Man Power Planning

Manpower Planning

This is a process designed to ensure that the human resource needs of an enterprise will be constantly and appropriately met.

Objectives of Manpower planning

1) Recruitment and retention of human resources of required number and quality

2) Forecasting employee turnover,minimizing the turnover and filling up consequent vacancies

3) Meeting the needs of expansion,diversification etc.

4) To improve discipline, standards,skills,knowledge and ability

5) To assess the surplus or shortage of human resource and take measures accordingly

6) To ensure optimum use of human resources.

7) To estimate the cost of human resources.

8) To minimize the imbalance caused by non-availability of human resources.

9) To maintain good industrial relations by maintaining optimum level and structure of human relations.

Manpower planning process

This involves

1) Determination or analysis of organizational goals

2) Translation of organizational goals into man power needs. The needs of the various departments are determined here.

3) Determining the current stock of human resources in the enterprise .

4) Correction of man power shortfall or shortage.

5) Implementing the manpower chosen option.

6) Evaluation of actions taken by asking the following questions

•  Do the employees perform their tasks satisfactorily?

•  Are there new needs for human resource arising from operations

•  Do all the employees exhibit well the expected skills.

Benefits of Manpower Planning

1) It gives human resources department and manager the clear view of future human resources needs of the enterprise.

2) It helps to ensure employee's development through its training and development programmes.

3) It reduces personnel cost because it ensures that only the most essential staff are employed.

4) Employees' needs like promotion, better condition of service, transfers etc are satisfied through human resources planning.

5) It brings about the improvement of staff welfare facilities ed canteen,clinics,quarters, stores etc.

6) It helps to check redundancy.

7) It enables management to estimate total salary bills.

8) It acts as a control on corporate planning of the enterprise.