Module-1

Manpower Planning: Meaning of HRP, Factors Affecting Manpower

Planning, Need for Manpower Planning, Process of Manpower Planning,
Importance of Manpower Planning, Obstacles in Manpower Planning,
Advantages of Manpower Planning, Successful Manpower Planning

Dr. Priyanka Wandhe

Assistant Professor
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Institute of Management Technology and Research, Nagpur
 INTRODUCTION
1. Manpower Planning could be expressed as a process by which the management
ensures the right number of people and right kind of people, at the right place , at
the right time doing the right things for which they are recruited and placed for the
achievement of goals of the organization.
2. Manpower Planning is a continuous process.
3. In the words of Colman, “Manpower planning is the process of determining
manpower requirements and the means of meeting those requirements in order to
carry out the integrated plan of the organization”
 IMPORTANCE OF MANPOWER PLANNING
1. Future personnel needs
2. Coping with change
3. Creating highly talented personnel
4. Protection of weaker sections
5. International strategies
6. Foundation for personnel functions
7. Increasing investments in human resources 
8. Resistance to change and move
 OBJECTIVES OF MANPOWER PLANNING

1. Ensure optimum use of human resources currently employed

2. Avoid imbalances in the distribution and allocation of human resources
3. Assess or forecast future skill requirements of the organization's overall objectives
4. Provide control measure to ensure availability of necessary resources when
required.
5. Control the aspect of human resources
6. Formulate transfer and promotion policies
 NEED FOR MANPOWER PLANNING

1. Manpower Planning helps in effective recruitment and selections.

2. Manpower Planning also facilitates designing of training programmes for the

employees to develop the required skills in them.

3. Manpower Planning provides lead time for procuring personnel as the lead time given

is a time- consuming process.

 NATURE & SCOPE OF MANPOWER PLANNING
1. It present an inventory of existing man power of the organization. Analysis of this
resource helps in ascertaining the status of the available personnel and to discover
untapped talent presently available with the organization.
2. Helps in determining the short fall or surplus of the resource by comparing the total
resource needs with the present supply. It also helps in projecting future HR needs.
3. Concerned with the initiation of various organization programmes depending upon
the demand and supply of human resources
4. Designing training programme for different categories of human resource.
FACTORS AFFECTING MANPOWER PLANNING
 FACTORS AFFECTING MANPOWER PLANNING

1. Organizational Growth Cycles & Planning

2. Environmental Uncertainties
3. Time Horizons
4. Type & Quality of Forecasting Information
5. Nature of Jobs Being Filled
6. Off-loading the Work
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 OBSTACLES IN MANPOWER PLANNING
1. Inaccuracy
2. Uncertainties
3. Lack of support
4. Numbers’ game (consisting of employee motivation, morale, career prospects, training avenues etc)
5. Employees Resistance
6. Employers Resistance
7. Lack of Purpose
8. Time and Expenses
9. Under Utilization of Manpower
10. Degree of Absenteeism
 ADVANTAGES OF MANPOWER PLANNING
1. Analyzing the current manpower inventory.
2. Recruitment of qualified manpower.
3. Control over manpower recruitment and training cost.
4. Increase in the overall performance of manpower.
5. Proper and effective conflict management.
6. Developing manpower training programs.
7. Creating a strategy to meet supply and demand forecasts.
8. Integrating manpower plans with organizational goals.
9. Improvement of overall labor productivity.
10. Achieve organizational goals of the organization.
11. Reducing the overall labor turnover
12. Increase the number of clients and finance with better manpower.
13. Increase in the profit due to high quality work by qualifies manpower.
 CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING

The challenges to HRP include forces that are always changing, such as employees getting sick, getting
promoted, or going on vacation. HRP ensures there is the best fit between workers and jobs, avoiding
shortages and surpluses in the employee pool.
To satisfy their objectives, HR managers have to make plans to do the following:
•Find and attract skilled employees.
•Select, train, and reward the best candidates.
•Cope with absences and deal with conflicts.
•Promote employees or let some of them go.
Investing in HRP is one of the most important decisions a company can make. After all, a company is
only as good as its employees, and a high level of employee engagement can be essential for a company's
success. If a company has the best employees and the best practices in place, it can mean the difference
between sluggishness and productivity, helping to lead a company to profitability.
 Prerequisite for successful Manpower Planning
1. The planner of human resources must be aware of the corporate objectives as manpower
planning is an integral part of corporate planning.
2. HRP responsibilities should be centralized in order to co-ordinate consultation between
different management levels.
3. All personnel records must be completed.
4. The impact of external forces like technological changes, changes in labor market
composition etc. need consideration while developing the human resource plan.
5. Time horizon of the plan must be long enough to permit any remedial action.
6. Plans must be prepared by skill levels.
Thank you….!!!