ALPHA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

SCHOOL OF GRADGUATE STUDIES

MBA PROGRAM
IN DEPARTMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Assignment on Managing Project Human Resource

Assignment one

Prepared by: Seid Yimam Hussen

ID Number: MPM1/15/047/12

Submitted to: Dr. Worku M.

Month 2020
Addis Ababa
1. Explain step in human resource planning?
HR planning is a continuous process which starts with identification of HR objectives, move
through analysis of manpower resources and ends at appraisal of HR planning. It is a
planning process and analytical capability to measure and compare the current workforce
(supply or faces) with the future workforce (demand or space).
There are five major steps involved in human resource planning. This are:-
A. Defining organizational objectives and policies: It is the objective and policies to be
achieved in future in various fields such as production, marketing, finance, expansion and
sales gives the idea about the work to be done in the organization.
B. Forecast of personnel needs and supplies: it requires the company to outline the future of
its workforce and forecasting the employment demand. HR creates a gap analysis that lays
out specific needs to narrow the supply of the company's labor versus future demand.
C. HR programming: It is necessary to estimate the number and kinds of employees that are
expected to be with the organization after one year, two years, and three years and so on.
D. HRP implementation: After organization have analyzed, forecasted and planned, it is
critically important to put together an implementation plan to carry out the planned activities
included in the human resources plan. This will be the process of using all the information
gathered in the previous phases and devising a plan to execute the new strategies.
E. Control and evaluation of programs: It mainly involves implementation of the human
resource action plan. Human resources are allocated according to the requirements, and
inventories are updated over a period. The plan is monitored strictly to identify the
deficiencies and remove it.
2. Write the differences between recruitment and selection? Show the steps
involved in both aspects?
 Recruitment is a process of searching out the potential applicants and inspiring them to
apply for the actual or anticipated vacancy.
 Selection is a process of hiring employees among the shortlisted candidates and
providing them a job in the organization.
The Difference between Recruitment and Selection 
Comparison  Recruitment  Selection 
An activity of searching for
A process of selecting the best candidates
Meaning  potential candidates and
and offering them the job. 
encouraging them to apply. 
Negative – seeking out ways to reduce the
Positive – seeking out an increase
Approach  applicant pool until one ideal candidate is
in the applicant pool. 
identified. 
Inviting more candidates to apply Choosing the most suitable candidate and
Objective 
for a vacant position.  rejecting the rest. 
Key Factor  Advertising the job.  Appointing the candidate. 
Sequence  First.  Second. 
Vacancies are notified by the The organization makes an applicant go
organization through various through various levels (submitting a form,
Process 
sources, then an application form is writing a test, undergoing an interview, etc.)
made available to candidates.  to deem whether they’re an appropriate fit. 
The recruitment policy specifies
the objectives of recruitment, The selection policy consists of a series of
Specifications  providing rules and regulations for methods/steps/stages by which the
the implementation of the evaluation of the candidate will be done. 
recruitment program. 
Recruitment only implies
Selection involves the creation of a
Contractual communication of vacancies and
contractual agreement between the
Relation  open positions – therefore, no
employer and employee. 
contractual relation is established. 
Method  Economical.  Expensive. 

Key Differences 
1. Recruitment is the process of finding candidates for the vacant position and encouraging
them to apply for it. Selection means choosing the best candidate from the pool of
applicants and offering them the job. 
2. Recruitment is a positive process aimed at attracting more and more job seekers to apply.
Selection is a negative process, rejecting unfit candidates from the list. 
3. Of the two, recruitment is relatively simpler. Recruitment has the recruiter paying less
attention to scrutinizing individual candidates, whereas selection involves a more
thorough examination of candidates where recruiters aim to learn every minute detail
about each candidate, so they can choose the perfect match for the job. 
 4. Recruitment is less time-consuming and less economically demanding, as it only involves
identifying the needs of the job and encouraging candidates to apply for them. Selection
involves a wide range of activities, which can be both time-consuming and expensive. 
5. In recruitment, communication of vacancy is done so through various sources such as the
internet, newspaper, magazines, etc., and distributes forms easily so candidates can apply.

The process involve in both recruitment and selection

Recruitment Process
The process comprises five interrelated stages
i. Planning
ii. strategy development
iii.searching
iv. screening, and
v. Evaluation and control.
Selection Process
In order to achieve this purpose selection procedure involves many steps. These are:
i. Preliminary Interview
ii. Selection Tests
iii.Employment Interview
iv. Reference and Background Checks
v. Selection Decision
vi. Physical Examination
vii. Job Offer
viii. Contracts of Employment
3. Explain the differences among training, education and development?
The differences between training, education and development by providing you with various
referential definitions of each term.
TRAINING
 Teach a specified skill esp.by practice (Oxford Reference Dictionary, p. 1528)
 Systemic instruction and drill. (Webster)
  If the end result is a specific behavior, such as welding two metals, and the justification
for learning is to improve effectiveness of the organization in which the welder works . . .
the enterprise is training. (Curriculum for the Workplace, p. 13)
 It Specific transfer of same skills to similar settings for the purpose of addressing gaps in
skills or knowledge learning. (Dr. Simon Priest)
EDUCATION
 The knowledge and skills resulting from instruction and training (Webster)
 It is systematic instruction. (Oxford Reference Dictionary, p.448)
 Education focuses on learning new skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will equip an
individual to assume a new job or to do a different task at some predetermined future
time. (Nadler, p.6)
 When the behavior at the end of a learning experience is unknown, because it is
unknowable, and the justification for the learning is to enhance a person’s being, not
necessarily the improvement of a performance that translates easily to the improvement
of the organization’s effectiveness (though that might happen), the enterprise is called
education. (Curriculum for the Workplace, p. 13)
DEVELOPMENT
 Development activities are not job related but are oriented to both personal and
organizational growth. The focus of such activities is on broadening the learner’s
conceptual and perceptual base in areas not previously explored or experienced by the
individual. (Nadler, P.7)
 It is General transfer of similar skills to very different settings for the purposes of
improving the way people feel, think, behave, or resist learning. (Dr. Simon Priest)