Introduction
Within this assignment i will be talking about the different internal factors and external factors which are needed for the human resource department when planning human resource.
Internal factors
Organisational needs
This is when an organisation looks at the different ways to boost the organisation markets, products or their services. The organisation may need to make certain adjustments such as letting go of staff or recruiting staff or new products and services. Organisations will have to change certain things within their organisation in order to expand their range of products. There are certain periods within the business year where employees will be needed such as the Christmas time when it gets busy; companies tend to recruit employees on a temporary basis. This helps an organisation to raise business sales. Human resource planning helps Marks and Spencer’s in this situation because they will need to avoid chaos and inefficiency.
Marks and Spencer’s have a variety of organisational needs due to the economical status at the present time. There are a variety of ways they can change their organisation but the main is increasing their clothing range because it is very popular with the public. If a new range is introduced; the staff of the store will need to be knowledgeable about the products in order to be able to response to the customers. This then becomes a source of organisational needs. Organisations will need staff with different skills that are suitable for the different types of technologies within the organisation. Organisations keep a record of staff’s age so at the nearer time of retirement; they then decide what they will do. The organisation keeps a set time in order to find someone suitable enough to take on the role of the employee who is leaving the organisation. Marks and Spencer’s would look