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Human Resource Management


Fifteenth Edition

Chapter 2
Strategic Planning,
Human Resource
Planning, and Job
Analysis

Learning Objectives
2.1 Describe the HR strategic planning process.
2.2 Explain the human resource planning process.
2.3 Describe the job analysis process and methods.
2.4 Summarize the components of a job description.
2.5 Explain what competencies and competency
modeling are.
4.6 Summarize job design concepts.

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Strategic Planning
• Four steps:
– Determination of the organizational mission
– Assessment of the organization and its environment
– Setting of specific objectives or direction
– Determination of strategies to accomplish those
objectives

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Strategic Planning/Implementation Process

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Strategy Implementation
• Leadership
• Organizational Structure
• Information and Control Systems
• Technology
• Human Resources

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Human Resource Planning (Workforce


Planning)
• Matching the internal and external supply of candidates
with job openings anticipated in the organization over a
specific period of time

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Human Resource Planning Process

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Techniques for Forecasting Human Resource


Requirements
• Zero-base forecast
• Bottom-up forecast
• Relationship between volume of sales and number
of workers required

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Availability Forecast
Determination of:
• Whether firm will be able to secure employees with
necessary skills
• Sources from which to obtain employees

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Shortage of Workers Forecasted


• Innovative recruiting
• Compensation incentives

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Surplus of Employees
• When a comparison of requirements and availability
indicates a worker surplus will result, most companies
look to alternatives to layoffs, but downsizing may
ultimately be required

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Succession Planning
• Process of ensuring that qualified persons are available to
assume key managerial positions once the positions are
vacant
• Goal is to help ensure a smooth transition and operational
efficiency

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Job Analysis
• Job analysis is the systematic process of determining the
skills, duties, and knowledge required for performing jobs
in an organization.

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Job Analysis: A Basic Human Resource


Management Tool

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Job Analysis Methods


• Questionnaires
• Observation
• Interviews
• Employee recording
• Combination of methods

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Questionnaires
• Typically quick and economical
• Potential problems:
– Employees might lack verbal skills
– Employees might exaggerate the significance of their
tasks

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Observation
• Analyst watches worker perform job tasks and records
observations
• Used primarily to gather information emphasizing manual
skills
• Often insufficient when used alone
• Difficult when mental skills are dominant in a job

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Interviews
• Interview both employee and supervisor
• Interview employee first, helping him or her describe
duties performed
• After interviews, analyst normally contacts supervisor
for additional information

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Employee Recording
• Employees describe daily work activities in diary or log
• Valuable in understanding highly specialized jobs
• Problem: Employees might exaggerate job importance

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Combination of Methods
• Analysts usually use more than one method
• Clerical and administrative jobs (example):
– Questionnaires supported by interviews and limited
observation
– Production jobs: Interviews supplemented by extensive
work observation

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Job Description
• Document that states:
– Tasks
– Duties
– Responsibilities
• Content includes:
– Job identification
– Job analysis date
– Job summary
– Duties performed
– Job specification

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Competencies and Competency Modeling


• Competencies refer to an individual’s capability to
orchestrate and apply combinations of knowledge, skills,
and abilities consistently over time to perform work
successfully in the required work situations
• Competency modeling specifies and defines all the
competencies necessary for success in a group of jobs
that are set within an industry context

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Job Design Concepts


• Process of determining specific tasks to be performed, the
methods used in performing these tasks, and how a job
relates to other work in an organization
• Methods:
– Job enrichment
– Job enlargement
– Job rotation
– Re-engineering

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