Unit 16 Human Resource Management in Business
unit 16 Human Resource Management in Business
Introduction In this assignment I will discuss the internal and external factors to consider when planning human resource requirements. I will also discuss how employee’s skills are identified and explain why human resource planning is important to a business.
An organisation such as Apple may in the future look at different ways to widen their market by thinking of an idea that hasn’t been touched upon yet. If Apple decided to do so then Apple would require hiring certain staff for the job. These employees may need to speak another language or possible be able to work in a completely different location. Before hiring any of these employees Apple will have to plan how they will get these employees in and think of the factors that will affect this. There are two types of factors which are internal and external.
Internal One factor could be organizational needs. If the organization changes then the need for employees will increase. For example the demands for a product or a service will have a detrimental effect on the amount of employees required. An organization will have to plan for the release of new products and see whether they will need more staff. An organization will make changes by either contracting or expanding. Contracting is the reduction in the number of employees and expanding is the increase in the number of employees. Therefore if the organization had made a change and the product or service required a high demand by customers then they would have to hire more employees. Before they hire people they will have to look at what skills you will require to carry out the role. If the organization needs people to carry out the jobs then the business is labour intensive. If the organization needs more machinery to meet the high demands then the business is capital intensive. For example Apple have just launched the new iPhone 4s, there was an extremely high demand for this phone. This
Introduction In this assignment I will discuss the internal and external factors to consider when planning human resource requirements. I will also discuss how employee’s skills are identified and explain why human resource planning is important to a business.
An organisation such as Apple may in the future look at different ways to widen their market by thinking of an idea that hasn’t been touched upon yet. If Apple decided to do so then Apple would require hiring certain staff for the job. These employees may need to speak another language or possible be able to work in a completely different location. Before hiring any of these employees Apple will have to plan how they will get these employees in and think of the factors that will affect this. There are two types of factors which are internal and external.
Internal One factor could be organizational needs. If the organization changes then the need for employees will increase. For example the demands for a product or a service will have a detrimental effect on the amount of employees required. An organization will have to plan for the release of new products and see whether they will need more staff. An organization will make changes by either contracting or expanding. Contracting is the reduction in the number of employees and expanding is the increase in the number of employees. Therefore if the organization had made a change and the product or service required a high demand by customers then they would have to hire more employees. Before they hire people they will have to look at what skills you will require to carry out the role. If the organization needs people to carry out the jobs then the business is labour intensive. If the organization needs more machinery to meet the high demands then the business is capital intensive. For example Apple have just launched the new iPhone 4s, there was an extremely high demand for this phone. This