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Identifying manpower requirement

There is a relative lack ofknowledge about analyzingmanpower requirements andit is important that this

should change and acoherent framework bedeveloped

Manpower requirements are

not concerned with numberbut more importantly withtype and quality.

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Identifying manpower requirement

For in demand

analysis and

forecasting

the purpose is

not to

estimate

workload but

to estimate

how many

employees are

required tomeet that

workload.

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Investigating manpower demand

Before it is possible to forecastmanpower requirement, it isessential that the manager shouldunderstand the employmentprocess in the firm.

Involvement in, or at leastknowledge of, business planning is

vital. The manager should knowwhat problems the firm has andwhat major impending changesthere are so that he can expressthem in manpower terms.

Does the work need to bedone?

Are the correct numbersof employees doing it?

Have the employee therequisite skills?

Could investment (say inmachinery) reduce totalcosts or are there other

ways and means ofcarrying out the work?

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Does the work need to be done ?

The question of whether a particular taskneeds to be done or whether it is done in themost productive way is simple stated but thedifficulty of doing it should not beunderestimated in practice. The manager whoattempts this will find himself challenging

value judgments about particular operations.

It is worth noting that poor productivity mayresult not from poor individual effort but fromwasteful tasks. In time , of course, theemployee becomes aware of the wastefulnature of his task and the debilitating effect

this has on his confidence may well result inhis individual performance.

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Are the correct number ofemployee doing it ?

Comparisons with other plants, factories

or departments are alternative method

which will probably bring out the worst.

Have the employee the requisiteskills?

One important factor of developing

employee performance is throw

training program.

The success of the training boards

has no doubt been limited by some

employee lack of commitment to

the idea and by the lack of clear

idea of requirements before

training took place. Rapid change in methods and

technology increase the possibility

of employee skills being outdated.

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Could investment

reduce total costs ?

The manager will be concerned

with identifying areas where

capital equipment will help

employee do this job better or

more efficiently.

manager may also be able to

reduce the number of employees

by using more capital or

alternatively maintain

employment but increase output.

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Forecasting manpower requirements

Time-Scale of forecasts

Rate of change and product and product time-cycle

Detail of forecast required

Importance of assumptions