Human Resources Planning

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Course Overview

People are the critical factor in how organisations perform and success depends on how effectively we analyse and manage our people resources within the organisation. The key to this is human resource planning. Developed within the context of overall corporate strategy, HR planning is a powerful management technique. This course focuses on HR planning from a strategic viewpoint and explores, through case studies and practical examples, the application of forecasting and planning to improving efficiency and effectiveness.

Audience

Managers and HR specialists who have responsibilities for strategic planning and need to increase their knowledge of HR resource planning. It is ideally suitable for those wishing to update their knowledge of human resource planning.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• assess the techniques and tactics used in human resource planning (HRP)
• practise the application of HRP techniques in exercises and case studies
• apply your knowledge of HRP to the business planning process
• develop and implement human resource plans for your organisation.

Course Outline

DAY 1: What is human resource planning?

• the planning process

Thinking about strategy

• linking HRP to business plans
• scenario planning

Demand planning

• attendance, utilisation and efficiency
• forecasting demand

Case study

• staff forecasting with variable requirements in a retailer

Labour turnover

• measurement
• managing wastage
• improving retention

Case study

• • staff retention in a call centre
  • strategic resourcing
  Evening preparation - case study.
• DAY 2 Case study

• • right-sizing and restructuring in a financial institution

  Supply planning

• HR audits
• competency profiles
• transitional patterns
• developing a flexible organisation

Career and succession planning

• further elements in the HR plan

Labour costs

• approaches to measuring costs
• cost benefit analysis

Case study

• analysing career structures in a changing marketplace
• managing the implications of growth

Constructing the HR plan

• understanding the business context
• pulling the elements together
• implementation and action plans
• using a template to develop your own HR plan

Action planning.

Human Resources Planning / PERHRP