• Audit of manpower utilization.

an exercise enables

identification of under-utilization of human resources and surplus

manpower. It may also cover motivation, attitude, productivity,

grievances and punishment studies.

Manpower audit refers to an examination andevaluation of policies, procedures and practices

todetermine the effectiveness of manpowermanagement.Manpower audit is an overall quality
control check onmanpower activities in a company.Example Acomplete manpower audit was
needed todecide whatrecruitment ortraining should becarriedout tomeet futurerequirements.

The audit should be

Proactive Reactive Informative Developmental

Objectives of ManpowerAudit

To review the organizational system and manpowersubsystem to find out efficiency of the
organization.To find out effectiveness of policies and practices.To know how various units are
functioning and howthey have been able to implement the personnelpolicies.

The other areas are :1) Recruitment & selection2) Careers & promotion3) Training &
development4) leadership5) Grievances6) welfare7) Performance appraisal8) Employee
mobility9) Industrial relations

Audit Tools

Interview Document review Questionnaire SamplingAudit Tools

Before you begin the audit process

1.Determine who will conduct the audit.Internal vs. External

2.Secure senior management commitment.

a.Are they ready to fix what’s broken, even if it costs $$$$?

b.Do they agree with the methodology?

c.Will they allow access to all departments/information?

d.Will they publicly support the process?

Before you begin the audit process…

Define the parameters.

a.Who will be audited?

b.What do you want to audit?

c.What audit tools will you use?

d.How will the process be rolled out?

e.How will results get reported?

f.Who will get the results?

4.Introduce the audit process to your managers

Benefits of ManpowerAudit

Identifies the contributions of manpower department

Classifies duties and responsibility

Finds critical personnel problem

Reduces human resource costs

Ensures timely compliance with legal requirements

Encourages greater responsibility among members

MANPOWER AUDITPROCESS PROCESS

Benefits of ManpowerAuditIdentifies the contributions of manpower departmentClassifies

duties and responsibilityFinds critical personnel problemReduces human resource
costsEnsures timely compliance with legal requirementsEncourages greater responsibility
among members