This document discusses factors that affect human resource planning. It identifies key factors such as the type and strategy of the organization, organizational growth cycles, environmental uncertainties, the type and quality of information used, time horizons, the labor market, and outsourcing. It provides details on each factor and how they influence determining the right number and type of employees needed at different stages of an organization.

1. FACTORS
FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN
AFFECTING
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
 BY:-
 JAGJIT SINGH PANESAR
 PANKAJ MISHRA
BY:-
PANKAJ MISHRA
JAGJIT SINGH PANESAR

2. HRP
 Means-
 Assessment of HR requirements
 Time & stages of requirements
 Right person ---Of Right type ---In Right number
 Definition – HRP is defined as the process by which
management determines how an organization
should move from its current manpower position to
its desired manpower position.
 HRP is also called manpower planning, personnel
planning or employment planning .

3. FACTORS AFFECTING HRP
 Type & strategy of organization
 Organizational growth cycles & planning
 Environmental uncertainties
 Type & quality of information
 Time horizons
 Labour market
 Outsourcing

4. TYPE & STRATEGY OF ORGANIZATION
 Type of organization
 Production process involved
 Number & type of staff needed
 Supervisory &/or managerial personnel required
 Strategy of organization
 Organization’s HR needs
 Growth - employees hired
 Mergers - layoffs

5. ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH CYCLES & PLANNING
Embryonic
stage
Decline stage Growth stage
Mature
stage

6. ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTIES
Social
Political Economic
HRP
 Recruitment, selection & training
 Balancing mechanisms:-
 Succession planning
 Layoffs
 Flexitime & job sharing
 Retirement

7. RECRUITMENT &
SELECTION
LAYOFF OR RETIREMENT

8. TYPE & QUALITY OF INFORMATION
 Forecasting
 Well developed job-analysis information
 HRIS

9. TIME HORIZONS
 Short-term plans (6 months to 1 year)
 Long-term plans (3 to 20 years)
 Depends on degree of uncertainty prevailing
Greater
uncertainty
Plan’s time
horizon

10. LABOUR MARKET
 Means people with skills & abilities that can be
tapped as & when the need arises
 Shortages may occur
 Considerations about labour supply:-
 Population
 Demand of goods & services
 Nature of production technology
 Employability of the people

11. OUTSOURCING
 Sub-contracting
 Mainly done of non-critical activities
 Surplus labour