WORKFORCE PLANNING

WORKFORCE PLANNING: SESSION

PLAN
1. Workforce planning defined
2. Incidence of workforce planning
3. Link to business planning
4. The rationale for workforce planning
5. Workforce planning issues
6. Workforce planning flowchart
 WORKFORCE PLANNING DEFINED

Workforce planning is a core process of human resource

management that is shaped by the organizational
strategy and ensures the right number of people with the
right skills, in the right place at the right time to deliver
short- and long-term organizational objectives (CIPD,
2010)
INCIDENCE OF WORKFORCE PLANNING

The CIPD (2010) research revealed that the main planning

activities were:
•Succession planning - 62%
•Flexible working – 53%
•Demand supply forecasting – 53%
•Skills audit/gap analysis – 49%
 LINK TO BUSINESS PLANNING

Workforce planning is an integral part of business

planning
 THE RATIONALE FOR WORKFORCE
PLANNING

Workforce planning provides the basis for a systematic

approach to assessing the number and type of people
needed by an organization
 WORKFORCE PLANNING ISSUES

The impact of change and the difficulty of predicting the

future
 WORKFORCE PLANNING FLOWCHART

Business plan

Forecast activity levels

Scenario planning Analysis Data collection

Demand forecast Supply forecast

Forecast of future
requirements

Action planning:
• Recruitment

• Retention
• Succession
• Talent
• Flexible working
• Learning and
development
• Downsizing

Implement

Monitor and evaluate