This document outlines a discussion on manpower management in BSF battalion headquarters. It addresses the goals of manpower organization, essential staffing requirements at HQs including security, office work, medical staff, and more. The document also discusses common problems of manpower management such as overall vacancies, increased workload, inefficient staff, and wastage of manpower. Suggested remedies include reducing attachments, utilizing retired staff, rationalizing courses and duties, and avoiding manpower wastage. The document encourages developing creative systems for optimal manpower utilization.

1. MANPOWER MANAGEMENT IN HQs
ORGANISED BY
152 BN BSF, PANJIPARA
07 APRIL 2022

2. INTRODUCTION
Definition
Goals of the Organization
Staffing (Forecasting, Developing & Controlling)
Evaluation & Assessment
Why are we discussing this ?
Compromising organizational goals

3. BACKGROUND & SCOPE OF DISCUSSION
What is there at our disposal in the present scenario?
Discussion on permanent authorization?
Attachments
Norms and Policies
Essential requirement of manpower at HQs
Problems and Remedies of manpower management
Creating creative systems of manpower utilization

4. REQUIRMENT NO. 1
Q. For what purposes do we need manpower in a Bn
HQ and in what number?
 A 5 min exercise by syndicates to calculate
rankwise requirement of manpower at BnHQ.

5. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT OF MANPOWER AT HQs
 Security Duties as per location
Officers’/SO’s/OR’s mess
Office work (various branches)
 MT
Comn/signal staff
Medical staff

6. Runner and security assistants
Tradesmen
Duties of patrolling/night guards /access control
Wet/dry canteen & Ration store
Family welfare centre & Schools
Petrol pump/gas agency/tea shops/kiosks etc.

7. REQUIRMENT NO. 2
Q. State the problems of manpower management in
HQs ?
 A 2 min exercise to workout problems of
manpower management in HQs by syndicates.

8. PROBLEMS IN MANPOWER MANAGEMENT IN HQRs
Overall vacancies
Increased workload over the period of time
Duplication of work
Lesser use of technology
Focus on Adm duties
Ever increasing reports and returns

9. Inefficient ministerial staff
Lack of managerial skills of supervisory staff
Over reliance on efficient & hard working personnel
Increasing numbers of LMCs and their utilization
Obliged attachments.
Genuine problems of Patients/LMCs etc.

10. Too many courses/ temp duties/ extra curricular activities
Wastage of manpower
Excuse seekers/ malingers
Management of M/CTs

11. REQUIRMENT NO. 3
Q. What are the remedies for overcoming the
problems of manpower management ?
 A 2 min exercise by syndicates to suggest remedies
to overcome problems of manpower management.

12. REMEDIES
Reducing attachments
• How can these be reduced ?
• Norms & policy
•Attachments should be made through Estt Branch only
•Number of assistants in offices should be reduced
drastically
• Maximum 12 Pers of coy may be attached in Bn HQ

13. Campus security as per location
Attachment should not be made for indefinite period so
that their professionalism for border duties is maintained.
Disciplinary attachment should not exceed 03 months.

14. Gas agency/tea shop/school/ kiosks etc extra manpower
may be provided out of profits of these agencies or
welfare fund.
Utilizing retired personnel's/widows for this purpose.
Once a decision is taken it should be implemented
seriously.

15. Positive utilization of M/CTs
Rationalization of course/cadre/temp duty
Avoiding wastage of manpower
Availability of SP coy / Trg coy

16. REQUIRMENT NO. 4
Q. What are the unique/creative systems employed
by your unit HQs to develop systems of
unique/creative manpower management practices?
Briefly state any one system?
 A 5 min exercise by syndicates to share creative
practices of their unit HQ presently in practice to
utilize manpower optimally.

17. All the HQs are doing their best with limited manpower
Focus on optimization of performance
Creating a value system
Sharing creative systems of manpower utilization in resp. HQs
Example of creative systems
Use of technology to reduce work
CREATING CREATIVE SYSTEMS OF MANPOWER

18. Going paperless wherever possible.
Staying positive and happy.
Creating friendly environment at workplace.

19. SUMMING UP