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Unit 16: M1 - explain why it is important for an organisation to plan its human resource needs

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Unit 16: M1 - explain why it is important for an organisation to plan its human resource needs

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In this task, I will explain why it is important for ABC College to plan its
human resource needs.

Human resource planning is a vital process for the success of an
organisation. It is the process by which an organisation ensures that it
has the right number and types of staff, at the right time, and are capable
of effectively completing tasks that will help the organisation achieve its
goals, aims and objectives.

Initially, the main objective of HR planning is to ensure that there is the
best fit between employees and jobs, while avoiding manpower shortages
or even surpluses. Human resource planning enables the college to
identify areas of improvement around the organisation. It allows them to
figure out whether there are skills shortages among their staff and thus
react accordingly to solve the situation, either by providing training,
mentoring, advice and development. As a result, these processes and
initiatives can improve staffs’ skills and abilities and this can increase
efficiency and productivity in the workplace.

Additionally, in certain cases, an HR planning can allow the managerial
department make provisions for replacement or backup staff from both
inside and outside the organisation if the need arises. It ensures that
people are available to provide a continuous smooth running of the
college. In other words, human resource planning is considered as a tool
used to assure the future availability of manpower to carry out activities.

Furthermore, it helps them to determine whether they can perform skills
transferability, both now or in the future as this can be beneficial if some
employees suddenly decide to leave the college. Therefore, instead of
performing external recruitment, the college will already know from the
results of the planning, which employees possess similar skills and thus
request them to take up the previous staff’s position if possible. Long-
term forecasting from HR planning can allow the ABC College to make
tactical plans to meet those needs.

Moreover, HR planning can enable ABC College to determine how it can
keep its employees. Through the HR planning, the organisation can ask
for suggestions and opinions from its staff and thus improve its amenities
around the college to further encourage them to perform to their best
ability, but while keeping a tight control over their spending. Besides, the
HR planning is important as it also helps the college to cope with the
changes associated with external environment factors. That is, it gives a
helping hand to assess the current human resources through the HR
inventory and adapts it to the changing socio-cultural, technological,
political and economic forces.
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