MANPOWER PLANNING

1. INTRODUCTION TO MPP

- MEANING - Assessment of Human Resource requirements and time and stages of requirement. Right person ---At Right place ---At Right time.

- DEFINITION - MPP is defined as the process by which management determines how an organization should move from its current manpower position to its desired manpower position.

MPP is also called human resource planning, personnel planning or employment planning.

- OBJECTIVES:
• To ensure optimum use of existing HR.
• To forecast future requirement for HR.
• To provide control measures to ensure that necessary HR are available as and when required.
• To assess the surplus and shortage of HR.
• To anticipate the impact of technology on jobs and HR.
• To determine the level of Recruitment and Training.
• To estimate the cost of HR and Housing needs of employees.
• To meet the needs of expansion and diversification programs.
- IMPORTANCE / SIGNIFICANCE:

• Future Personnel needs - excess staff (downsizing), shortage (hiring)

• Creating highly talented personnel - upgrade

• International Strategies - PCNs, HCNs, TCNs

• Foundation of personnel function - recruitment, selection, promotions

• Resistance to change and move - anywhere, anytime

• Increasing investment in human resources - Foreign Assignments

- BENEFITS

• Provide a strategic basis for making human resources decisions

• Help to plan replacements and changes in manpower competencies

• Identify the competencies needed in the present and future workforce

• Prepare for changes in workforces, such as ageing and labor turnover

• Address the changes of requirements in employees' skill-sets