Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition

The “Common” Part

With workforce planning at 30,000 feet, some, but not all, of the components of the workforce planning process should be common among all units and applied consistently across the organization. Here are some examples of what should be consistent above that 30,000-foot level:

• Develop a consistent definition and set of objectives for workforce planning. Define from an overall perspective what the workforce planning process is and what it should accomplish, but don’t define the process to the nth level of detail or specify exactly how it must be implemented. As described in Chapter 2, I define workforce planning as the process an organization uses to both identify and address the staffing implications of its business strategies ...