Workforce Planning Issues, Solutions, Reflection, and Development Plan

This report analyzes the critical aspects of workforce planning within business organizations, highlighting common issues such as talent shortages, difficulties in assessing talent needs, and tight deadlines. It explores strategies companies employ to tackle these challenges, including building industry networks and implementing robust selection procedures. The report includes reflective writing on skill development, focusing on time management and problem-solving, and outlines a personal development plan to enhance leadership, team development, and decision-making skills. Concluding that effective strategies are vital for resolving workforce planning issues and fostering personal and professional growth, it emphasizes the importance of continuous skill development for future success. Desklib provides resources like this to support students.

Academic Research and Writing

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Academic Research and Writing.................................................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................................................4
PART-1........................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Issues faced by companies in context of workforce planning.................................................................................................................4
Ways in which companies are tackling the issues...................................................................................................................................5
PART-2........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Reflective writing....................................................................................................................................................................................5
PART-3........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Personal development plan......................................................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Workforce planning has been determined as one of the major concept in business organizations as it helps in preparation of the
effective plans related to workforce in organization (Zoller, 2018). However, it comes up with the numerous challenges for business in
which business has to deal with. Thus, the present report will shed a light over the business issue in context of workforce planning.
The detailed analysation will be done within showing the issues and the ways in which companies are reacting over the issues.
Furthermore, the report will perform the reflection in the context of learning that has been made during the module as reflection helps
in knowing the possessed strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the personal development plan will be made in regards to the skills
that needs to be developed for future.
PART-1
Issues faced by companies in context of workforce planning
Workforce planning is one of the major concept in business sector as it helps in approaching the talented people in the
organization that assures higher productivity in organization. However, companies are facing numerous issues in this context and
those are- Talent shortage, difficulty in assessing the talent need, too many applicants, and tight deadlines. HRM department focuses
on establishing the effective workforce planning that can lead to approach talented people, However, it has become hard task for them.
There is talent shortage and in order to identify most appropriate talent that can be suitable for job is extremely hard. Often, it is hard
to assess the talent needs everything is based on assessing needs (Doll, 2022). If the needs have been assessed in wrong manner then,
it impacts the over- all selection of the candidates. There are large number of applicants for a single job and it is hard to select the
appropriate ones. Deadlines have bene given to the managers in which they have to plan and implements activities in relation of
workforce planning. Before starting of another financial year it is important that companies must hire the talented people. Thus,
workforce planning is one of the mandatory part of business as without this no success can be assure to business. Numerous

challenges in this context are creating major issues which is impacting the progress of the business. Therefore, it is important to assure
keen focus over the issues that are coming while performing workforce planning.
Ways in which companies are tackling the issues
The major focus needs to be assure over the cause of the issue as this helps in solving the issues. Apart from this, effective
strategies need to be implemented in this context that can lead to solve the issues. In order to solve the problems related to talent
shortage, companies must build strong network with specific industries and agencies that approaches number of talented people. With
the help of the mutual contacts, this issue can be solved. In order to assessing the talent proper planning should be made that includes
monitoring and observing different departments where is the requirement of employees. As company gets number of applicants who
have applied for job and from them the best ones has to be selected which is hard task (Sparkman, 2018). Therefore, proper selection
procedure must be implemented which consist of numerous test and helps in identifying the most appropriate talent from all available
applicants. Strategies related to selection procedure helps in solving the issues related to selecting of most appropriate candidate from
the list of the candidates. Thus, in this manner this issue related to workforce planning can be solved by the business. In regards to
solving the issue related to tight deadlines, managers must specify time to each task that helps in completion of the task in set time
period and in this manner the issue can be solve.
PART-2
Reflective writing
I have made the major learning during this module. Often, I have got the effective opportunity in terms of developing myself from
all aspects. Whether it is about personal or professional development I have gained effective knowledge during this module which has
been proven beneficial for me. I have gained the skills related to time management and problem solving. I have analysed my weakness
and strengths as well. The major strengths that has been analysed by me is that I have effective communication and critical analysation
skills. I have also analyse my weaknesses and that was entitled with the ineffective time management and problem solving skills. At

