Workforce Planning Flashcards
Why may new staff be needed?
To meet increasing demand for existing products.
To develop new products to satisfy demand.
To assist in opening new stores/factories.
To help enter new markets.
To respond to flexible working arrangements.
Why may existing staff be removed or leave?
To respond to falling sales/demand for products.
To take up positions with competitors or other local employers.
Because employees retire, take sick leave, go on maternity leave, and so on.
The business needs different employees with new skills.
What is the first step in workforce planning?
The organisation analyses the potential demand for its goods/services and decides how many staff are needed and what skills are required to meet this demand.
What is the second step in workforce planning?
The organisation will conduct a staffing forecast to highlight if any staff are due to leave (maternity leave, retiring etc.) and if there is a shortfall or surplus of staff.
What is the third step in workforce planning?
The organisation analyses the profile of its current workforce to determine the need for new staff and the skills that need to be developed in existing staff.
What is the fourth step in workforce planning?
If there is a surplus of staff then they may have to be removed; if there is a shortfall then the organisation ‘closes the gaps’ to ensure that it has the workforce required to provide the goods/services to meet their objectives by: recruiting and selecting new staff, training existing staff, retaining existing staff through motivation methods.
What is the fifth step in workforce planning?
Review existing staff through motivation methods.
What are the benefits of workforce planning?
Allows the organisation to analyse the labour market to predict shortages in suitably skilled staff in the future.
Allows the organisation to see when new staff are going to be required in the future.
The organisation will be able to identify any training needs.
The organisation may be able to plan for employees retiring- can identify whether or not they should be replaced.
