Human resource planning is the process of systematically reviewing an organization's human resource needs to ensure the right number and skills of employees are available when required. It involves analyzing current and future HR needs based on the organization's objectives and strategies, and developing plans, policies, and systems to meet those needs. The goals of HRP include preventing overstaffing and understaffing, ensuring employee availability, building organizational responsiveness, providing direction to HR activities, and strengthening relationships between management and staff.

1. HRP Defined
 Human Resource Planning is the process of
systematically reviewing HR requirements to ensure
that the required number of employees, with the
required skills, are available when needed .
 The process of analyzing and identifying the need for
and availability of human resources so that
organization can meet its objectives.
 HRP is Proactive not Reactive

2. WHY HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
 Right number of people with right skills at right
place at right time to implement organizational
strategies in order to achieve organizational
objectives
 In light of the organization’s objectives, corporate
and business level strategies, HRP is the process of
analyzing an organization’s human resource needs
and developing plans, policies, and systems to satisfy
those needs

3. WHY HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
 Cost economics
 Capacity to operate effectively
 Capacity to undertake new enterprise
 Changed options

4. WHY HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
 Setting human resource objectives and deciding
how to meet them
 Ensuring HR resource supply meets human
resource demands

5. Strategic Objective of HRP
 To prevent overstaffing & Understaffing
 To ensure employee availability
 To ensure that organization is responsive to the
environment
 To provide direction to all HR activities
 To build line & staff partnership

6. Linkage of Organizational and HR Strategies

7. Business Strategy & HRP
 Cost Leadership – Internal promotion, Emphasis on
Training, Hiring & training for specific training, Build
Human Resources
 Differentiation – External Hiring, Training according
to broad competencies, Buy Strategy
 Focus – Build & Buy Strategy

8. Benefits of HR Planning
 Better view of the HR dimensions of business decisions
 Lower HR costs through better HR management.
 More timely recruitment for anticipate HR needs.
 More inclusion of protected groups through planned
increases in workforce diversity.
 Better development of managerial talent