Business Challenges: Workforce Planning and Skill Development

This report delves into key aspects of academic research and writing, focusing on a critical business issue: workforce planning. It examines the challenges businesses face in effectively planning their workforce, highlighting the importance of aligning employee skills with organizational needs. The report further includes a reflective practice section, detailing the skills acquired from the module, such as note-making, essay writing, and referencing, and their potential application in future scenarios. Lastly, it outlines a personal development plan aimed at enhancing academic skills for improved professional and personal growth, with specific strategies and timelines for skill development.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH
AND WRITING
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
1. Discussion of business issue using research material..............................................................3
2. Reflection.................................................................................................................................4
3 Personal development plan.......................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Academy research and writing can be defined as formal style of writing that is mainly
used in university and scholarly publication. For academic writing, journal articles and books
are used to write on academic topic. Student needs to have varieties of skills, knowledge in order
to do academy research and writing to complete their education and get success in future career
ahead. This report has covered key information related to business issue using research material,
reflective practice about what has been learn from module and the way it is fruitful for future
circumstances. At last it covers personal development plan to improve academic skills for
achieve more success in professional and personal career.
1. Discussion of business issue using research material
Business is an enterprise that is engage is selling of product and services to attract more
and more customers in the organisation and earn high profit margin. In current scenario, there are
ranges of issue that are face by business while operating its business in external environment. So
manager in order to promote growth and expansion of business needs to plan strategies that
could be used by it to sustain in competitive market. One of the main key business issue
companies are facing in recent circumstances is workforce planning, as there are many
individuals that company required in order to complete their respective task in the firm (Kumar,
2021). Employees are most important individuals as they are the one that make utilisation of
their skills and capabilities in order to perform the task and helps company in achieving the end
objectives. Likewise, there are companies in which human resources manager are facing
challenges pertaining to planning composition and content of workforce that could be helpful in
achieving the end objectives of firm. As there are wide range of individuals with different skills,
capabilities and knowledge that organisation required to stay ahead in competition. Furthermore,
some of the human resources manager of company are not able to find gap between the existing
workforces and required which results in insufficient workforce to complete various task of
organisation. On contrary note, sometime HR may hire excess workforce to complete the task
which results in additional cost to the company (Ruf, 2020). In short, it has been identified that
majorly organisation or HR manager are not able to hire right individuals at right position that
lead in high employees turnover and chances of absenteeism.
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Companies are making use of different strategies for workforce planning in order to have
required employees to timely delivered services to customers. Such as they are firstly laying
efforts on analysing the current workforce or actual number of individuals that are present in the
enterprise that have specified skills and capabilities to performed particular task. Then the human
resources manager take steps to find future gap or total number of employees that company may
required in future scenario to complete the task for benefits of firm. This helps company in
timely hiring right individual at right time within organisation and making customers happy and
satisfied beyond their wants (Strydom, 2019). Along with it, human resource manager are also
laying emphasis on improving the organisation culture, so that all talented and qualified
employees are motivated to work for company. Such as promoting open communicating between
the employees so that they can easily share their point of view with each others and there are no
chances of confusion and conflict in future scenario. In addition to this, firm are also laying
efforts on monitor and analysis continuous the workforce to make planning to have right
individuals at right place within organisation.
The suggestion that could be used by firm to overcome issue related to workplace
planning challenges is that it should make use of innovative technology to store, accumulate and
analysis information related to actual workforce present and required in future scenario. As it
will contribute in saving cost, and time frame to recruit and retained required talented individuals
within the organisation.
Therefore, from the above analysis it can be concluded that because of number of
employees working in company at different geographical location, it has become difficult for
them to plan accurate workforce. That finally results in insufficient employees to perform desired
task and delay in offering services to customers (Murthy and Kinange, 2018). So, it can be
suggested that manager needs to maintained accurate record of total employees present and
required in future for better workforce planning and growth of firm.
