Workforce Planning: Where Are We Going?

Effective workforce planning ensures that the organization has the “people resources” in place that will enable it to fulfill its mission and achieve its objectives. It encompasses myriad activities relating to how employees enter into—and exit from—the organization. It looks at these functions primarily from the perspective of meeting the organization's needs, and ideally takes a long-term approach.

Through effectively performing responsibilities relating to workforce planning and development, HR professionals can grasp another opportunity to forge a strategic partnership with their client managers. In order for this to happen, HR professionals must take a deliberate and consistent approach to workforce ...

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