Unit 16 Assignment 1 P1

The internal factors to be considered when planning the human resource requirements for an organisation are the internal planning force, demands for products/services, technological change, skill requirements, workforce profiles (age, gender, ethnicity, ability) and new markets. Internal planning factors are within the business to help the organisation change to cope with new methods of work or new demands; it may be the business is being introduced to new technology or new product lines. Also it maybe developing new skill so that the workforce can work more efficiently. The demand for products and service is important, if the demand for these change for a business it has a affect on human resources because it can affect the level of service or amount of products that are required in order for the business to be cost efficient. This has on-going affect on the amount of staff that will be required from the business so they can be profitable whilst being able to provide a good service. Business can find it difficult to cope with an unexpected increase/decrease in demand and result into the business reducing the number of staff and have excess capacity meaning having too many products/services compared to number of customers which must be considered by human resources..

An organisational needs technological change for it to become more efficient and for it to be able to adjust to busy periods, by having technological change it means that the work force arrangement will be altered because a service will no longer be required because it can be completed by the new equipment. Staff may no longer be required or may be shifted within the business to complete other tasks which may mean additional training is required. Therefore this means human resources are in charge of re-locating staff and introduce the additional training.

Skills requirements is essential to human resources planning as it helps the business to build a profile of training so they have clear