Unit 1 Flashcards
What is Manpower Planning?
It is known as Human Resource Planning. It matches the supply of manpower tot he availability of jobs within the organisation. It can be within the parent manpower planning deals with coordination, motivation and controlling various activities within the organisation.
List and Explain the 4 common function for Human Resource Planning.
- Understanding the exisiting workforce
Human Resource has to examine the background, skill set, qualification, location and other elements of the entire workforce so that they have a good idea of the pool of talent that the company has. - Forecasting for the future
Due to constant changes in business requirements, companies must understand future trends and which type of employees would be best suited for their organisation. - Recruitment and Selection
Manpower planning leads to a much more well thought out recruitment and selection pattern. Candidates with better qualification, skill set, and experience are shortlisted as employees to best suit the future needs. - Training the employees
Employees who are a part of the organisation are trained to have the best skills, knowledge and understanding about the current job as well as future requirements.
What is Manpower Planning Process?
The Human Resource Planning is a process that analyses current human resources, forecasts future requirements, identifies areas where there are gaps, and then implements a plan to tighten up those gaps.
List and explain the 4 steps of Manpower Planning Process.
Step 1: Access Current Manpower Strength
Analyse the HR strength of the organisation across factors including employee numbers, skills, qualifications, experience, age , contracts, performance ratings, titles and compensation.
Gather insights from the managers who can provide real-world feedback on the human resource issues they face, as well as areas in which they think changes are necessary.
Step 2: Forecast HR Demand and Supply
HR department will need to understand the goals of the organisation. HR managers typically look at the market or sectoral trends, new technologies that could automate certain processes, as well as industry analysis in order to gauge future requirements.
Step 3: Identify Talent Gaps and Develop Them
HR should have a clear picture of skill gaps required in the company. Considerations to plug the company’s talent gap such as upskilling an existing employee or recruiting employees.
Step 4: Intergrate plan then review and evaluate
HR will then need to integrate the Human Resources Plan with the organisational strategy. On practical level, HR will need a dedicated budget for human resources recruiting, training or redundancies, and will also need management buy-in across the business plans.
List down 4 External Environmental Factors that contribute to Manpower Planning.
- Government Regulations
- Economic Conditions
- Technological Advancements
- Workforce Demographic
How can Technological Advancements effect HR departments?
Technology can help the HR department downsize and look for ways to save money.
How can Economic conditions effect Manpower planning
The shape of the current economy can affect the talent pool, it might affect HR ability to hire anyone at all.
How can the HR department attract a new set of candidates from the younger generation?
They must hire in a different way and offer different types of compensation packages that work for the younger generation.
What are the 3 internal environment factors that contribute to Manpower Planning.
- Organisation Strategic Objectives
- Organisation culture
- Organisation Current Workforce Make Up
What are the 4 Organisation Strategic Objectives to consider?
- Succession Planning
- Workforce Mobility
- Employee Engagement
- Executive Leadership
How can Succession Planning show promise and aptitude to the employees?
It provides the employees with the training and development they need for transitioning into higher-level positions or more responsible roles within the company.
List down the 5 types of organisational culture.
- Empowered Culture
- Sales Culture
- Customer Centric Culture
- Culture of leadership Execellence
- Safety Culture
How do organisations empower their employees?
Organisations encourage employees to set their own work-related groups, make decisions and solve problems within their spheres of responsibility and authority.
What is sales culture?
Sales culture is the attitude, behaviours and habits a sales team exemplifies at a particular time and place.
Define customer centric culture
Customer culture is one in which people in a business interact with customers and non customers in a way that shows they care by solving the customers problems.
