University Report: Resourcing and Talent Planning in the UK and India

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of resourcing and talent planning, comparing labor market conditions in the UK and India. It examines key aspects such as economic growth, wage inequalities, and the roles of public and private sectors. The report explores the concept of an 'employer of choice,' analyzing strategies like flexibility, customer focus, branding, and training. It also discusses the impact of tight labor markets, the role of trade unions, and the influence of government policies and employers. Furthermore, the report delves into workforce planning, including skill gap analysis and succession planning, highlighting their importance for organizational success. Through this analysis, the report offers valuable insights into effective talent management strategies within different economic contexts.

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(AC 1.1) Comparison of Labour Market Condition in UK and India:
 Economic Growth:
In the recent times, UK is recognized as the successful employment performer
internationally. Since the financial crisis, the labor market of UK is rapidly improving as
compared to the rest of Europe. The unemployment rate has decreased recently and the
number of employed people has increased. UK economy has performed better in the last six
months. The labor market has been tightened as demand for skill and talented employees will
increase in the near future. UK organization needs to attract the potential employees and train
them to match its international competitors. Whereas, the Indian economic condition is
increasing but still the bigger challenge is to ensure the reforms in labor market condition due
to economic growth. The majority of workers in India are still related to informal jobs
(Thomas 2015). The regular pay of the employees has considerably increased but large
amount of workforce relies on the agricultural sector. Majority of workers are in employment
field and self-employed in nature.
 Inequalities in Wage-Level:
Every citizen of UK around the age of 16 and above is either employed or
economically active. Due to the changes in the state pension regulations, the employment
rate for women has also increased (Wilkinson 2013). Since July, there are 31.80 million of
people in work. People relying on government supported agencies and training Employment
Programme reduced from 39,000 to 65,000 (Burrell 2016). Whereas in India the vital factor
for rising income inequalities is globalization and rapid urbanization. Employment has grown
faster for people in urban areas. The spatial disparities between urban and rural region leads

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to inequalities in income. Most of the jobs created in India are informal because the workers
have no access to the social security or employment benefits. The employment rate of
women participation is the lowest in the world (Kapsos, Silbermann and Bourmpoula 2014).
The labor market in India is mostly unorganized sector. In India, the labor market conditions
are loose in nature.
 Public and Private Sector Differences:
In the current scenario, several educational institutes were turned into private sectors.
The royal Mail group and Lloyd’s banking group is reclassified as private sector since June
(Atkinson and Storey 2016). Labour dispute has been further lowered down. The
redundancies rates have also decreased since last year. India’s economy has gone rapid
changes in the last few decades. Recently, the huge fiscal imbalance has forced the
government to impose privatization in the economy. Privatization strategy is now adopted in
the form of government’s equity disinvestment in the public sector undertaking. The
Employees Provident Fund act has ensured that employees are provided financial security by
system of compulsory savings. According to the ILO that is, India Labour Market latest
Update (2016-17) more than 90 percent of the labor market is employed in the agricultural
sector and approximately 70 percent of the labor forces works under the non-agricultural
category.
(AC 1.2) Employer of Choice:
In the current scenario, every business organization large or small now wants to become
an employer of choice. It is collaborative in nature that means that a great working environment
has been created within the organization and the very best people want to be hired in the

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organization (Baker 2014). The business culture created due to employer of choice is helping in
changing the employment relationship in a positive manner. Through benefits and career
development opportunities, the business can position themselves in better manner (Ulrich 2014).
The employers are adopting employer of choice strategy nowadays. The new employment
relationship model is based on:
 Flexibility- it is the technique of working that matches with the employees need, for
example working from home or having flexible time for starting and finishing the work.
The employer should be willing to work in different business role and settings. Whereas,
the employer should encourage the employees to perform various other organizational
roles.
 Customer Focus- the employee should be more focus on the customer and serve them
before their manager. Moreover, the employer should more give more emphasis on
providing information, incentives and skills externally.
 Branding- as the labor market condition has tightened it has become quiet hard to recruit
and retain the employees. All the business organization has an employer brand through
which it differentiate in the labor market. A strong employer brand allows the businesses
to compete for the best available talent and thus establish credibility (Viktoria, Rampl and
Kenning 2014). Employer brand is essential to recruit talents and mergers in the
organisation. Moreover, employees’ value proposition in the organisation is discussed
through branding. It helps in segmenting employee's value proposition idea for various
employment groups as it engenders loyalty and encourages familiarity (Rosethorn 2016).
 Training and developments- the employees should be able to develop skills to excel in
their jobs and eventually reach the career ladder.

