Human resource planning is a process that forecasts an organization's future needs for employees in terms of numbers, skills, and types of people. It involves planning both manpower requirements and manpower supply to address factors like lack of skilled resources, employee separations, changes in policies and objectives, and barriers such as being time consuming and uncertainties. The need for human resource planning stems from issues like employment levels, skill shortages, and government influence.
2. HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
HRP is a process of forecasting a firm’s future demand for and the supply of
The right type of people.
In the right number.
According to Mc.Beath, HRP is concerned with two things:
1:- planning of manpower requirements.
2:- planning of manpower supply.
3. FACTORS AFFECTING HRP
Lack of skilled resources:- This is a major problem faced by the organization .
lack of appropriate skills, abilities to execute the task is a general problem
experienced by manager.
Separation of employees:- At times employee leave and separate from the
organization due to factors like resignation, death, premature retirement.
Change in policies:- Technological changes or impact of globalization or changes
in fiscal and trade policies also affect organizational functioning.
Change in organizational objectives:- Whenever organizational plans take
different forms like expansion ,growth, diversification etc. so according to that
we have to sets different skill.
4. BARRIERS OF HRP
Time consuming
Uncertainties
Inability to plan or inadequate planning
Inferior information
Conflict between short term and long term HR needs
5. NEED FOR HRP
Employment and unemployment situation
Skill shortage
Government influence