This document provides information about a 4-day workforce planning and resourcing course taking place July 7-11, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. The course will cover topics like identifying workforce needs, talent management, workforce planning elements, recruitment, retention, and developing training plans. It will be taught by a faculty of professionals and is aimed at helping organizations better manage their employees and plan for future business success. The fee for the course is $3,000 USD and it can also be offered as an in-house training.

1. Workforce Planning and Resourcing
7 – 11 July, 2014 | Dubai, UAE.
This course is available for IN-HOUSE; For Further information, please contact: Tel: +234 8037202432, Email: petronomics@yahoo.com. Web: www.thepetronomics.com

2. OVER VIEW
In the global labour market every organisation faces
unprecedented challenges in effectively managing its
employees into the next decade and beyond. While
workforce productivity and expenditure are pressing
issues in current complex and challenging economic
environment, careful and balanced consideration must
also be given to long term endemic issues that include
baby‐boomer retirements, an ageing workforce,
significant skill shortages and changing generational
expectations. To successfully navigate this potential
business minefield, astute organisations will identify the
need to develop and implement an effective workforce
Planning program that compliments and supports
prevailing business and financial planning strategies.
Whether “owned” in the HR Department or elsewhere in
the business they will ensure that an integrated process
is developed and implemented that embraces the three
essential elements that comprise effective workforce
planning.
PERFORMANCE FOCUS
Our programmes are significant investment for your
workforce. They are designed to fill identified industry
knowledge gap and provide hands-on applicable know-
how that give participants a deeper insights on their
deliverables. The various modules are cultured to
encourage stakeholders to aspire the attainment of
operational efficiency along the business chain.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
 Identify the major need and talent factor that
underpin workforce planning.
 The latest trends in workforce planning.
 Understand the elements of HR.
 Manage and develop organisational and
individual performance.
 Best way to plan/manage your workforce.
 Develop effective training, learning &
development plans to meet organizational goals
and individual needs.
 Best ways to motivate your workforce.
COURSE CONTENT
Day One
An appreciation of a Value adding HR department
Developing an HR Strategy that aligns with business
Strategy
The New HR competencies.
Vertical and Horizontal integration of HR
Understanding the various elements of HR
Day Two
What is Work force Planning?
New Trends in Workforce planning
The Link with Talent Management
Work Force planning module
The elements within Workforce Planning
Case Studies –Microsoft. Google, Well Point, Toyota and
Starbucks
Day Three
The Three Rs – Recruitment, Retention, and Release
Employee Resourcing- Attracting, Selecting, Recruiting
and inducting talent pool
Employing Development- Building talent capabilities
Employee Reward- Give and Get back Philosophy
Employee Relations- An overview
Day Four
The other issues- Work/life Balance. Stress
Management, Economic Downturn, Outsourcing,
Recruitment errors.
Keeping The People who keep you in Business
Case Studies
Road Map to success.
CURRICULUM
This training programme ensures organization has
suitable access to talent, which will culminate future
business success. The cycle of workforce that planning
will be covered during this five(5) days period includes
filling resource requests, analyzing resource utilization,
forecasting capacity, managing and identifying the
resources (human) to fill that capacity.
DELIVERABLES
Our training programmes are exciting learning events.
All participants during the programme are entitled to all
course materials and a certificate of participation. On a
written request, we shall furnish you with a detailed
report summarising our perception of participants’
strengths, areas for improvement and proposed action
plans within four weeks of concluding the course. Our
feedback process ensures your objectives are achieved
by the conclusion of our training process.

3. DATE
5th
– 9th
May, 2014
LOCATION
Dubai, UAE
PROGRAMME FEE
The programme fee covers tuition, course materials.
Payment is due upon receipt of the invoice. Our
cancellation policy applies = $3000 (USD)
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
Petronomics Training can work with your organization to
provide the course to meet your budget at your
convenience (time and location) in the comfort of your
working environment. This collaborative effort,
emphasize actionable learning, the application of theory
in practice and combine core business skills/technical
knowledge with dynamic leadership training.
If you would like to discuss possible collaboration in
developing in-house training, please contact on the
details below.
REGISTRATION
To nominate a participant for this training, kindly
forward the details of your nominated participants, (i.e.
name, email address, telephone nos.) and stating the
course your participant are registered.
Business Development Desk
Petronomics Training
12A MabinuoriDawodu Street
Gbagada Estate Phase 1, Lagos
Telephone: 234 1 8426905-6
0803 720 2432
+971556985290
Email: ayantola.victoria@thepetronomics.com
petronomics@yahoo.com
www.thepetronomics.com
ABOUT US
At Petronomics, energy expertise is our resource and
inspiring competence is what we enjoy. The application
of knowledge in driving innovation and ultimately
possibilities is the catalyst that steer a distinctive value
proposition. Braced with visionary advisory board,
inspired/cultured workforce and experience faculty, we
provide superior intellectual resource pool that bridge
competency gap for industry operators. The benefits of
our expertise are accessible through learning
programmes, research and conference services; a blend
that sets us as the preferred pool, professionals
approach to upgrade business skills.
THE LEARNING APPROACH
In driving innovation and industry excellence, we
develop skills and experience that employers value by
offering a comprehensive range of flexible learning
options to meet their workforce development needs
through a broad range of learning approach that offers
intensive and enjoyable experience to participants.
Participants benefit from lectures, case study analysis,
group discussion, workshop, and are also encouraged to
learn from other managers and professionals on their
programme by sharing ideas and experiences. We place
a particular emphasis on group work where participants’
real life situations are used as vehicles for learning.
FACULTY
Key to our approach is the quality to the faculty
members. Every faculty member on our 20 member
team is rigorously assessed and contracted in line with
our Standard Operating Procedure. Each of them
understands that they have to deliver training and
supporting documentation to the highest standard.
They comprise of professionals with outstanding track
records in their area of specialty. Whilst they bring to
bear several years of hands-on experience in the
industry, they are committed to knowledge growth and
have an understanding of the link between strategy and
knowledge capital.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Our programmes are conducted in a decent and cozy
environment globally. We ensure that our participants
are relaxed to refresh in an ambience well conducive for
inspiring and creative brainstorming that accelerate the
learning curve of individual participants. In
consolidation of our value chain, locations are carefully
considered using our five star QC indicator like security,
banquet facilities, accessibility and customer services.
Our programme team works with the facility staff to
ensure a personal and warm welcome to participants.