SEGUNDO, JEMILYN C

BSBA-HRDM 1-2N

January 9, 2015
Mrs. Louvelle S. Formentera

ASSIGNMENT # 3 IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. What is Human Resource planning?
Human resource planning is a process that identifies current and future human resources needs for an organization to
achieve its goals. Human resources planning should serve as a link between human resources management and the overall
strategic plan of an organization. Aging worker populations in most western countries and growing demands for qualified
workers in developing economies have underscored the importance of effective Human Resources Planning.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_human_resource_planning
2. What are the importance of Human Resource Planning?
Human resource planning aims at fulfilling the objectives of manpower requirement. It helps to mobilize the recruited
resources for the productive activities. The human resource planning is and important process aiming to link business
strategy and its operation. The importance of human resource planning are as follows:
Future Manpower Needs
Human resource planning ensures that people are available to provide the continued smooth operation of an
organization. It means, human resource planning is regarded as a tool to assure the future availability of manpower to
carry on the organizational activities. It determines the future needs of manpower in terms of number and kind.
Coping With Change
Human resource planning is important to cope with the change associated with the external environmental factors. It
helps assess the current human resources through HR inventory and adapts it to changing technological, political,
socio-cultural, and economic forces.
Recruitment Of Talented Personnel
Another purpose of HR planning is to recruit and select the most capable personnel to fill job vacancies.It determines
human resource needs, assesses the available HR inventory level and finally recruit the personnel needed to perform
the job.
Development Of Human Resources
Human resource planning identifies the skill requirements for various levels of jobs. Then it organizes various training
and development campaigns to impart the required skill and ability in employees to perform the task efficiently and
effectively.
Proper Utilization Of Human Resources
Human resource planning measures that the organization acquires and utilizes the manpower effectively to achieve
objectives. Human resource planning helps in assessing and recruiting skilled human resource. It focuses on the
optimum utilization of human resource to minimize the overall cost of production.
Uncertainty Reduction
This is associated with reducing the impact of uncertainty which are brought by unsudden changes in processes and
procedures of human resource management in the organization.
Source: http://accountlearning.blogspot.com/2013/01/significance-or-importance-of-human.html

3. What are the 8 elements of Human Resource planning?

Effective And Strategic Planning Process
First, effective planning requires a process, and that strategic planning process should include the remaining 12
elements of good planning. In collaborative team planning, that process must be structured and disciplined in order to be
efficient and thorough. Without a process, your planning techniques will be awkward, inefficient and often insufficient.
Effective Planning Techniques: An Envisioned Future / Objective
When we envision the future, we must describe it clearly and provide specific measurements in order to judge our
success. To this end, the objective of our effective planning techniques is the goal we envision attaining in the future.
Objectives must be clear to all involved. They must also have a scope that is commensurate with the span of control of
those involved with the effective planning process. An objective that is not achievable by those tasked with developing a
plan is, obviously, doomed to failure. Objectives must also be measurable. Without measurements of success, there is no
means of establishing whether or not the objective was achieved, and your strategic planning process will be flawed.
Dynamic, Adaptable Planning
In terms of effective planning, "dynamic" means that plans are adaptable, in two ways. First, the act of effective
planning considers the current and predicted environment and adapts the plan accordingly. Second, in the strategic
planning process, plans must be devised in such a way so that they are not overly detailed. Effective planning ensures that
your plans can adapt to changes that occur while the plan is being executed.
Effective Planning Requires That You Learn From Experience
A complex and rapidly changing environment demands the ability to rapidly learn from the changes in that
environment. Even the most well-educated and trained organization will soon become obsolescent as changes in the
environment eventually overwhelm it. Good organizational planning requires sophisticated and effective planning
techniques that the organization learns continually, through interaction with its environment and the execution of its plans.
Means To Achieve / Course Of Action
The central element of all effective planning techniques is the Course of Action (COA). These are the actual tasks that
must be completed, whether in parallel, in series, or a combination of both, to achieve the goal. For the most part, in a
strategic planning process, the Course of Action, for simple plans, is intuitive or even obvious. However, for most
organizations, plans may require great detail. Therefore, an effective planning process must be flexible enough to handle
both simple and detailed plans. Effective planning processes should have the ability to repeat the planning process at
successively lower levels in the organization, while supporting the objectives of the overall plan.
Consider Resources
Effective planning means not committing to or wasting resources unnecessarily. In a strategic planning process,
planners must determine the appropriate targets or objectives and focus resources upon those objectives. Because
resources are often limited, prioritizing and planning successive phases of implementation may be necessary.
Assess Risk: Leadership Responsibility
Resources are considered carefully at every level of effective planning. Furthermore, the assessment of objectives,
threats and resources are critical steps in every strategic planning process that, when taken together, form the basic risk
assessment for any plan. Without the necessary resources to either avoid or mitigate the threats to accomplishing an
objective, the risks in undertaking that plan should be given due consideration by the leadership within the organization.
Because risk is often necessary, the final decision to execute the plan is left to its leaders, not the planning team.
The Most Effective Plans Are Simple
The more complex a plan, the more likely it will fail. As Statistical Process Control and Six Sigma methodologies
instruct, the greater the number of steps in a process, the greater the potential for a defect. That is why it is critical that the
effective planning process remains simple. Simplicity is not just about minimizing the number of tasks, it's about making
sure that each task is clearly defined through answering some simple questions: "who will do what and when."
Source: http://www.hr.com/en/app/blog/2011/09/thirteen-elements-of-effective-planning_gsuqm13s.html

4. Meaning of value statement and priorities

Value Statement
Value statement is a declaration that informs the customers and staff of a business about the firm's top priorities
and what its core beliefs are. Companies often use a value statement to help them identify with and connect to targeted
consumers, as well as to remind employees about its priorities and goals.
Strategic Priorities
The City Commission has identified five priorities that they believe reflect the key issues in the community. These
priorities are intended to provide strategic direction for City staff. The priorities and their mission statements:
A Family-Friendly Community
Augment the quality of life that defines the hometown feel of our community by assuring public safety and good schools,
promoting arts and culture, capitalizing on the strength in our diversity, and embracing our inclusive, welcoming nature.
A Thriving Business Community
Continue to provide fiscal benefit and economic stability to the City by encouraging and supporting economic
development and redevelopment as well as expansion and retention of existing businesses.
An Attractive Community
Take proactive measures to preserve and enhance the communitys appearance and maintain of its vital infrastructure.
Lead by example in the stewardship and conservation of natural resources.
An Active, Healthy Community
Influence and support an environment that promotes active, healthy, and enriched lifestyles for residents of all ages. Focus
on leisure, cultural, recreational, and sporting activities and events that infuse event dollars into the local economy.
Innovative, High Performing Organization
The City is committed to ethical governance, adherence to its Core Values, transparency, innovation, collaboration, and
exceeding customer expectations by delivering high-quality programs and services that meet the needs of an increasingly
diverse community.
Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/value-statement.html