HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
What is Human Resource Planning? - ANSWER The process of analyzing and identifying the need for and
availability of human resources so that the organization can meet its objectives.
How the company is going to grow (hiring, training)
What are HR planning responsibilities? - ANSWER Top HR executive and subordinates gather information
from other managers to use in the development of HR projections for top management to use in
strategic planning and setting organizational goals
Why is HR planning important? - ANSWER Has an impact on morale
Demographics - population is changing, baby boomers, etc
Retention, compensation, HR supporting growth
What is the purpose of HR planning? - ANSWER As organizations evolve, the people with the right skill
sets might not be here
Moving around talent vs. moving people out
Why is determining the growth/retrenchment objectives important? - ANSWER Growth/retrenchment
objectives drive the human resource plan
HR departments align the strategic human resource plan with the firm's growth/retrenchment strategy
Divestitures and mergers present new problems because staff reconfiguration, reassignment, and layoffs
may be needed
What are growth strategies? - ANSWER include recruiting, hiring and training
What are retrenchment strategies? - ANSWER include layoffs, retirement and terminations
How do you assess the external workforce? - ANSWER Economic and governmental factors
, Competitive evaluations
Changing Workforce Considerations (Aging, work/life balance)
How do you assess the internal workforce? - ANSWER Job and Skills Audit
Organizational Capabilities Inventory
What is a jobs and skills audit? - ANSWER What jobs exist now and how essential is each job?
How many individuals are performing each job?
What are the reporting relationships of the jobs?
What are the vital KSAs needed in the jobs?
What jobs will be needed to implement future organizational strategies?
What are the characteristics of those anticipated jobs?
What is an organizational capabilities inventory? - ANSWER HR - databanks - sources of information
about employees' KSAs
What are the components of an organizational capabilities inventory? - ANSWER Individual employee
demographics
Individual career progression
Individual performance data
In regards to an HR Action Plan, how do you determine HR objectives? - ANSWER Objectives should be
specified with regard to human resource utilization in the company
Objectives should be integrated with other functional objectives
Specific policies need to answer:
Where does the organization stand on internal versus external hiring?
How frequently should job requirements be evaluated?
To what extent does the organization seek to automate operations?
What policies ensure the workforce remains flexible and adaptive?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
What is Human Resource Planning? - ANSWER The process of analyzing and identifying the need for and
availability of human resources so that the organization can meet its objectives.
How the company is going to grow (hiring, training)
What are HR planning responsibilities? - ANSWER Top HR executive and subordinates gather information
from other managers to use in the development of HR projections for top management to use in
strategic planning and setting organizational goals
Why is HR planning important? - ANSWER Has an impact on morale
Demographics - population is changing, baby boomers, etc
Retention, compensation, HR supporting growth
What is the purpose of HR planning? - ANSWER As organizations evolve, the people with the right skill
sets might not be here
Moving around talent vs. moving people out
Why is determining the growth/retrenchment objectives important? - ANSWER Growth/retrenchment
objectives drive the human resource plan
HR departments align the strategic human resource plan with the firm's growth/retrenchment strategy
Divestitures and mergers present new problems because staff reconfiguration, reassignment, and layoffs
may be needed
What are growth strategies? - ANSWER include recruiting, hiring and training
What are retrenchment strategies? - ANSWER include layoffs, retirement and terminations
How do you assess the external workforce? - ANSWER Economic and governmental factors
, Competitive evaluations
Changing Workforce Considerations (Aging, work/life balance)
How do you assess the internal workforce? - ANSWER Job and Skills Audit
Organizational Capabilities Inventory
What is a jobs and skills audit? - ANSWER What jobs exist now and how essential is each job?
How many individuals are performing each job?
What are the reporting relationships of the jobs?
What are the vital KSAs needed in the jobs?
What jobs will be needed to implement future organizational strategies?
What are the characteristics of those anticipated jobs?
What is an organizational capabilities inventory? - ANSWER HR - databanks - sources of information
about employees' KSAs
What are the components of an organizational capabilities inventory? - ANSWER Individual employee
demographics
Individual career progression
Individual performance data
In regards to an HR Action Plan, how do you determine HR objectives? - ANSWER Objectives should be
specified with regard to human resource utilization in the company
Objectives should be integrated with other functional objectives
Specific policies need to answer:
Where does the organization stand on internal versus external hiring?
How frequently should job requirements be evaluated?
To what extent does the organization seek to automate operations?
What policies ensure the workforce remains flexible and adaptive?
