Manpower Planning Essay

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Q1) Define the term “Manpower Planning”? “Manpower” or “Human Resource” may be thought of as “the total knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents and aptitudes of an organization workforce, as well as the values, attitudes and benefits of an individual involved. It is the sum total of inherent abilities, acquired knowledge and skills represented by the talents and aptitudes of the employed persons.” It can also be considered as the process of assessing an employer’s current workforce content and composition in order to anticipate future staffing requirements needed to meet business goals and requirements. Through planning, a management strives to have the right number and the right kinds of people at the right places, at the right time to do things, which result in both the organization and individual receiving the maximum long-range benefits. Manpower planning is the most valuable asset of an organization, and not the money or physical equipment. Poor manpower planning and lack of it in the organization may result in huge costs and financial losses. It may result in staff posts taking long to be filled. When there is staff shortage, the organization should not appoint staff discriminately; because of the costs implications of the other options, such as training and transferring of staff, have to be considered. (A) Forecasting -The ultimate objective of manpower planning is one of matching or fitting employee abilities to enterprise requirements with an emphasis on future instead of present arrangements. The objectives may be laid down for a short term i.e. for one year for example the short term objective may be to hire 50 persons from backward classes for purposes of training. The long- term objective may to start a new industry or to expand the market or to produce a new product or to develop its own sales force. (B)

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