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(AC 1.3) Impacts of tight labor market in UK:
Both loosing and Tightening have strong influence on the condition of labor market.
Loosing labor market leads to the effective process of employee retention and recruitment within
the competitive sector of the labor market. Loose labor market indicates that there are plenty of
potential supplies in the competitive market. While tight labor market leads to fierce competition
for the talented and skilled labors within the labor market sector (Friedli and Stearn 2015). UK
faces tight labor market condition whereas; India faces loose labor market condition. In India, the
labor market condition is loose, the organizations like Tata Motors all the compensations related
issues are now being solved with the workers, and they are provided long-term settlements. The
way an organization uses its work force resource is crucial for its future growth.
The tight labor market condition helps in obtaining generous stock options and high
wages. The opportunity cost of entrepreneurship also increases due to the high level of
compensation. The labor market condition further influences the selection and recruitment
pattern of the employees within the organization.
Role of Trade Union:
Trade unions are the organization created by the workers who are the members. The main
aim is to protect and give job security to its members. The trade unions negotiate with the
employers on securing pay rise, to benefits all the employees in the work place. They also
provide the member with legal and financial advice. In UK, downsizing of the public sector has
led to decline in the number of trade unions. Moreover, since 1980, the right to take strike
actions by the trade unions has been completely restricted. Collective bargaining is also practiced

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to grant the workers equal bargaining power as compared to their employers. Trade unions help
in improving relation within the organization because of these union representatives.
(AC 1.4) Role of Government:
In UK, the enforcement of employment right is in hybrid form. Alongside government
enforcement, employment tribunals have a majority of rights. The right enforced by the
government includes national minimum wage, employment business standards and 48- hour
working. It is the duty of the Government to enforce employment protection against the
employers, who seeks on gaining unfair advantages by misconducting and mistreating the staff.
The creation of Pay and Work right Helpline has helped much the different employment
agencies. Infrastructure investments and apprenticeship schemes are done by several government
agencies to reform the labor market. Whereas, In India, several Government initiative has been
launched like Make in India, labor reforms, Skill India so that the labor market is formalized and
all leads to the overall development of the country.
 Role of Employers:
Collaborative approach is used to reform the labor market structure by the employers.
Funding and sponsorships are also made to improve the employment structure of the business. In
the current scenario, various professional standards have been developed by the employers to
ensure that the future skills and talent needs are met.
(AC 2.1) Workforce Planning:
Workforce planning is the systematic approach to have the right people with perfect skills
and at right time and right cost to make the business run successfully and efficiently (De

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Bruecker et al. 2015). It aligns the organizational and HR needs to enable the business have the
following rights:
 Right people
 Right skills
 Right cost
 Right place
 Right size
Through proper planning the organizational risks related to executing business strategies
can be minimized. The major components of workforce planning are operational and strategic in
nature. Strategic workforce planning forecast the future critical roles that an organization will
require. Operational workforce planning is the planning of short-term organizational demands
and comparing them to the present talent supply. Moreover, it helps in determining the additional
requirement of the business.
The benefits of workforce planning are workforce planning helps in recruiting and
retaining the employees in the organization. It aligns the business and strategic planning process
with selection and retention planning. Workforce planning also helps in avoiding any kind of
delays and disruptions. It is in crucial in maximizing the profit of the organization and ensures
long-term success.
 Skill gap analysis:
The organizations nowadays are developing skill gap analysis approach that involves
defining the knowledge and skills required for completing the assigned task and furthermore
comparing the employee’s current level performance to the given requirement (Armstrong and

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Taylor 2014). The skill gap analysis is done by identifying the business goals, collection of data,
analyzing the data and finally drafting a training plan to develop the employee skills.
Table I: Skill- gap Analysis
Source: (Armstrong and Taylor 2014)
Organization benchmarking further helps in understanding, identifying and evaluating
the current position of the business processes. It also analyses the business procedures of other
and compare it with their own organization performance level. Then the necessary steps are
implemented to close the performance gap. Benchmarking is an integral part of an organization
to improve the on-going process (Estampe et al. 2013). Workforce planning is also done through
goal alignment and succession planning, which lead to smooth running of the business besides
profit and wealth maximization.

