DEVELOPING

MANPOWER STRATEGIES

MADAN MOHAN SIDDHANTHI

CONTENTS
STRATEGY
EXAMPLES
MANPOWER STRATEGIES
PRE REQUISITES FOR DEVELOPING STRATEGIES
VISION AND MISSION
SWOT ANALYSIS
STRATEGY TO DEVELOP HR FOR WITHIN
TRAINING
COMPETENCY ASSESMENT
COMPETENCY ASSESMENT TOOLS
SENSITIVITY ANALYIS
HRM STRATEGIES

Organisation formulate their business goals short term ,medium term and long
term basis .
With the changes that take place in environment/market it is becoming more
and more complicated to develop business goals beyond three years .
You have business goals and the way or path the organisation takes to achieve
the goals is the strategy .
Strategy is thus path or plan how the organisation intends to achieve the goals
. From the strategy we develop the plans
MITNTBERG - DEVELOPED USEFUL FRAME WORK TO UNDERSTAND
THE STRATEGY.
PLAN an intended course of action a firm has selected to deal with a
situation.
PURPOSE a consistent stream of actions that sometimes are result of
deliberate plan and sometimes the result of emergent actions based on
reactions to environmental changes or shifting of assumptions
PLOY a specific maneuver at the tactical level with the short time horizon
POSITION the location of an organisation relative to its competitors and other
environmental factors .
PERSPECTIVE - THE GESTALT OR PERSONALITY OF THE
ORGANSIATION

Organisation strategy could be to diversify in to

new business areas or even expansion simple
growth or add new product line or go global or
mergers etc .
Some times it could be getting in to new
technology .
HR strategy should be to meet these requirements
of HR .
The HR should consider various options hiring ,
Training & development , or a combination of
fresh hands and internal development , some of
the jobs etc

STRATEGY
Companys strategy should be formulated
considering the human resources aspects of the
organisation and the companys human
resources should be managed keeping in view the
strategy of the organisation.
Strategy in simple term is a unified course of
action to achieve a goal.
Glueck Unified ,comprehensive and integrated
plan to designed to ensure that the basic
objectives of the enterprise are achieved.

HERO HONDA
GOAL IN 2003
One of them was to increase the hero Honda
Mototrs Cycle sales by 2 lakh vehicles.
STRATEGY
Reduce the price
Improving product design
Increasing Fuel efficiency.

The set of decisions and subsequent actions used to

formulate and implement strategies that will optimize the fit
between the organisation and its environment in an effort to
achieve organisation objectives.

MANPOWER STRATEGIES
Deciding the various options and plans to meet the
manpower needs/requirements of the organization
in the short run (one Year ) and in the long run
(Three Years)
Earlier the concept was long run was more than
5years the uncertainties of business are
becoming more and more complex ,hence to plan
for more than three tears is very ambitious.
Unified , comprehensive ,and integrated plan to
achieve the goals and objectives of the company

PRE REQUISITES FOR DEVELOPING

MP STRATEGIES
Clear Vision & Mission Statements.
External environment analysis
Organization inventory of manpower internal
environment analysis.
Organization objectives growth development
,new products ,markets ,mergers ,acquisitions etc
Manpower plans and various strategies
Select the strategy
Implement
Review ,recast and implement iterative process

EXPLANATIONS
VISION : What does the organization wants to
create ,it is more to do with values ,beliefs and its
living dreams about the organization.
MISSION : The purpose of organization existence
and how it wants to distinguish from other
organizations . Also it may mean what the
organization wants to achieve in the near future .
OBJECTIVES : More concrete well defined must
be really SMART simple ,measurable ,
achievable , realistic and with a time frame.

VISION

Vision is a dream created in our waking hours of

how we would like the organization to be. It can
be described as a living picture of future .It is
inspired by the values that we cherish.

MISSION
It is a statement of what business we are in and
sometimes our ranking in that business as also the
competitive advantage that we want to have over
others.
The mission statement names the game we are
going to play e.g. To market health care products
that have a demonstrable health benefit to the
customer ,to be the leader in each product line ,to
return a fair profit to our stock holders and to
provide good opportunities to our employees.
Purpose of the organization its reason for
existence

BASIC PHILOSOPHY

Focus whether future requirements are to be met

from with in
or
Get the requirements from out side sources.
A Combination of the two.

SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
Weakness
Opportunities
Threats .
With reference to organization Human Resources.

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING HR

FROM WITH IN
Entry Level recruitment
Developing the career paths
Transparency - in career.

TRAINING STRATEGIES
Off job Training
On job Training

COMPETENCY ASSESMENT
Assessment Centers /development centers
Basically they are same except for end use .
Assessment Centers are basically for recruitment
and promotion.
Development centers are for developing the skills
for future positions.

COMPETENCY ASSESMENT
TOOLS
Case Study
Incident method critical incidents
Role play
In basket exercise
Business game
Sensitivity analysis
Simulation
Grid Training
Conferences and lectures.

Sensitivity analysis: Development of awareness of and

sensitivity of behavioral patterns of one self and others.
Huge emotional exercise from the manager particularly
while getting / giving feed back.
Helps in increased openness with others
Greater concern for others
Increased tolerance for individual differences less ethnic
differences
understanding of group process
Enhanced listening skills
Increased trust and support
Managerial Grid - Six phased program lasting for three to
five years .Concern for people , concern for task. Grid
represents several possible leadership styles .

HRM STRATEGIES
Build Skills
Selection based on attitudes & Skills
Pay for performance
Create self management teams
Out-sourcing
Thinking as customers.

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HR STRATEGIES
A Strategy is a course of action chosen with a view to achieve
certain objectives .
HR strategies deal with many aspects of HR function
Recruitment , placement , trained , Performance , motivated
,retention, empowered ,treated etc
HR strategies should flow from corporate or business strategies and
plans .

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HRD STRATEGIES
What is the current level of effectiveness of the
sub systems.
Are the top management and senior managers
conducive to a learning organisation.

BUSINESS WORLD
Aptly said global village , environment out side markets
influences all business activities .It is rightly said the
market determines the fate of a product/services of a
business and there by the organisation itself .
SOME OF THE BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Quality
People
Technology
Culture
Speed
Sleek lean
Invest on people
Invest on People

Flat and non hierarchical structures

Social responsibilities

Learning Organisation

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