MBA (General)IV – Semester, Training and Development Unit I.2
Advantages of Manpower Planning
Manpower planning ensures optimum use of available human resources.
Advantages of Manpower Planning
Manpower planning
ensures optimum use of available
human resources.
It is useful both for organization and nation.
It generates
facilities to educate
people in the organization.
It brings
about fast economic
developments.
It boosts
the geographical mobility
of labor.
It provides
smooth working even after expansion
of the organization.
It opens possibility for workers for future promotions, thus providing incentive.
It creates
healthy atmosphere of encouragement and motivation in the organization.
Training becomes
effective.
It provides
help for career
development of the employees.
Steps in Manpower Planning
Predict manpower
plans
Design job description and the job requirements
Find adequate
sources of recruitment.
Give boost to youngsters by appointment to higher posts.
Best motivation
for internal promotion.
Look after
the expected losses
due to retirement, transfer and other issues.
See for replacement due to accident, death, dismissals and promotion.
Benefits of Manpower Planning
Enable the determination of personnel needs of an organization
It is an essential
component of strategic planning
It helps to ascertain
and identify critical shortages of skilled staff and take corrective action by timely recruitment, etc so as to
prevent production break-down or under- utilization of plant
capacity
An integral
part of managerial succession plan by identifying and developing potential managers
Enable organization
to cope with changes in competitive forces, markets, technology, product, etc all of which always generate changes in job contents, skill
demands, number and type of personnel
Enable the
procurement of personnel with necessary qualification, skill knowledge, work experience and proper work attitude.
Involves in selection
and development of employees well in advance so as to meet any contingencies.
Besides looking and
reacting to staff deficit, Manpower Planning is also able to identify any surplus/redundancy, if any in an organization.
Key
Points
Manpower planning or HR planning are synonymous.
Human resource
planning is the process of anticipating and carrying out the movement of people into, within, and out of the organization
Manpower Planning Process includes, manpower forecast, manpower Inventory and manpower Management
