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    This document discusses identifying and forecasting manpower requirements. It notes that there is a lack of understanding around analyzing these requirements and a coherent framework needs developing. Manpower needs are defined by type and quality of employees, not just numbers. Forecasting should estimate the number of employees needed to meet workload demands, not just estimate the workload. To forecast requirements, managers must understand their firm's employment processes and business planning so they can express needs in manpower terms. Factors to consider include whether work is necessary, if the right number/skills of employees are doing the work, and if investment could reduce costs or improve work methods. Training may help ensure employee skills are up to date. Managers should identify where capital could allow employees

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    This document discusses identifying and forecasting manpower requirements. It notes that there is a lack of understanding around analyzing these requirements and a coherent framework needs developing. Manpower needs are defined by type and quality of employees, not just numbers. Forecasting should estimate the number of employees needed to meet workload demands, not just estimate the workload. To forecast requirements, managers must understand their firm's employment processes and business planning so they can express needs in manpower terms. Factors to consider include whether work is necessary, if the right number/skills of employees are doing the work, and if investment could reduce costs or improve work methods. Training may help ensure employee skills are up to date. Managers should identify where capital could allow employees

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    This document discusses identifying and forecasting manpower requirements. It notes that there is a lack of understanding around analyzing these requirements and a coherent framework needs developing. Manpower needs are defined by type and quality of employees, not just numbers. Forecasting should estimate the number of employees needed to meet workload demands, not just estimate the workload. To forecast requirements, managers must understand their firm's employment processes and business planning so they can express needs in manpower terms. Factors to consider include whether work is necessary, if the right number/skills of employees are doing the work, and if investment could reduce costs or improve work methods. Training may help ensure employee skills are up to date. Managers should identify where capital could allow employees

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    Identifying manpower requirement

    There is a relative lack of


    knowledge about analyzing
    manpower requirements and
    it is important that this
    should change and a
    coherent framework be
    developed
    Manpower requirements are
    not concerned with number
    but more importantly with
    type and quality.

    Identifying manpower requirement


    For in demand
    analysis and
    forecasting
    the purpose is
    not to
    estimate
    workload but
    to estimate
    how many
    employees are
    required to
    meet that
    workload.

    Investigating manpower demand

    Before it is possible to forecast


    manpower requirement, it is
    essential that the manager should
    understand the employment
    process in the firm.
    Involvement in, or at least
    knowledge of, business planning is
    vital. The manager should know
    what problems the firm has and
    what major impending changes
    there are so that he can express
    them in manpower terms.

    Does the work need to be


    done?
    Are the correct numbers
    of employees doing it?
    Have the employee the
    requisite skills?
    Could investment (say in
    machinery) reduce total
    costs or are there other
    ways and means of
    carrying out the work?

    Does the work need to be done ?

    The question of whether a particular task


    needs to be done or whether it is done in the
    most productive way is simple stated but the
    difficulty of doing it should not be
    underestimated in practice. The manager who
    attempts this will find himself challenging
    value judgments about particular operations.

    It is worth noting that poor productivity may


    result not from poor individual effort but from
    wasteful tasks. In time , of course, the
    employee becomes aware of the wasteful
    nature of his task and the debilitating effect
    this has on his confidence may well result in
    his individual performance.

    Are the correct number of


    employee doing it ?

    Have the employee the requisite


    skills?

    Comparisons with other plants, factories


    or departments are alternative method
    which will probably bring out the worst.

    One important factor of developing


    employee performance is throw
    training program.
    The success of the training boards
    has no doubt been limited by some
    employee lack of commitment to
    the idea and by the lack of clear
    idea of requirements before
    training took place.
    Rapid change in methods and
    technology increase the possibility
    of employee skills being outdated.

    Could investment
    reduce total costs ?

    The manager will be concerned


    with identifying areas where
    capital equipment will help
    employee do this job better or
    more efficiently.
    manager may also be able to
    reduce the number of employees
    by using more capital or
    alternatively maintain
    employment but increase output.

    Forecasting manpower requirements

    Time-Scale of forecasts
    Rate of change and product and product time-cycle
    Detail of forecast required
    Importance of assumptions

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