Role of Human Resources Planning

Human resource planning
“is the process of systematically forecasting the future demand and supply for employees and the deployment of their skills within the strategic objectives of the organization” Gold. J. 2007:197
Information should contain an appropriate mix of ‘hard’ metric based information in the short term and ‘soft’ strategic intelligence to plan for future (CIPD, 2010)

What is HR planning?
Succession planning (62%)
Flexible working
Demand-supply forecasting
Skills audit/gap analysis
Talent management (42%)
Multi-skilling
Role design
Risk management
Outsourcing
Career planning (28%)
Scenario planning (20%)
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