Workforce Planning in China

Naomi Stanford

This chapter explores the context for addressing workforce planning in China. It looks at the issues through the eyes of seven Chinese national HR directors who reveal five areas of significant challenge to them as they work to support delivery of their business strategies through their workforce. Discussion of these is followed by presentation of seven suggestions implied in their interviews that would enable a more purposeful approach to workforce planning than currently being used.

AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH of 10 percent in the past three decades has turned China into the second-largest global economy and top exporter. But predictions were that in 2012, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would target an expansion ...

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