Determining Manpower Gaps
The present number of personnel and their skills (from human resource inventory) are compared with the forecasted manpower requirement (demand forecasting) to find out the qualitative and quantitative gaps in the workforce. A reconciliation of supply and demand forecasts will provide us the number of people to be recruited or made redundant as the case can be. This composes the basis for preparing the HR plan. Box 5shows the reason of how demand and supply forecasts can be related over a period of three years.
Box : Determining Human Resource Requirements
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Year
1 2 3
1. Number needed at the beginning of the year
2. modify to requirements forecast during the year DEMAND
3. Overall requirements at the end of the year (1+2) -------------
4. Number available at the starting of the year
5. Additions ( promotions, transfers) SUPPLY
6. Separations (wastage, retirement, promotions out and other losses)
7. Overall available at the end of year (4+5+6) --------------------
8. Deficit or surplus (3-7) RECONCILIATION
9. Losses of those recruited during the year OF THE ABOVE
10. Additional numbers required during the year (8+9) MANPOWER NEEDED
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