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(AC 2.2) Succession Planning:
Succession planning is the process through which the individuals are scanned, evaluated
and further recruited for the leadership role within the company (Rothwell et al. 2015).
Succession planning helps in the smooth running of the business, when the organization’s most
important employees are hired for new opportunities, or get retires or pass away. Succession
planning involves evaluation of the leader’s skills and then identifying the potential candidate
both within and outside the organization (Collings 2014). During the internal replacement, the
employees should be trained to take over. In large companies like ours, the owners and
employees are not only influenced by the succession planning but also the shareholders. Talent
management is the strategy to retain the top-level talented employees. This also enables the
present employee to ascertain where they fit in an organization. Developing proper
organizational culture helps in supporting talent management.
 Developing a Succession Planning Program-The development of proper succession
planning is done after identifying the high potentials employees (Spencer and Harris-
Bowlsbey 2013). They are further enhanced with development opportunities so that they
get prepared for future growth opportunities. It is followed by the following ways:
 Identifying Leadership Gaps: it is vital for an HR, to properly analyze of the leadership
position that is crucial for the organization to achieve its objectives in the end. Succession
planning strategy will help in addressing the talent gaps if any in the organization created
by:
 Expected retirements within a specified period.
 Internal promotions within the organization.
 Unexpected loss of the potential candidate.

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 Forecasting future needs: The current and future needs of an organization that is crucial
for the organization success is identified
 Establishing successors: an internal assessment for determining the strength for the
leadership position should be done from time to time.
 Selecting High-Potential Candidates- From the pool of candidates the employee with the
highest potential should be selected for the leadership position after the final interview.
 Creating competencies-Succession planning leads to creation of competencies. The
organizational competencies are very vital to retain successful order for an organization.
Career Development:
Career development is a process that develops the employee work identity. A self-
imitated approach is enhanced with the support of managers and the company. The career
development should be in the form of 70-20-10 rule (Blustein 2013). Major part that is 70% of
the employee development should be gained while action learning and on-the-job activities like
job rotation and job enrichment. 20% of the development is gained after interaction with the
other employees like, coaching and mentoring. 10% of development of the employees should be
coming from training, which includes seminars, classes for learning and development and
conferences. The employee career can be developed through the following:
 Job Enrichment- it is an approach to motivate employees by providing them the
opportunities to use their diverse abilities (Patton and McMahon 2014). The
responsibility of the worker is increased to display his skills and talents.
 Coaching and mentoring the employees- this helps the employee to set goal to be
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 Job Rotation- this strategy is used to move employees within the organization to increase
the interest level of the employees (Khan et al. 2014). It helps to explore the hidden talent
within the organization
 Secondment- this is a strategy to assign an employee for a job on a temporary basis. This
approach helps the employee in gaining some experience by working on a short-term
project.
(AC 2.3) Downsizing:
In a business organization, downsizing is the strategy to reduce the employee’s number
from the operating payroll. The organization uses various approaches for downsizing, which
includes allowing incentives for early retirements and transferring the employees to subsidiary
companies (Sekaran and Bougie 2016). The most common technique used by the organization
for downsizing is simply to terminate the employment of few of its employees. Downsizing
leads to the overtime payment of remaining employees. It is the duty of the HR to make look into
the various factors, which will influence the downsizing decision. First of all, the specific
problem is to be identified that is to be solved through downsizing then after assessing the
resource the final decision is to be made that will affect the company’s performance in the long-
run (Drucker 2017). These are the basic steps taken to make the downsizing work:
Communication plans- Communicating with the employees is the crucial step that an HR goes
through after announcing the initial downsizing (Bovee, Thill and Raina 2016). Being an HR
manager, it is a great responsibility to communicate with the employees and explain the reasons
for downsizing. After proper planning and re-structuring, the employee should also be kept
updated on the progress.

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Ensuring equity and fairness- Being an HR, it is my duty to ensure that downsizing decision
taken is fair and just for the employees. Downsizing often causes poor morale of the terminated
employees. Moreover, if the decision is not fair it leads to guilt and stress for the employees
retaining their job. Employee should be given proper redundancy notice and payment (Greenberg
and Cohen 2014).
Maintaining managed approach- The employees selected for redundancy should be provided
with a notice period before the date of their termination. They are further allowed redundancy
payment if they are working continuously for the organization for at least two years. As per
Equality Act 2010, employees have the power or right for not being unfairly selected due to
redundancy. Moreover, redundancy consultation is also provided (Harmon 2014). The
management is supported in all terms of policies, ethics and procedures by the HR.
( AC 2.4) Job Description:
The organization structure of the company is a framework, which helps in arranging the
work according to the position explained through job description. Job description is a crucial tool
that focuses on describing the scope, duties, responsibilities and purpose for a specified job
(Breaugh 2017). Job description is used in various processes like selection, orientation,
recruitment, compensation and succession planning. After preparing the process of workflow
analysis, the job design and job analysis is done to build a job description. This can be done
through:
Job design- it is the process to organize tasks that is required for performing a job. Job
design is influenced by the organizational structure and business strategy (Hendrick and Kleiner