w Other examples include demographic changes, the casualisation of the work force, employee literacy, skill shortages, acquisitions, mergers and divestures, deregulation, flexible work schedules, telecommuting and outsourcing.
APPROACHES TO HUMAN
RESOURCE PLANNING
THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
w The quantitative approach sees employees as numerical entities and groups them according to age, sex, experience, skills, qualification, job level, pay, performance rating or some other means of classification.
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
w The purpose of HR planning is to ensure that a predetermined number of persons with the correct skills are available at a specified time in the future.
Trend Projection
w Trend projection or time series analysis predictions work by projecting trends of the past and present into the future.