Workforce Planning
The percentage of workers that has left the organization to the total number of staff within a period of time.
What is labour turnover?
The process of determining what job is needed and what workers are needed for the job.
A type of training that is carried out at the workplace, mediated by a supervisor or specialist within the firm.
What is on-the-job training?
An annual evaluation that summarizes the overall performance of the employee.
What is summative appraisal?
The termination of a candidate’s employment due to malpractice or incompetent performance that is unsatisfactory to the organization.
What are dismissals?
The extent to which workers can move to different geographical locations or change their jobs.
What is labour mobility?
To advertise jobs, these two documents are required. The first defines the ideal candidate, the second outlines the job's details.
What is a person specification and job description?
Training that involves the introduction of the company to the organization to help new employees settle in and understand procedures and regulations.
What is induction training?
A planned and ongoing appraisal process that informs employees of how to improve their work practices, encouraging them to reflect on their contribution to the workplace.
What is formative appraisal?
The transfer of employees from a department or branch that no longer requires their role to other vacant positions within the business.
What is redeployment?
The process of taking consideration of fluctuation in demand, the need for specialized labour and replace employees in vacant positions.
What is short-term workforce planning?
The process that proceeds receiving application forms including the academic or working history, personal details, accreditations of the job candidates.
What is shortlisting?
The cascade of knowledge and skills to the trainee can be time-consuming. This is the reason why this type of training can disrupt business-as-usual.
How could mentoring disrupt business-as-usual?
These two methods are commonly used to gather opinions and remarks. The questions are mostly concerned with the appraisee's core competencies.
What are questionnaires and interviews?
The two basis by which employers make specific employees redundant in a compulsory redundancy.
What is Last in First Out (LIFO) and redundancy through merit?
This demographic factor affects workforce planning as regions with higher longevity in terms of average age might influence businesses to prolong its set retirement age.
How does the aging population affect workforce planning?
Firms benefit through this by receiving new ideas (fresh blood), insights on the industry and a wider scope of applicants to choose from a diverse pool of expertise.
What are the advantages of external recruitment?
The individual of a senior position in the organisation is responsible for teaching relevant job-specific knowledge according to their experiences and expertise.
What are the responsibilities of a mentor?
Appraisees are expected to be open and honest about their strengths and weaknesses. They must also develop attainable goals for improvement.
What are the expectations set for employees during self-appraisal?
The second stage of dismissals.
At what stage is an official written warning for repeated misconduct conducted?
Cultural differences, priorities in regards to family and friends along with the fear and anxiety of the unknown limits this rate of change.
What are the factors limiting geographical mobility?
What types of jobs are trade tests conducted for?
Benefits of this type of training include networking opportunities with other trainees and a wider range of skills training to choose from with skills, specialisations or resources that might not be available internally.
What are the benefits of off-the-job training?
Appraisal may cause resentment and insecurities through social comparisons and workplace politics, lowering levels of motivation. Appraisers might also not be credible, subject to biases.
How can appraisals lower levels of motivation?
The worker’s salary, benefits and time they have worked in the organization factors in determining this.
How is an employee's redundancy package (severance pay) determined?