Planning for human resource needs is one of the greatest challenges facing managers and leaders. In order to meet this challenge, a uniform process that provides a disciplined approach for matching human resources with the anticipated needs of the company is essential.
Workforce planning is a fundamental planning tool, critical to quality performance that will contribute to the achievement of programme objectives by providing a basis for justifying budget allocation and workload staffing levels and should be included as a key management activity.
Workforce and succession planning should be directly linked to broad-based management strategies that encompass several processes, including an organisation's
· Aids/HIV strategy
· Employment equity workforce targets
· Workplace Skills Plan training needs
· BEE charter and scorecard targets
· Future growth and acquisition strategy
