HRP is understood as the process of forecasting an organization's future demand for and supply of the right type of people in the right number. There are at least 10 prerequisites for successful HRP including: 1) HRP must be an integral part of corporate planning and aware of corporate objectives, 2) top management backing is essential, 3) plans should be prepared by skill levels rather than aggregates, and 4) personnel records must be complete, up-to-date and readily available. Successful HRP also requires considering external forces, using HRIS as a decision support system, and revising techniques and plans based on experience.

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Topic: Requisitefor Successful HRP

2. HUMAN
RESOURCE
PLANNINGHRPisunderstoodasthe
processofforecastingan
organisation’sfuture
demandforandsupplyof,
therighttypeofpeoplein
rightnumber.

3. REQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL HRP
 There are at least 10 pre-requisite for
successful HRP:
1)HRP must be recognised as an integral part of corporate
planning.
The planner of human resources must be aware of the
corporate objectives.
2) Backing Of top Management for HRP is absolutely
essential.
3) Plans should be prepared by skill levels rather than by
aggregates.
4) Personnel records must be complete, up-to-date and
readily available.
5) The time Horizon of the plan must be long enough to
permit any remedial action.

4. Contd...
6) The Impact of external forces like technological
changes, changes in labour market cpmposition and the
like needs to be considered while developing the human
resource plan.7) HRIS should be used as decision support system and
should alert managers to problems and oppurtunities.
8) Data collection, analysis, techniques of planning and the
plans themselves need to be constantly revised and improve
in the light of experience.
9) The techniques of planning should be those best suited to
the data available and the degree of accuracy required.
10) HR P responsibilities should be centralized in order
to co-ordinate consultation between management level.
Noted down from HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
book
By Aswathappa