Human Resource Planning

Human resource planning is the term used to describe how companies ensure that their staff are the right staff to do the jobs. Sub topics include planning for staff retention, planning for candidate search, training and skills analysis and much more.

Where Does Training and Staff Development Fit With Human Resources Planning?

By Robert Bacal: Effective human resource planning allows better allocation of resources to training and staff development. Learn more about the link between HR planning and training here.

What Is HRMS (Human Resource Management System) and what is its relationship to HR planning?

By Robert Bacal: Human resource planning requires data and analyis of data to help the company predict and adapt to the future. HRMS (Human Resource Management Software) is an important tool, particularly for larger companies.

What Is Edgar Schein's Human Resource Planning and Development System (HRPD)?

By Robert Bacal: Edgar Schein maps out an extensive and detailed model for human resource planning and develpment system (HRPD). Here's a starting point.

Human Resource Planning In Health Care

By B. Ray: Human beings are the most important resources in health care. Machines and gadgets which are integral parts of health care require the human touch, expertise, and commitment for their full utility and application in delivery of health care. Therefore planning of human resources is the key to any health care provision. The objective of human resource (HR) policy is to a) attract, recruit, retain and develop competent personnel and b) create a continuously learning health care organisation.

The Next Generation of Hiring Metrics

By Charlotte Garvey: New tools and approaches are helping HR achieve a deeper understanding of the value of an organization's hiring practices. See what the new tools are and how they can help you make more effective hiring decisions.

New HR Planning Tools (Human Resources)

By Amarendra Bhushan: Human Resource Planning is a relatively traditional discipline. However the world of business is changing rapidly and new tools are necessary if we in HR are to meet these new challenges. This is a list of "New Age" HR planning tools that you might consider adding to your HR "toolkit".

Workforce Planning Resource Guide

By US Health & HS: A large and detailed guide published by the U.S. government that covers workforce planning, what is it, and why it's important to do workforce planning. Includes a planning model

Integrated line management and HR planning

By Jeff Sacht: Today's business challenges demand a focused human resources agenda. To close the gap between the "strategic-HR haves" and "have-nots," practitioners need a thoughtful, but practical approach to HR planning to connect people priorities to business priorities, clarify line ownership for HR outcomes, and reach a contract for the responsibility HR people will have across all divisions in (large) organisations. The challenge in the planning process is to deliver depth of thinking without complexity and to do it in a manner that involves line management in the process.

Human Resources - How to Become a Strategic Partner

By Robin Throckmorton: Addresses the question: How can Human Resources become a strategic partner with top management?

HR technology planning trips up

By Craig Donaldson: (Very short) While technology has become an indispensable part of the HR function, many organisations are failing to fully leverage existing HR technology investments due to a lack of planning. A recent survey of more than 65 Australian companies found that when undertaking a HR technology project, successful companies spent a minimum of 25 per cent and up to 50 per cent of project time and resources on planning.

The Search Plan: Your Road Map to the Candidate Pool

By Laura Gassner Otting, Senior Vice President, ExecSearches.com: An executive search can be a harrowing endeavor. In fact, filling a job often becomes a full time job in itself. The search plan is the foundation upon which your search will be built and therefore, must be given due time and thought before the search is begun in earnest. Learn how to get started in this informative article with contributions from other headhunters around the country.

Loyalty Complex

By Tom Wailgum: Are you doing enough to hold on to your young staff members? This article, although geared to IT staff, offers ideas for retaining all staff you want to keep.

Keep Your Best: Retention Tips

By Susan M. Heathfield: Interested in keeping your best employees when the job market rebounds? Retention will be a challenge, according to a recent study. Retention requires a competitive salary and great benefits. However, retention of your best requires a whole lot more. Employee involvement, recognition, advancement, development and pay based on performance just get you started in your quest to retain your best.

Fun and the Bottom Line: Using Humor to Retain Employees

By David Granirer: As more organizations reengineer, merge, downsize, and even capsize, employees confront uncertainty daily. The rules keep changing and since most have little control over the rules, the result is often a sense of powerlessness. This translates into increased stress, decreased wellness, demoralization, absenteeism, and lower productivity. Humor could be the cure.

Top Ten Ways to Retain Your Great Employees

By Susan M. Heathfield: Key employee retention is critical to the long term health and success of your business. Managers readily agree that their role is key in retaining your best employees to ensure business success. If managers can cite this fact so well, why do many behave in ways that so frequently encourage great employees to quit their job? Here are ten more tips for employee retention.

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