Human Resource Planning

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
Human resource planning
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Introduction
Strategic approach of the human resource management is important for the contemporary
entities due to the reason that it helps them in managing their internal competencies to deal with
the external factors. However, there are number of steps that should be followed or considered in
the planning process of human resource management in order to have the maximum outcome
from it (Purce, 2014). These steps are different according to the different business factor
conditions and are having different implications. Healthcare sector in the United States is one of
the most intensely competitive sectors with the presence of different new and old competitors.
This is leading to the fact that strategic planning process of the human resource management is
much applicable for this sector. Healthcare entities having effective and proper human resource
strategic planning process are having more probability of staying ahead in the competition
(Jackson, Schuler & Jieng, 2014).
Eastern State Hospital is the first psychiatric hospital of the United States and founded in
1773. Currently, they are having facilities for offering healthcare services to 300 patients. They
are currently offering treatments of different mental illness to the patients. They are also having
the need for effective human resource strategic planning process due to the reason that
effectiveness and efficiency of the employees will determine the care service quality to the
patients. This plan will discuss about the overview of the human resource planning process from
the perspective of Eastern State Hospital. In addition, different strategies of engaging and
empowering the employees will also be discussed along with the best practices for developing
and promoting strategic plan.
Overview of the human resource planning process of Eastern State Hospital

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In the case of Eastern State Hospital, there are number of steps to be followed in regards
to the human resource strategic planning process. The first step will be the accessing of the
existing capacity of the organization. This is due to the reason that Eastern State Hospital is
having extensive approach of human resource management with employees from different
expertise and skill sets. Thus, it is important to review the current human resource capabilities of
the organization and accordingly identify the areas of improvement (Brewster, 2017). The further
steps of the human resource strategic planning will be based on these areas of improvement. The
next step is forecasting of the human resource requirements. It should be noted that both the
internal and external business should be determined in order to identify the changes in the human
resource trend and requirements and forecasting the supply and demand of the human resources.
Eastern State Hospital is operating in the healthcare sector and thus the demand for skilled and
qualified employees is more for them. Thus, on the basis of the human resource requirements,
managers at Eastern State Hospital will be able to design their sourcing program (Mitchell,
Obeidat & Bray, 2013).
The next step is the talent development process, which states about the management of
the employees in the workplace. In the case of Eastern State Hospital, it is important for them to
initiation the effective process of recruitment and training. This is due to the reason that the
service approach of the healthcare industry is rapidly changing and it is important for the
employees in this sector to cope up with these changes. In addition, more symptoms of mental
illness are getting emerged, which further states the importance of the enhancement of the skills
for the employees (Pankhurst, Collins & Macnamara, 2013). This step will also involve the
selection of the eligible talents in the organization. This will ensure right person with right skills
in the right place. Performance management will also be involved in this step that will include