Topic 2 Human Resources

1. Topic 2Human Resources Human Resource Planning

2. Learning Objectives • Analyse the workforce planning process • Evaluate strategies for developing future human resources • Discuss different methods of recruitment, training, appraisal and dismissal • Describe reasons for and consequences of changing work patterns and practices • HL – Analyse the impact on business of legal employment rights • HL – Examine how recruitment, training and appraisal can help achieve workforce planning targets • HL – Analyse the consequences of changing work patterns and practices on business • HL – Apply Handy’s Shamrock organisation theory

3. Identify the constraints and opportunities provided by demographic change. Discuss the significance of changes in labour mobility, both domestic and international. Compare present human resources with future requirements and evaluate strategies for developing future human resources. Examine how recruitment, appraisal, training, dismissal and redundancies enable the firm to achieve workforce planning targets. Workforce Planning Objectives

4. What is workforce planning? The process of assessing a company’s current and future labour needs. You must consider: • Overall employee numbers • The skills that will be required within the business Workforce planning also involves managing any training and recruitment process to ensure the organisation has the right staff in place.

5. Audit – check on the skills and qualifications of all existing employees Plan – think ahead and establish the number of skills of the workforce required

6. Two Main Stages Forecasting the number of staff required Forecasting skills required Depends on the following Pace of technological change in the industry The need for flexible or multi skilled staff Depends on several factors • Forecasting demand for the product • Productivity levels of staff • Objectives of the business • Changes in law regarding workers’ rights • Labour turnover and absenteeism rate