Human Resource Management - Planning

Human Resource Management - Planning

What does HR Plan?

The HEADCOUNT - Total number of staff in the organization.

How does HR plan?

• Job Analysis

• Job Forecasting

• Job Matching

Job Analysis

Job analysis helps to understand what tasks are important and how they are carried on.

Job analysis is the procedure to determine:

• The duties and responsibilities

• The nature of the jobs

• The qualifications, skills and knowledge to be required for an employee to perform particular job

Job analysis forms basis of HR activities such as:

• Developing effective training program

• Selection of employees

• Setting up of performance standards

• Assessment of employees (performance appraisal)

• And employee remuneration system

• Compensation plan

Job Analysis Tools are:

• Job Description

• Job Specification

Job Description include

• Duties

• Responsibilities

• Working conditions

• Required tools, materials, equipment & information to perform the job

Job Specification is the required

• Skills

• Abilities

• Credentials

• Qualifications

Job Forecasting

Job forecasting predicts how many jobs will be available in a particular trade or profession at a future point in time.

How many will retire soon?

How many will staff is enough next year?

Job Forecasting Tool

• Replacement Chart

• Skill Inventories

Skill Inventories is an information systems that contain information on:

• employee’s education

• skills

• work experience

• career aspirations

Replacement Chart list for every important position:

• who is currently occupies that position

• how long they will stay in that position

• who is now qualified for that position

• who is soon will be qualified for that position

Multiple Choice

Job Description & Job Specification is the job forecasting tool.

• True

• False

HR: What is our plan if we will have

SHORTFALLS

or

OVERSTAFFING ?

Shortfall Solution

• Hired new staff

• Retrain current staff

• Transfer staff to understaff division

• Delay retirement

• Installed productivity enhancing systems

Overstaffing Solution

• transfer extra staff

• not replacing if any staff resign

• encourage early retirement

• laying off workers

Multiple Choice

Skill inventories is a job forecasting tool.

• True

• False

Job Matching

Do you find the right person for the right job?

Job matching is the process of matching the right person to the right job based upon the individual's inherent motivational strengths.

It requires thoroughly understanding the job and the person under consideration.

Multiple Select

HRM planning process include these activities:

• Job Analysis

• Job Forecasting

• Job Matching

• Job Specification