MU0010 –Manpower Planning and Resourcing

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Winter/ November 2012

Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 3

MU0010 –Manpower Planning and Resourcing - 4 Credits

(Book ID:B1228)

Assignment Set -1 (60 marks)

Note: Assignment Set -1 must be written within 6-8 pages. Answer all questions.

Q1.Explain the need for manpower planning.10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer : Manpower planning means planning means deciding the number and type of the human resources required for each job, unit and the total company for a particular future date in order to carry out organizational activities. Manpower planning may be viewed as foreseeing the human resources requirement of an organization and the future supply of human resources and (i) making necessary adjustments between these two and

Q2.List the benefits of carrying out manpower forecasting.10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer :

Benefits of carrying out manpower forecasting

Some of the benefits of forecasting are:

1. It does not put stress on the system.

2. Lower stress on the system means lower manpower turnover.

3. Lower stress on the system means lower costs

Q3.Explain the components of resourcing strategy.10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer : The important components of resourcing strategy are:

• Research

• Planning

• Recruitment and Selection

• Performance Management

• Employee Retention

• Action Planning

Q4.List the advantages for outsourcing recruitment process.10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer : Recruitment process outsourcing is still new for a lot of companies. Some may not realize that there are options in how to outsource or to improve their recruiting process, while others may stick with other solutions because that’s the way it’s

Q5.What are the different ways of controlling manpower cost?10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer : Detail operations, like all businesses today, are faced with declining sales and increasing costs. To survive one has to determine ways to maintain sales and at the same time, decrease costs.

The largest expense for most detailers today is labour. To be successful, you must control labour without cutting down productivity.

Understanding labour pains

Probably the biggest mistake any detail

Q6.Suppose you are appointed as an HR Manager of a steel manufacturing company. You are assigned the task of developing a manpower plan. What steps would you adopt for developing the manpower plan?10 marks(350-400 words)

Answer : I would adopt the basic 5 steps involved in the manpower planning process, as ->

1. Evaluate Present Manpower Inventory

It is very important to evaluate the present manpower status before making a forecast for future manpower planning. To evaluate the present manpower status a department by department analysis and a job-role by job-role analysis is

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