Unit 1.2: Human Resource Planning

Question 1

Skills Inventory

Answer 1

An inventory of the skills and knowledge of employees that is used for making placement and promotion decisions.

Question 2

Succession Planning

Answer 2

The process of deciding how management vacancies will be filled.

Goal: Have highly trained replacements ready to fill vacant positions in all key jobs.

Major Activities:

1. Information about managerial candidates should be reviewed, including such factors as career progress, experience, education, and future career interests.
2. The performances of prospective managers need to be assessed to determine whether they already are promotable or, if not, what developmental experiences they need to prepare for advancement.
3. the requirements for each position need to be determined
4. The responsible managers at each level in the organization should conduct a thorough review and discussion of the foregoing information
5. Developmental activities should be initiated to accomplish the identified needs.

Question 3

Replacement Chart

Answer 3

An organizational chart showing the employees who hold various positions and their most likely replacements.

Question 4

Career Pathing

Answer 4

Identifying a sequence of jobs through which individuals can expect to progress toward higher levels of management.

Question 5

Dual career ladders

Answer 5

A career path for technical and professional employees that allows them to progress within the ranks of their profession rather than having them advance within the managerial hierarchy of the company.

Question 6

Bumping

Answer 6

A layoff procedure that allows more senior employees to take the jobs of employees with less seniority

Question 7

Promotion form Within

Answer 7

An internal recruiting method in which vacancies in management positions are filled by promoting lower-level managers

Question 8

Attrition

Answer 8

Reducing the workforce by failing to replace individuals who leave.

Question 9

Shared Work

Answer 9

Short-term labor surplus leading to a reduction of hours each employee works but all employees are kept.

Question 10

Rolling Layoffs

Answer 10

Workers rotate in and out of unemployment