Answer.
Human Resources by itself, is a vast function, and is the driver of an organization. Employees come from different socio- economic and cultural backgrounds. When you control the behaviour of employees, you automatically give direction to the organizational growth. Human Resources has many functions, which can broadly be categorized as, Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Training, Appraisals, Human Interventions to retain talented manpower, HR Administration, Sexual Harassment , Organizational Decorum and Career Growth Plans. As of today, HR is also part of strategic growth, because, your organization is ultimately going to be driven, by intellectual capital.
Human resource planning is the process by which a management determines how an organization should move from its current manpower position to its desired manpower position. a management strives to have the right number and the right kind of people at the right places at the right time to do things which result in both the organisation and the individual receiving the maximum benefits. NOW, the steps to be undertaken in hr planning are-
1. forecasting manpower requirements either by using mathematical tools or by simple judgemental estimates.
2. creating an inventory of current manpower resources.
3. identifying manpower problems by projecting present resources into the future to determine their adequacy.
4. planning the necessary programmes of requirement selection, training, development,etc.
Human resource planning is important for helping both organizations and employees to prepare for the future.
Human Resource Planning System.
A. Objectives of Human Resource Planning:Human Resource Planning fulfils individual, organizational and national goals. In effect, the main purpose is one of matching or fitting employee abilities to enterprise requirements, with