DAY 1 - The dynamic role of manpower planning
- Introductions, program, objectives and ways of working
- HR models and how to satisfy potential future organizational structures
- The growing business importance of HR manpower planning (HRMP)
- The changing shape of organizations and work requirements - the effects on today’s organization
- Trends - right sizing; what’s appropriate - use of decision making tools and examples
- The four main areas of manpower planning - Strategic focus, Data and analysis, manpower planning and people development including case study
- Daily Review
DAY 2 - The strategic focus on manpower planning from first principals
- The new HR strategic map
- How to use a strategic template - exercise and case study
- Measuring organizational maturity - a trigger for manpower planning activities - exercise
- Converting strategy into workable plans, the collection and analysis of business data to trigger appropriate action - including exercise
- Techniques for delivering on time and on budget
- Daily review
DAY 3 - Manpower, forecasting and trend analysis
- Understanding trends - examples and exercise
- Use of predictive software to support the supply of manpower
- How to measure relationships and understand results - exercises
- The need for using unit costs - exercise
- Individual measurements, exactly how competencies are structured
- Managing expectations and individual’s needs
- Measuring and forecasting individuals performance using behavioral techniques
- Daily review
DAY 4 - Manpower supply - Business planning and manpower re- engineering
- Selecting the “right” principal for manpower supply
- Consider the three approaches to succession planning
- The use of pre selection for key posts - the role of psychometric testing, emotional intelligence assessment centers, agreements and visual development maps
- Business review – why manpower planning should be considered and where it has an impact - including case study
- Daily review
DAY 5 - Making the Manpower planning process fit together to maximize results
- The use of management tools and techniques to achieve maximum effect
- Why performance appraisals on their own don’t work for selection into development pools
- Three approaches, talent pool, individual selection and head hunting
- The cooperation needed in order to achieve the business benefits
- How the whole manpower planning process should ‘fit’ together
- Final review and presentation of certificates and CPE points