staff may leave and go to rivals as they are a better worker with more skills.
What are some benefits of using workforce planning?
-gaps in current staffing identified so action taken to fill including relevant training or recruitment- helps to prevent staff stress.
-forecasting staffing requirements identifies potential issues with over or understaffing and need for retraining, redeployment or redundancy.
-correct staff in post so production not halted and skills/expertise available when required- helps to meet consumer demand.
