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Dessler, Chhinzer, ColeHuman Resources
Management in CanadaCanadian Twelfth Edition
Chapter 5: Human Resources Planning
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Human Resources Planning | 5-2
Learning Outcomes• DEFINE human resources planning (HRP) and
DISCUSS its strategic importance.
• DESCRIBE four quantitative and two qualitative techniques used to forecast human resources demand.
• DISCUSS briefly the four stages used to forecast internal human resources supply and three types of market conditions assessed when forecasting external human resources supply.
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Learning Outcomes
• DESCRIBE the ways in which a surplus of human resources can be handled.
• EXPLAIN how organizations deal with a shortage of human resources.
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Human Resources Planning (HRP)
“The process of forecasting future human resources requirements to ensure that the organization will have the required number of employees with the necessary skills to meet its strategic objectives.”
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Strategic Importance of HRPHelps organization:• meet strategic goals and objectives• achieve economies in hiring new workers• make major market labour demands
successfully• anticipate and avoid shortages and
surpluses of human resources• control or reduce labour costs
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Market Labour ShortagesClick icon to add picture
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Market Labour ShortagesClick icon to add picture
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Steps in the HRP ProcessStep 3: Planning and Implementing HR Programs to
Balance Supply and Demand
Step 1: Forecasting the Availability of Candidates (Supply)
Step 2: Forecasting Future HR Needs (Demand)
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Human Resources Planning Model
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Environmental ScanningExternal environmental factors monitored include:• economic conditions • market and competitive trends• new or revised laws relating to HR• social concerns (health care, childcare, educational
priorities)• technological changes• demographic trends
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Forecasting Supply of Internal Candidates
• skills inventories and management inventories
• replacement charts and replacement summaries
• succession planning• Markov Analysis
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Skills Inventories Management Inventories
Skills inventories• summary of current employees’ education,
experience, interests, and skills • used to identify eligibility for
transfer/promotion Management inventories• summary of management employees
qualifications, skills, interests, managerial responsibilities
• used to identify eligibility for transfer/promotion
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Replacement ChartsReplacement Summaries
Replacement charts• depiction of who will replace whom in the
event of a job opening• internal candidates age, present
performance rating, and promotability status are listed
Replacement summaries• lists of likely replacements for each position• indicates relative strengths/weaknesses,
current position, performance, promotability, age, and experience
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Sample Management Replacement Chart
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Succession Planning• ensuring supply of successors for key jobs so
that careers can be effectively planned and managed
• includes:• analysis of demand for managers and professionals• audit and projection of likely future supply• planning individual career paths, career counseling• accelerated promotions• planned strategic recruitment
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Markov Analysis
• a method of forecasting internal labour supply that involves tracking the pattern of employee movements through various jobs and developing a transitional probability matrix
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Markov Analysis
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Forecasting Supply of External Candidates
Market conditions assessed:• general economic conditions
• interest rates, wage rates, inflation, unemployment rates
• labour market conditions• demographics: education levels, age,
gender, marital status• occupational market conditions
• relevant occupations (as applicable): e.g. engineers, skilled labour, accountants, etc.
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Forecasting HR Needs (Demand) Quantitative Approaches
Trend analysis• predict future needs based on past employment
levelsRatio analysis• ratio of business activity and number of employees
needed, e.g. sales revenue per salespersonScatter plot• used to determine whether two factors (business
activity and staffing levels) are relatedRegression analysis• examines the statistical relationship between
business activity and employees
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Forecasting HR Needs (Demand) Qualitative Approaches
Nominal group technique• involves a group of experts meeting face to face• steps include independent idea generation,
clarification and open discussion, and private assessment
Delphi technique• judgmental forecasting method involving outside
experts as well as organizational employees• ideas are exchanged without face-to-face interaction
and feedback is used to fine-tune until consensus is reached
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Summarizing Human Resources Requirements
Staffing table• a pictorial representation of all jobs within
the organization, along with the number of current incumbents and future employment requirements (monthly or yearly) for each
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Staffing Table
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Balancing Supply and Demand
Labour surplus• the internal supply of employees exceeds
the organization’s forecasted demand
Labour shortage• the internal supply of human resources
cannot meet the organization’s needs
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Responding to a Labour Surplus
• hiring freeze/attrition• early retirement buyout programs• job sharing• work sharing• reduced workweek• layoff• termination • leave of absence
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Human Resources Planning | 5-25
Considerations:• survivor syndrome• supplemental unemployment benefits• severance package
• pay• benefits• golden parachute• outplacement assistance
Responding to a Labour Surplus
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Responding to a Labour Shortage
Internal solutions:• transfer• promotion• employee retention
External solutions:• recruiting