Human Resources Management is the management of people employed by an organisation in order to achieve that organisation's objectives
Diffenciate between manpower planning and succession planning
Manpower planning helps to determine the number and skills of people the organisation will need in order to achieve it's strategic objectives
Succession planning helps to ensure continuity and growth in the management of the business by ensuring that sucessors for key positions in the future are identified and developed
Major components of manpower planning
supply
demand
time
Elements in a Manpower Action Plan
recruitment programmes
training programmes
redundancy
short-time working
re-organisation
re-training and developing new skills
Key steps in succession planning
identify key jobs necessary to achieve strategic goals
identify the extent to which these jobs will change
identify the performance CSF for these jobs
establish current key players
prepare inventory of the skills, abilities etc
identify time scale before key players will leave the organisation
establish a means of identifying current kills of potential successors an their potential to develop new skills
List 5 indicators of weakening corporate culture and poor organisational health
1. diminished productivity
2. increased employee sabotage of company policy
3. increased absenteeism
4. increased expressions of grievance against collegues and managers
5. strikes, work-to-rule and lock-outs
How can organisations manage corporate change in the face of poor moral