Workforce Planning Mythbusters
Please see below some common misconceptions around Workforce Planning and our responses to bust those myths!
Effective planning and a systematic approach means activities will land well and have a lasting impact on performance across a team
Strategic workforce planning actually delivers income growth and return on our investment as well as reduced costs
In our people-centred operation, focusing on improving the skills and availability of our workforce is as critical as a manufacturer having the right factory set up
There are many factors that must be considered in workforce planning (including the internal business content, the external environment, and the workforce context - both internal and external) and therefore only a method-base approach is appropriate
Both of those teams have different perspectives, workforce planning is a People & OD speciality
Organisational re-design is reactive whereas workforce planning is proactive and focuses on people and skills more than hierarchy task distribution and reporting
It's not about redundancies, it's about getting the right number of people with the right skills employed in the right place at the right time, at the right cost and on the right contract to achieve the organisational strategy