Introduction HR Planning: Prepared By: Moin Vahora Anand Institute of Management, Anand
Introduction HR Planning: Prepared By: Moin Vahora Anand Institute of Management, Anand
Introduction
Planning the right man for right job and developing him into effective team member is an important function of every manager. It is because HR is an important corporate asset and performance of organizations depends upon the way it is put in use. HRP is a deliberate strategy for acquisition, improvement and preservation of enterprises human resources. It is a managerial function aimed at coordinating the requirements, for and availability of different types of employees. This involves ensuring that the organization has enough of right kind of people at right time and also adjusting the requirements to the available supply.
Definitions
Human resource planning is concerned with the flow of people into, through and out of the organization. HR planning involves anticipating the need for labor and the supply of labor and then planning the programs necessary to ensure that the organization will have the right mix of employees and skills when and where they are needed. Forecasting the future can be very inexact science, so human resource planning may also include multiple scenarios and contingency plans.
As a process of forecasting, developing and controlling human resources in an enterprise. This process helps the enterprise to ensure that it has right number of people and the right kind of people at the right place at the right time performing tasks for which they are most effective.
The process by which management determines how the organization should move from its current manpower position to its desired manpower position.
When HR Planning is applied properly in the field of HR Management, it would assist to address the following questions
How many staff does the Organization have? What type of employees as far as skills and abilities does the Company have? How should the Organization best utilize the available resources? How can the Company keep its employees?