Work force planning

Question 1

What is workforce planning?

Answer 1

getting the right people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time to achieve the organisations objectives- method in which a business forecasts…

Question 2

How does it link to strategic planning?

Answer 2

integrated process, centralised?, questioning of existing employment structure

Question 3

components of workforce plans

Answer 3

drawn up for short medium and long term

should include a background analysis

Question 4

explain a workforce plan for overcoming a labor shortage

Answer 4

outsourcing, training, increasing automation, offering terms and conditions to attract more/better applicants, rescheduling work or increasing overtime

Question 5

explain a workforce plan for dealing with excess labor

Answer 5

flexible work, temporary workplace shutdown, relocate or retrain employees, ban/restrict overtime, redundancies

Question 6

issues in implementing workforce plans

Answer 6

employer/employee relations- communication, resistance
corporate image- poor plans= industrial unrest/damaged image
cost
training- expensive, disruptive, difficult to measure benefits

Question 7

Internal influences on workforce plans

Answer 7

corporate objectives, marketing objectives (people in right place), production objectives (innovation), finance, labor supply, motivation/organisation

Question 8

external influences

Answer 8

PESTELEMC

Question 9

What is flexible working?

Answer 9

working arrangements where employees have options in terms of working time, location and pattern of work

Question 10

Pros of flexible working to business

Answer 10

higher satisfaction/morale, better customer service, attract applicants, save fixed costs (space, recruitment), better work life balance, interest to older workers

Question 11

Cons of flexible working

Answer 11

complex to manage, tech investment, communication, remote working= motivation impact, loss of capacity, small businesses unlikely to be able to

Question 12

part time

Answer 12

employees contracted to work less than standard hour

Question 13

flexitime

Answer 13

employees have the freedom to work in anyway they choose outside set of core hours determined by employer

Question 14

compressed hours

Answer 14

employees can cover their standard working hours in fewer days

Question 15

home/remote working

Answer 15

spend all/part of their week working away from employers premises

Question 16

annualized hours

Answer 16

employees contracted hours are calculated over a year- majority of shifts allocated, remaining hours kept in reserve

Question 17

term-time working

Answer 17

employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays

Question 18

structured time off in Lieu

Answer 18

agree to give employee paid time off in lieu of extra hours they have worked (overtime) instead of extra pay

Question 19

Job sharing

Answer 19

one full time job split between 2 employers who agree hours between them

Question 20

Zero hour contract, cons

Answer 20

employed not obliged to provide minimum working hours and worker not obliged to accept work offered
- unpredictable, salaries may be cut, no job security