initial stage I was not able to complete my task on time which has affected the final outcomes on negative note. Also, I have lack of
confidence in me due to which I was not able to solve my problems and this has created ineffective problem solving skills in me.
I have focused over changing my weakness into the strengths. Learning that has been made during this module that been
proven highly effective for me as this has provided opportunity in terms of changing my weakness into strengths. In order to solve my
ineffective time management skill. I have made strategy in which I have parted my whole task in different activities. After parting task
into different activities I have allocated time to each activity and I tried to complete the activities (Yao, Wu and Wang, 2020). At
initial I was not able to complete the activities on set time period. However, after a certain period of time I noticed that I am
completing the activities on set time-frame. Thus, here I got to know that I have improved my ineffective time management skills. For
focusing over my ineffective problem solving skills, I have assured focus over identifying the different alternatives and all the
alternatives for solving the problems has been evaluated and afterwards the best one is being selected. In this manner, I have assured
focus over developing problem solving skills in me.
This learning has contributed in my professional development. Development of the academic skills directly contributes in the
personal as well as professional development. Same has been experienced by me during this module. The academic skills have been
developed in me along with identifying the existing skills. Thus, this leads to help me in my future at my workplace. I want to join the
business field and therefore having professional skill is highly important so I can effectively coordinate at my workplace with my
mates. Therefore, I will use the developed skills in my future as well. The problems that will be faced by me at the job will be solved
within using problem solving skills (Stanley, Belisle and Dixon, 2018). Also, I will complete the given task on time that will help me
in producing the effective outcomes which would be highly beneficial. Also, another skills that will be used by me in future are related
to effective communication skill and critical analysation skills. It will enable me to establish effective communication at the workplace
and critically analysing the elements in order to take the effective decision.

PART-3
Personal development plan
Academic
Skill
Action Future Implications
(Identify topics of
learning from
module)
Detail how you plan on improving
the skill
Once the skill has been developed, how do you hope to use the skill both in your academic and caree
Leadership skills
I will try to understand the opinion
of the people and try to leads them
in effective manner which will be
beneficial for becoming a good
leader.
I will use this in my academic and career as well. While performing the team work I will use
guiding and leading team members in effective manner.
Team
development skill
I will coordinate with my team
members and on the basis of their
interest I will allocate them role and
responsibilities.
I will use this skill in order to understand my team members emotions and this skill wil
establish effective team at the workplace while completion of the task.
Decision making
skill
In order to take the best decision, I
will evaluate all the alternatives that
is available to me. All pros and
cons will be evaluated and on the
This skill will enable me to take most appropriate decision at the workplace that leads to shape m
character and also helps in my personal development.

basis of that most appropriate
decision will be taken.
CONCLUSION
The above report has concluded that, workforce planning is the vital element in the business organization. This helps in
establishing effective workforce in organization. Companies are facing major issues in this context that is related to- difficulty in
finding potential candidates, less effective strategies and so on. Thus, the business organizations are effectively focusing over the
issues and trying to solve the issues. Everything is linked with the efficient strategies, if the strategies are effective then it leads to
solve the issues. Along with this, the reflection has analysed the major strengths and weaknesses during the module. Also, ways in
which weakness can be changed into strengths has been shown. Lastly, the personal development plan has been made that is consist of
the skills that needs to be developed for enhancing personal and professional development in future.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Doll, J.L., 2022. Developing Workforce Planning Skills in Human Resource Management Courses: A Data-Driven
Exercise. Management Teaching Review. 7(1). pp.89-108.
Sparkman, R., 2018. Strategic workforce planning: Developing optimized talent strategies for future growth. Kogan Page Publishers.
Stanley, C.R., Belisle, J. and Dixon, M.R., 2018. Equivalence‐based instruction of academic skills: Application to adolescents with
autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 51(2). pp.352-359.
Yao, G., Wu, D. and Wang, S.X., 2020. A review on reflection-waveform inversion. Petroleum Science. 17(2). pp.334-351.
Zoller, B., 2018. Workforce planning: One of the most challenging HR compliance issues for 2018. Strategic HR Review.