Strategic Importance of HR Forecasting
Key Human Capital Analyses
The Forecasting Process
Environmental & Organizational Factors
Value of Human Capital
100

A lack of incorporating information from an external environment will result in this.

What is an incompatibility between organizational goals and HR planning.

100

This group of individuals in the labour market is NOT considered a member of a "designated group".

Who are immigrants.

100

This type of forecasting is concerned with existing assumptions based on historical data to create ratios of production/sales amounts to human capital needs.

What is norm-based rules.

100

This type of forecasting occurs in the range of one to two years.

What is short-run forecasting.

100

This type of human capital is valuable to the firm and cannot be easily transferred across organizations.

What is firm-specific human capital.

200

This is created when the HR demand exceeds the current personnel resources available in the organization's workforce.

What is a labour shortage.

200

Individuals who need to be protected from discrimination in employment, are grouped into this category.

What is a designated group category.

200

The Delphi Technique, focus groups, Nominal Group and scenario planning are examples of this type of forecasting method.

What is the QUALITATIVE human resource forecasting method.

200

Organizations wishing to conduct HR forecasting for its operating cycle would use which time horizon for forecasting?

What is current forecast.

200

This type of human capital benefits the firm, and requires a deep understanding of the firm's systems, social structure, and customers.

What is firm-specific human capital.

300

This planning approach allows organizations to reduce their HR costs.

What is a long-run planning approach.

300

This is one of the key areas of focus for HR forecasting.

What is: Specialist workers, or Designated Group members, or Leadership talent.

300

This model of forecasting is based on human judgement.

What is QUALITATIVE forecasting.

300

This HR concept is defined as several HR estimates, based on a variety of assumptions. 

What is a projection.

300

This human capital theory represents the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are held by employees and are useful to the firm.

What is generic human capital.

400

This skill has been proposed as being critical to the HR planning function.

What is communication skills.

400

It is important for HR to pay particular attention to monitoring workers with THIS type of skills/human capital.

What is workers holding qualifications that are in high demand.

400

This is the first step in an effective HR forecasting process.

What is determine staffing needs by skills, skill level, or jobs.

400

This type of forecasting takes place over a period of two to five years.

What is medium-run forecasting.

400

This human capital theory represents how human capital changes over time.

What is human capital flow.

500

As artificial intelligence and the types of algorithms used to develop HR forecasts become more advanced, this type of skill has become critical to the HR planning function.

What is QUANTITATIVE skills.

500

These types of human capital can bring insights into how competitors structure and operate their businesses and may also bring with them the latest trends and practices in the industry.

What are "new entrants" or "new recruits".

500

It is critical that HR take THIS important step prior to forecasting human resources.

What is environmental scanning.

500

This term refers to the process of reducing an HR surplus by allowing the size of the workforce to decline naturally from the normal pattern of losses associated with retirements, deaths, and voluntary turnover.

What is attrition.

500

This human capital theory refers to the amount of human capital within the firm at any given time.

What is human capital stock.