11. HR PLANNING

HR planning is vital process for every business to become successful. It is defined as a process by which particular organisation’s management ensures that there are proper employees within the organisation. The employees must be capable of finishing tasks which help the company to achieve its goals and reach objectives.

EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE


Human resource planning has got many advantages:
• Offsets doubts and changes, helps to have right men in proper place and in the right time to start effective production
• Provides range for employee development through planned training and development
• Helps to satisfy employees by planned promotions and better benefits
• Supports budgeting tasks
• Provides forecast of redundancy in human resources management
• Helps in planning for working conditions and premises
• Develops variety of sources of human resources to fill organizational needs
• Helps to improve the productivity and turnover of company
• Makes control and contribution of human resources easier.

Without appropriate human resource planning the organization would become a completely unorganized workplace. There would occur lots of wastage, inefficiency in production and chaos within the organization.

HR CYCLE


University lecturer’s personality model according to Alec Roger’s seven points person specification (Hook & Foot, 2009):
1. Physical make-up – In terms of appearance the lecturer must keep himself tidy and clean. Physical appearance does not matter. Should look happy and present himself/herself as a friendly person. Clear communicative skills are essential.
2. Attainments – proper knowledge and skills in particular topics are essential. Appropriate level of education and experience to teach are crucial.
3. Intelligence – must have bright and analytical mind. Openness for new ideas and ability to learn different theories and critical thinking are essential.
4. Special aptitudes – must have appropriate specific knowledge but mainly in area which he/she would teach.
5. Interests – as a person who teaches, should have some wide interests and be socially active.
6. Disposition – age does not matter, for the most significant are mind abilities rather than physical ones. However maturity of mind is essential as well as good sense of humour.
7. Circumstances – should be available to students very often, however not necessarily all the time.

If the waitrose were considering opening a new store in High Wycombe, its management would need to reflect on some limitation factors and ask key labour questions:
• Availability of experienced and skilled staff
• Possibility of advertising job vacancies as well as a store itself
• Type of customers and demographics in this particular area
• Competition and its products, possibility of taking over the market
• Level of local transport and communication

Human resource planning is crucial and useful tool to appropriate management strategies within on organization. The more effort put in it, the better production results and company’s effectiveness will be achieved.


REFERENCES

Hook, C. & Foot, M. (2009). Introducing Human Resource Management. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.