Human Resource Forecasting
PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT
Due date: Complete assignment due Week 9
PART 1: HUMAN RESOURCE FORECASTING
Reference: Adapted from Human Resource Forecasting Assignment, pp 108 – 110 in Nkomo, S. M., Fottler, M. D., McAfee, R. B. (2008) Human Resource Management Applications: Cases, Exercises, Incidents, and Skill Builders, 6th Edition
Due date: Week 9
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Practice in forecasting an organisation’s people needs
• To familiarize you with some of the factors that affect an organisation’s future people needs
• To familiarise you with the complexities involved in making human resource forecasts
• To point out that all human resource forecasting is based on assumptions and that these assumptions are critical to the accuracy of the forecast
INSTRUCTIONS
It has been a busy year with staff turnover, new employees and new equipment on order. Your CEO has requested a forecast of the human resource needs for North West Regional Hospital for the coming years.
North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) is a purpose built, 180-bed inpatient facility and the largest regional hospital in the state. NWRH also has 15 outreach sites located throughout tropical, northern Australia, each of which employs approximately 17 individuals. In total, NWRH currently employs 700 people.
Over the coming three years, NWRH is planning an expansion into additional regional areas and expects to add 25 new outreach sites. Each outreach site varies in size according to the needs of the community, so the figures represent averages.
During the past month, NWRH has placed an order for 3 new dialysis machines to increase its renal support services. These machines are scheduled to be in operation December 31, one year from now in existing outreach sites only. NWRH has found that for each new machine purchased requires four (4) additional nurses, on average. In addition, five (5) new doctors are added in year 2. A breakdown of NWRH’s current staffing is shown in Table
Due date: Complete assignment due Week 9
PART 1: HUMAN RESOURCE FORECASTING
Reference: Adapted from Human Resource Forecasting Assignment, pp 108 – 110 in Nkomo, S. M., Fottler, M. D., McAfee, R. B. (2008) Human Resource Management Applications: Cases, Exercises, Incidents, and Skill Builders, 6th Edition
Due date: Week 9
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Practice in forecasting an organisation’s people needs
• To familiarize you with some of the factors that affect an organisation’s future people needs
• To familiarise you with the complexities involved in making human resource forecasts
• To point out that all human resource forecasting is based on assumptions and that these assumptions are critical to the accuracy of the forecast
INSTRUCTIONS
It has been a busy year with staff turnover, new employees and new equipment on order. Your CEO has requested a forecast of the human resource needs for North West Regional Hospital for the coming years.
North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) is a purpose built, 180-bed inpatient facility and the largest regional hospital in the state. NWRH also has 15 outreach sites located throughout tropical, northern Australia, each of which employs approximately 17 individuals. In total, NWRH currently employs 700 people.
Over the coming three years, NWRH is planning an expansion into additional regional areas and expects to add 25 new outreach sites. Each outreach site varies in size according to the needs of the community, so the figures represent averages.
During the past month, NWRH has placed an order for 3 new dialysis machines to increase its renal support services. These machines are scheduled to be in operation December 31, one year from now in existing outreach sites only. NWRH has found that for each new machine purchased requires four (4) additional nurses, on average. In addition, five (5) new doctors are added in year 2. A breakdown of NWRH’s current staffing is shown in Table