Workforce Planning Flashcards
What is workforce planning
Predicting the future demand for different types of staff and matching this with supply
How does a business highlight shortages in the workforce
Carry out a skills audit of the current workforce and identifying the gaps which become the focus of a workforce plan
Why do long term staffing issues arise
1 internal issues caused by retirement , promotion, lack of training
2 external issues caused by changes in population, government policy, competitors, availability of skills
Does workforce planning always mean recruitment
No can also mean shedding workforce through redundancy (voluntary or compulsory, early retirement, natural wastage (not replacing workers who leave)
What is the main criticism of early retirement
Loose the skills of the most experienced
What is the criticism of mass redundancy schemes
Those who choose to leave ar usually those who find it easy to find work leaving those with less useful skills
What are the main factors that influence workforce planning
1 business objectives -increasing output or opening new branches will need more employees
2 labour market changes - trends in the labour market have implications for recruitment eg less people choosing to study engineering so engineers are in short supply
3 demographic and social changes - eg aging population effects demand for product and workforce supplu
4 technological changes- this leads to changes in ways we work and skills needed many manual tasks are now carried out by computer
What are the benefits to business if they have workforce planning programmers
1 helps tackle staff shortage
2 control staffing costs
3 help ensure production of quality products
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