Academic Research and Writing on Workforce Planning

Academic research and writing

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PORTFOLIO TASK GUIDANCE .................................................................................................3
Report..........................................................................................................................................3
Reflective writing........................................................................................................................5
Personal development plan.........................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The project is based on academic research and writing which is divided into three parts
such as report, reflection and personal development plan. In report, different types of issues
related to business are given. In this project, the chosen topic is workforce planning as it helps in
preparing for future and also identify the talent gaps.
PORTFOLIO TASK GUIDANCE
Report
Workforce planning is an activity of analysing, forecasting and planning the supply and
demand of workforce. It also assess gaps and determine target talent management intervention in
order to identify the right people with right skills. In workforce planning, company face various
issues such as time and attendance tracking, managing absences and scheduling and restoring
(Zaitseva and et. al., 2017). There are various factors that affect workforce planning such as
education, job trends, organisational culture, changing workforce demographics and career
development. But nowadays, companies are facing issues regarding the absenteeism due to
which the performance and productivity of business is decreasing. Workforce planning is a
concept that focuses on identifying the suitable candidate and keeps enough employees who have
right skills, values and experiences to provide better quality of services. There are mainly three
stages of workforce planning such as acquisition, development and termination (Kovacs,
Tandari-Kovacs and Kozak, 2021.
Effective workforce planning gives various benefits to organisation such as
understanding how many employees are needed to handle the workload, improve employee
retention, enhance productivity and quality outputs, identify and respond to changing customer
needs and reducing labour cost. Through workforce planning, manager can plan and prepare for
the things like retirement. One of the positive effects of workforce planning on company is that it
helps in retaining employees (Squires and et. al., 2017). Beyond hiring new talent, it also helps in
retaining top performers so that they can contribute their productive outcomes in accomplishing
the goals and objective of business. If an organisation faces high turnover, workforce planning
helps to assess the cause of turnover and also develop strategies in order to retain employees.
Workforce planning also helps in avoiding delays and disruptions as it can influence the
profitability of business (Doll, 2021)). Through avoiding delays and disruption, organisation can