Manpower planning is aimed at making an accurate estimate of number of personnel
required with certain skills. It provides significant information to the decision makers
to decide the number, time schedule and manner of recruitment and selection of
personnel. Other wise the Organization would face problems of inadequate supply of
human resources at the right time. The objectives of manpower planning can be
presented below.
required with certain skills. It provides significant information to the decision makers
to decide the number, time schedule and manner of recruitment and selection of
personnel. Other wise the Organization would face problems of inadequate supply of
human resources at the right time. The objectives of manpower planning can be
presented below.
- Manpower planning determines the future needs of manpower to meet the objectives of the Organizations.
- It enables the organization to meet the needs of programmed expansions,
diversification and growth of the Organization. - It aims at assessing the surplus or shortage of manpower and develops
strategies to deal with them effectively. - Manpower planning enables to foresee the employee turnover and guides in the
development of retention strategies. - It minimizes the dangerous caused by the non-availability of required manpower.
- Manpower planning makes it possible to use the existing human resources more
effectively and productively. - A sound manpower planning economizes wage and salary cost and other human
resource cost in the end. - It provides a framework to cope with the changes. A good plan enables the
Organization to make available the quality manpower even in the time of
changing market conditions and human resource changes. - It provides a basis for planning the human resource training and development
programmes in the future. - Manpower planning provides a guidance to design and execute an appropriate
promotion policy in the Organization.