2. Reflection
It is important to develop skills so that I can work efficiently in an organisation. There are
some skills which an individual person should have so that work can be completed efficiently
and it helps in achieving targets (MAURYA and SHARMA, 2017). From the module I have
learn different skills such as, note making skill, essay writing, paragraph writing, how to do
referencing. I also learn evidence writing and develop academic skills which is beneficial for me
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in future growth and development. It is essential to develop skills which are essential and helps
in development. when a person has all the necessary skills then it helps in getting good job
opportunities. Nowadays, competition is increasing and it is important to develop skills so that
work can be completed on time and there will be less chances of mistake or misunderstanding. It
is essential to develop academic skills such as, research and analysis skill, communication skill,
technical skill etc.
These are some crucial skills which is beneficial for a person and it helps in achieving
goals and objectives (Sousa and Rocha, 2019). I had develop academic skills from this module as
my communication skill was not good and due to that I am not able to get good opportunities.
After developing communication skill I get many opportunities and it helps in creating good
image in market. It is essential to focus on developing skills and get good job which is beneficial
for growth and development. I was not having note making skills and due to this I forgot what
work I have to do. Note making skills helps in making short notes for what I have learn and this
helps in an organisation because there are many work to do and it is essential to write down
things. This helps in completing all work on time and there will be less chances of mistakes and
misunderstanding.
It is essential for an organisation to develop skills so that they can perform better than
others and it helps in achieving goals and objectives of company. It is important to focus on
developing skills which is beneficial for growth of a person. Academic skills refer to research
and analysis skill. This is important because it helps in gathering relevant information which is
essential for an organisation. An employee should have research and analysis skill so that they
can work efficiently and collect relevant details. I develop this skill with the help of module as in
this I have to collect details. Referencing skill I learn from module because it helps me in doing
referencing and it is beneficial for me. There are many skills which a person should have so that
work can be completed on time and it helps in performing better than others. According to my
point of view, it is essential to develop skills because it is useful while working in an
organisation and work can be completed on time. when a person has necessary skills then
candidate perform better than others.
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3 Personal development plan
Personal development plan helps in planning set of strategies or action that could be used
by individuals to improve its skills, knowledge and capabilities. Such as:
Skills Method to improve
skills
Measure Time frame
Academic writing I have planned to
improve my academic
writing skills through
learning words,
vocabulary and proper
format in which essay,
dissertation can be
made for getting good
grade ahead (Murthy,
and Kinange, 2018).
In order to measure
whether I have
developed academic
writing skills. I have
planned to take
feedback from
lecturer.
Around 2 month will
be required to learn
academic writing.
Note Taking Secondly I want to
improve my note
taking skills so that I
can easily write all the
crucial points and
make use of them.
For understanding
whether I have
developed note taking
skills
1 Month is an time
frame that will be
needed to acquire note
taking skills.
Essay skills As per my
perspective I have
decided to develop
essay skill through
learning the way or
format in which it is
written.
When I will get good
grade in essay writing
or win competition of
essay writing.
Approximately 2-3
month is needs to
developed skill
pertaining to essay
writing.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be conclude that it has helped in learning about current issue that
are face by business and the manner in which they are trying to cope up with the same to sustain
their operation for longer time frame. Moreover, it has helped in understanding what has been
learned from module and its usefulness in future scenario. At last the report summarised personal
development plan that could be used to improve existing skills for bright future ahead.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kumar, K., 2021. Modern workforce planning uses driver-based budgeting.
MAURYA, C. D. and SHARMA, A. K., 2017. THE ROLE OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN
SUCCESS OF AN ORGANIZATION. CLEAR International Journal of Research in
Commerce & Management. 8(6).
Murthy, M. V .S. and Kinange, U.M., 2018. A STUDY OF APPLICATION HR ANALYTICS
AND ITS EFFECT ON HR WORKFORCE PLANNING. SJIF IMPACT FACTOR=
5.912, p.1.
Ruf, C., 2020. Workforce Planning in Manufacturing and Service Industries (Doctoral
dissertation, Technische Universität München).
Sousa, M. J. and Rocha, Á., 2019. Skills for disruptive digital business. Journal of Business
Research, 94, pp.257-263.
Strydom, C., 2019. Developing a Framework for Strategic Workforce Planning. University of
Johannesburg (South Africa).
Workforce Planning Global, 2017. Working it out: a workforce planning guide.
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