Employment planning,”The process by which managers ensure that they have the right number and kinds of people in the right places at the right times. This involves 2 steps:• Assessing current HR and future HR needs.Review current HR by generating a HR inventory. This allows managers to assess what talents and skills are currently available. Job analysis. More fundamental, where workflows are analysed and skills and behaviours that are necessary to perform jobs are identified. The goal is to determine the kinds of skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to successfully perform each job. This info is then used to develop/revise job descriptions (describes the job) and job specifications (minimum qualifications that a person must possess to perform a job).• Developing a plan to meet those needs.Demand for HR(employees) is a result of demand for the organization’s products/services.After assessing both current capabilities and future needs
managers can estimate talent shortages and highlight areas in which the organization is overstaffed.”