Workforce Planning: Business Issues, Company Reactions, and HRM Impact

This report analyzes the critical business issue of workforce planning, particularly in the context of globalization and diversified workforces. It examines how companies are reacting to challenges in allocating talent, identifying skills, and preparing for future staffing needs. The report highlights the negative impacts of poor workforce planning, such as reduced productivity and high employee turnover, and discusses strategies employed by companies like Tesco to mitigate these issues through effective recruitment, selection, and appraisal schemes. Furthermore, it reflects on the author's learning journey, emphasizing the development of skills in report writing, problem-solving, and critical analysis within the realm of Human Resource Management. The report concludes by recommending that organizations utilize HRM software, regularly update workforce planning strategies, and prioritize employee motivation to enhance productivity and profitability. The author also outlines a plan for continuous personal and professional development.

Academic Research and
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Table of Contents
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
What is the issue..........................................................................................................................1
How companies are reacting ......................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................2
PART 2........................................................................................................................................3
PART 3........................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journal .....................................................................................................................6

PART 1
INTRODUCTION
In the contemporary business environment there is huge competition and dynamic
changes due to the changing technology, increasing trend of environment sustainability and
much more. For the businesses in modern era to sustain in the market full of competition it is
very important to monitor the external and internal environment in order to regularly evaluate the
issues business is facing (Ward and et. al., 2020). The businesses on very daily basis are
encountering the variety of business issues such as workforce planning, environmental
sustainability adapting new technologies etc. The present report will discuss the issue of
workforce planning and how the different companies react to it in order to resolve the issue.
Workforce planning is considered as the big business issue as ineffective workforce planning can
result into the lack of performance and productivity within the businesses.
What is the issue
Workforce planning is the process of allocating and assigning the talent or the employees
of the companies at the right place under the right position on the basis of their capabilities,
education qualification, skills and other attributes. Due to increase of globalisation in the
business world the organisations are shifting towards the diversified workforce in order to attain
the talent from all across the world. But this diversity of employees has been causing the big
business issue of workforce planning. This is the issue in which organisations are not able to
analyse its workforce and fails in identifying their skills to prepare for the future staffing needs.
Workforce planning issue leads to the gap of skills and human resources between the future and
current business model which also involves the special skills that are required by the possible
futures. Workforce planning is issue with the recruiting and training of the employees in order to
deal with the possible future business objectives (Chen and Flowerdew, 2018). This mostly occur
due to insufficient awareness and knowledge regarding current and future workforce gaps that
may limit the business strategy execution. Also the poor workforce planning lends the business
into the reduced productivity, lower motivation and morale of employees, inadequate skilled
employees, high employees turnover and also the shortfall of talent in the companies. Poor
workforce planning is unable to consider the skills and capabilities of the current staff and also in
this there is lack of forecasting in relation to skills and knowledge employees will need in
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upcoming future. The workforce planning issue of the business can lead to organisations to miss
their growth opportunities which can cause some real harm to profitability of the business. Thus,
the issue of the workforce planning can result as the derail of the growth and development of
business and its employees.
How companies are reacting
By observing the issue of workforce planning and its consequences the organisations are
facing the excessive negative impacts on the businesses. The businesses are reacting to these
issues very effectively by improvising the new Human resource management system into the
organisation in order to make the workforce planning productive and worthy. As part of the
workforce planning for example Tesco as the multinational organisation has there effective
recruitment and selection curriculum that effectively states the procedure and operations that
must be conducted in order to conduct effective recruitment and selection process for hiring the
best talent across the world. For this company has articulation of informational and valuable
person specification and job description which helps the company to mitigate the issue of
ineffective workforce planning (Yu and Liu, 2021). In the similar manner there are many other
companies that work on same policy or strategy for their effective workforce planning. Also, in
some companies in order to mitigate the issue of talent planning or motivating the employees in
order to retain them the companies has effective appraisal scheme. This practice of companies is
highly useful to encourage the employees to work to their best potential for the organisation and
for their self growth and development. Companies in order to attain effective workforce planning
must develop effective planning process for each function of the HRM. Also the companies are
recommended to timely organise training and development programmes for the enhancement of
the employees skills and also to regularly update their recruitment eligibility criteria as per the
changing skills demand in the job.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that for any organisation effective workforce
planning is essential in order to have talented pool of employees that could help the company in
increasing the productivity. Also it is recommended to the organisations to utilize the effective
HRM software's and technology in optimising the business strategy of workforce planning. Also
in order to mitigate the issue of the workforce planning the company companies must regularly
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update and review their workforce planning strategies and models to order to improve them with
new labour market trends and internal changes of the organisation. In addition to this for the
effective and functional workforce it is essential for which employees should be motivated and
encouraged as this will in turn boost the profitability and productivity of the company.
PART 2
During my working on this module to prepare the report on the workforce planning issue
of the organisation I have learned multiple skills and also I have enhanced my knowledge in field
of the Human resource management. In this module I have learned about my skill of writing an
effective report in most structured and appropriate manner. I have learned more about the written
communication skills and how to write a report using effective vocabulary. Also during this
module I have learned about the different areas of the workforce planning, its tactics etc. which
was very new subject for me to learn about. While writing a report on this topic I have expanded
my knowledge into this filed and also developed the keen interest to work in this area in future.
In this module I was able to develop my problem solving and critical skills while evaluating the
issue of workforce planning in the organisation.
Learning of the above skills and knowledge where highly useful and good for my future
career as this knowledge of business and its key area will help me to grow in the field of the
Human resource in future. Also through the learning and development of the following skills
mentioned above I will able to upgrade my career opportunities and upscale my other skills as
well. I believe that learning is the never ending process and is highly important for me to
continue my journey as the learner and stay focused and determined to always learn something
through my practices and experiences.
PART 3
Academic skills Actions Future implications
Management skills In order to enhance my
management skills firstly I will
read the books and articles of
the managers of top notch
institutions of the world. By
Development of such skills
will be highly useful for me in
my future career plans and also
this will help to manage my
work in academic setting.
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this I will able to gain the
shrink outline of the manage
styles the famous leaders and
managers follow which I will
be applying in my working
style. I will also develop my
understanding on different
management styles and other
soft skills required for the
development of the
management skills (Ebadi and
Rahimi, 2018).
Leadership skills In order to plan for the
development of effective
leadership skills I will read
about the journey of the
famous leaders of the world
that has set standards and
benchmarks to have effective
leadership. Also for this I will
take guidance from my tutor
(Schillings and et. al., 2018).
The development of the
leadership skills is very
important for me to gain the
growth in the future as the in
employment and in academics
leadership is the primary skill
that I must attain and possess
in order to justify my
employability and to perform
effectively.
Communication and
interaction skills
In order to improve my
communication and interaction
skills I will engage myself in
more and more group meetings
and push myself towards
talking to team members
regarding the normal subject
apart from the project in order
This skill is the most important
skill for my career as the
effective communication leads
to better networking as well.
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to build better relationships
and interaction between the
team and coach. This will help
me knowing this perspective
on the opinions of the other
team members regarding the
project and also make me learn
and experience the life
experiences of the other team
members. This will help me to
mitigate my lack of
communication skills I will
add a new habit in my weekly
activities that is one session in
which I will interact and
communicate with other
members through fun activities
which bring excitement and
encouragement in the
members. This will also
mitigate any issues and
problems related to
communication gap. In order
to achieve the excellent
communication skill I will
involve more and more of my
personality in socializing
myself with other people.
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