Without HR planning if people are hired and trained on an "as needed- basis staffing will suffer from a lack of continuity. Systematic approach of HR Planning involves: -.
a. Assessing Current Needs.
b. Forecasting Future Needs.
c. Formulating A Staffing Strategy.
d. Evaluating and Updating.
Assessing current needs is the first phase of HR Planning.
a. Assessing Current Needs: .
It simply involves understanding current staffing requirements and staffing situations of the company. Two important tools for such assessment are: -.
• Job analysis: - A process of determining the fundamental elements of jobs through systematic observation and analysis.
• Job descriptions: - A clear and concise summary of the duties of a specific job and the qualifications for holding it. .
Job descriptions are a useful staffing tool for productive individual-organization matches. Also by comparing updated job descriptions with the qualifications and duties of the individuals currently holding the jobs, management can understand whether the company is properly stuffed.
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Another important tool for assessing current employee needs is Computerized Personnel Inventories. With HR Information Systems---a timesaving HR decision tool is created. Privacy-protected access to the organization's HR database via computer networks helps managers and empowers employees.
Along with current need assessment, determining future HR needs is also important for management.
b. Forecasting Future Needs: .
This second phase of HR planning cycle compares: -.
• Projected demand and .
• Projected supply of employees.
Many environmental and organizational factors need to be considered for forecasting. These factors are given in detail at page 21 in the appended part of the report.
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c. Formulating a staffing strategy: .
HR planning involves following staffing strategies: -.
• Do not train employees.
• Train current employees.