CIPD


CIPD People Management

Workforce Planning

Short course
Duration: day(s)   /   Level: Introductory   /   Suitable for in-house

Analyse your workforce, develop a strategy to match demand for staff with the right people at the right time, and create a plan for talent management and retention.

Details

Availability: In stock

Dates and Availability

  • Start Date: 04 November 2013
  • Location: London
  • Availability: Spaces
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Details

Workforce planning is rapidly emerging as an essential activity for HR to engage in if it is to increase strategic contribution and drive talent and business outcomes. So how can HR practitioners start to derive the benefits of workforce planning in their own organisations? The Workforce Planning course will help you analyse the workforce, develop a strategy to match demand for staff with the right people at the right time, and create a plan for talent management and retention.

Workforce Planning can also be provided in-house. This is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We can also tailor the Workforce Planning course content to suit your precise organisation needs. To speak to an adviser about your particular requirements, call our in-house training team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Course Tutors

Miss Rita McGee

Who is it for

Workforce Planning is suitable for you if you’re already involved in HR and recruitment services within your organisation or you simply want to increase your potential to deliver more powerful and longer-lasting results in strategic planning.

Course benefits

By the end of Workforce Planning you'll be able to:

  • Understand the elements of HR strategy
  • use techniques and tactics applicable to workforce planning
  • develop an action plan to improve the recruitment and retention of key talent
  • confidently participate in the business planning process and construct and implement workforce plans.
Course programme
  • Identifying opportunities for adding value
  • Demand planning
  • Linking business plans to workforce plans
  • Employee engagement and talent retention
  • Supply planning
  • Managing growth and decline
  • Foundations for effective succession planning
  • Succession planning methods
  • Career planning processes
  • The flexible organisation
  • Constructing the workforce plan.

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