Manage Workforce Planning

This module discusses workforce planning – ensuring that an organisation has the people with the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to meet the organisation's goals and objectives, both in the present and to meet anticipated changes in the future. It describes how to analyse the demand for labour within an organisation and the sources of supply of labour both within and outside of the organisation. It then discusses how to use these analyses to produce forecasts which form the basis for designing workforce strategies to deal with demand and supply issues, including labour surpluses, labour shortages and employee retention strategies. This module also discusses the relationship between workforce planning and diversity, and ways of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of workforce planning.

Learning Outcomes

• Assess supply and demand
• Develop workforce objectives and strategies
• Implement initiatives to support workforce planning objectives
• Monitor and evaluate workforce trends

Content Areas

• Introduction to Workforce Planning
• The Workforce Planning Process
• Analysing an Organisation’s Future Workforce Requirements
• Analysing Labour Supply within an Organisation
• Analysing External Labour Supply
• Developing Workforce Strategies and Objectives
• Strategies for Managing Labour Shortages
• Strategies for Managing Labour Surpluses
• Employee Retention Strategies
• Workforce Planning and Diversity
• Monitoring and Evaluating Workforce Planning
• Workforce Planning Review

Module Duration and Workload

This module involves a total of 60 hours per term of study including a course work component, educator contact, research and related study activities, translating to approximately 5 hours of study per week. Students will need to allocate additional time for the completion of assessment activities related to the module.