Assessment 2
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
, HRM2605
Assessment 2
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
QUESTION 1
1.1
Question: Yolandi is an HR officer at a large manufacturing company in South Africa.
She works closely with senior management to ensure that the company’s human
resource needs are aligned with its long-term business goals. As part of her role, she
conducts regular assessments to identify current workforce capabilities and anticipate
future staffing requirements. Yolandi ensures that the organisation is neither overstaffed
nor understaffed by making sure the right people with the right skills are in the right
roles at the right time. This process helps link the company’s human resource
management efforts with its overall strategic plan.
Answer:
Yolandi is engaged in human resource planning (workforce planning). This strategic
process involves forecasting future HR requirements, assessing current workforce
capabilities, and ensuring optimal staffing alignment with organisational goals. By
preventing overstaffing and understaffing, Yolandi ensures that the company deploys
the right individuals, with the right skills, in the right roles at the right time. Her efforts
bridge HR functions with the organisation’s strategic plan, thereby enhancing both
operational efficiency and long-term competitiveness.