Describe the Steps Involved in the Strategic Human Resources Planning Process

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Strategic Human Resource Planning (“SHRP”) is the process of linking human resources planning efforts to the company's strategic direction. It translates the organization’s overall plans and objectives into the number and types of workers needed to meet those objectives. SHRP can not exist in isolation. It must be linked to the organization’s overall strategy. The strategic planning process in an organization is both long and continuous. At the beginning of the process, a mission statement, a declaration of the reason that an organization is in business, needs to be developed. After reaching agreement on what business the company is in and who its consumers are, senior management then begins to set strategic goals by defining the objectives for the company for the next five to twenty years. After these goals are set, the next step is the strategic planning process, conducting the corporate assessment such as SWOT analysis. The analysis results in changing the company’s HRM activities. It serves as the link between the organization’s goals and the actions to ensure the company can meet its objectives. The company now must determine how it organizes, what jobs need to be done and how many and what types of workers will be required. Assessing current Human resources begins by developing a profile of the current employees. This analysis includes inventory of the workers and the skills they current possess. The completed profile of the human resources inventory can provide crucial information for identifying current or future threats to the organization’s ability to perform. To assist in the HR inventory, organization can implemented human resources management system and replacement chart. Job analysis helps HRM to determine required skills, knowledge and abilities, and make sure all the jobs in the organization ultimately must be tied to the

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