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How to Develop a Workforce Plan
Learn how to develop and implement an effective workforce planPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 5 lessons.
Advanced Provider : Andrea Terrell 5 Lessons · 17m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
The essential preparation for an effective workforce plan is to accurately assess the current workforce capabilities and to forecast as accurately as possible the additional capabilities that will be needed. This requires extensive ongoing research into workforce supply and demand, and then systematically applying that information toward employee training, career development, and succession planning. Incorporating this information into the development of the workforce strategy and the workforce plan of action makes implementation more impactful and the monitoring of the plan more precise.
In this course on How to Develop a Workforce Plan, you will learn about the various real-world contexts in which workforce planning occurs. You will also learn how to determine workforce supply and demand and how workforce training, along with the use of accurate data, tools, and metrics, can help reduce the gap between the two. You will investigate what needs to be accomplished to develop and implement a workforce strategy and plan of action.
What You'll Learn
- Demonstrate the steps in the workforce planning process
- Determine workforce supply and demand
- Analyze the elements of a workforce plan of action and its implementation
- Recognize how to classify and source workforce data
- Evaluate the limitations of metric applications
- Examine the real-world contexts in which workforce planning occurs
Key Takeaways
- Effective workforce planning begins with accurately assessing current workforce capabilities and forecasting the additional capabilities that will be needed.
- Workforce planning requires extensive ongoing research into workforce supply and demand.
- Employee training, along with accurate data, tools, and metrics, can help reduce the gap between workforce supply and demand.
- Information from supply-and-demand research is applied toward employee training, career development, and succession planning.
- Incorporating research into the workforce strategy and plan of action makes implementation more impactful and monitoring more precise.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn about the real-world contexts in which workforce planning occurs, how to determine workforce supply and demand, how training and accurate data, tools, and metrics can help reduce the gap between them, and what is needed to develop and implement a workforce strategy and plan of action.
What topics does the course cover?
The course covers an introduction, the contexts for workforce planning, the steps in the workforce planning process, and collecting workforce data, and it includes a Test Your Knowledge section.
What is the essential preparation for an effective workforce plan?
The essential preparation is to accurately assess the current workforce capabilities and to forecast as accurately as possible the additional capabilities that will be needed.
How does this course address the gap between workforce supply and demand?
It teaches how workforce training, along with the use of accurate data, tools, and metrics, can help reduce the gap between workforce supply and demand.
