An overview of human resource planning

Abstract

Human Resource Planning (HRP) also termed as Manpower Planning defined as Process of evaluating as to how an organization should move from the current human resource position to its desired position. It is a process by which an organization ensures it has he right number of people, right kind of people, at the right place at the right time. For performing the right tasks ensuring its overall strategic objectives should be achieved.Manpower Planning which is also called as Human Resource Planning consists of putting right number of people, right kind of people at the right place, right time, doing the right things for which they are suited for the achievement of goals of the organization.Manpower planning is the strategy for acquisition, utilization, improvement and preservation of an enterprise's human resources. It relates to establishing the quantitative requirements of jobs determining the number of personnel required and developing sources of manpower Human resource planning may be viewed as foreseeing the human resource requirements of an organization and the future supply of human resources and making necessary adjustments between these two and organization plans, and foreseeing the possibility of developing the supply of human resources in order to match it with requirements by introducing necessary changes in the functions of human resource management. Here, human resource means skill, knowledge, values, ability, commitment, motivation etc., in addition to the number of employees. Though accomplishment of organizational objectives and goals is the primary concern of the human resource planning, concern for the aspirations of the people and their well-being has equal importance in it.

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Subhash Chandra Pandey

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Subhash Chandra Pandey (2016). An overview of human resource planning. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS), 4(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-31060