Human resource planning is the continuous process of systematic planning to achieve optimum use of an organization's most valuable asset its human resource. The objective of HRP is to ensure the best fit between employees and jobs while avoiding manpower shortages or surpluses.

1. HUMAN RESOURCE
PLANNING
Human resource planning is the continuous process of
systematic planning to achieve optimum use of an
organization's most valuable asset its human resource. The
objective of HRP is to ensure the best fit between employees
and jobs while avoiding manpower shortages or surpluses.
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• Human Resource Planning deals with
the manpower needs of an organization.
• It helps in discovering the unused
talent presently available with the
organization.
• It also tells about the present inventory
of manpower of the organization.
• It projects the future manpower needs
of the organization.

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• It keeps the record of current manpower with the
organization.
• Assessing the future requirements of manpower for
organization objectives.
• To make the manpower recruitment plans.
• To phase out the surplus employees
• To make a layout of training programme for
different categories of employees.

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Insufficient Initial Efforts:
Successful human resource planning flourishes slowly and
gradually. Sometimes sophisticated technologies are forcefully
introduced, just because competitors have adopted them. These
may not be successful unless matched with the needs abed
environment of the particular enterprise.
Management Information System:
Effectiveness of planning depends upon the reliability of the information
system,. In most of the Indian Industries, human resource information
system has not fully developed. In the absence of reliable data, it would
not be possible to have effective planning.
Uncertainties:
t is risky, to depend upon general estimates of manpower, in the face of
apid changes in the environment. Absenteeism, turnover, seasonal
employment, technological changes and market fluctuations are the
uncertainties, which serve as a constraints to manpower
planning. Although discounts are made for these factors, while
Expensive and Time Consuming:
Manpower planning is an expensive and time
consuming process. Employers may resist
manpower planning, feeling that I increases the
cost of manpower.

7. Requisites for Successful HRP
1. HRP must be recognized as an integral part of corporate planning
2. Support of top management is essential
3. There should be some centralization with respect to HRP responsibilities in order to
have co-ordination between different levels of management.
4. Organization records must be complete, up to date and readily available.
5. Techniques used for HR planning should be those best suited to the data available and
degree of accuracy required.
6. Data collection, analysis, techniques of planning and the plan themselves need to be
constantly revised and improved in the light of experience.