This study re-examines the role and relevance of manpower planning and analysis in the developing countries of Africa (notably Botwana) and Asia in the light of the imperatives of structural adjustment programmes, and explores the information needs of economies in transition in the context of a shift to market-oriented plicies. Topics covered include methodology, the role of government and the types of labour market analysis required. The book contains a suggested research agenda.

This practical book deals with the subjects of Strategic Human Resource Forecasting and Human Resource Planning. It is divided into three main sections: Strategy, Forecasting, Planning and People; the Strategic Human Resource Forecast; and the Human Resource Plan. The book provides guidance on: how to deal with the end-to-end process of HR forecasting and planning; how to persuade my organization to take these models on board and include them in its own strategy-settling process; how to implement the processes; and how to manage them on an ongoing basis.

A collection of original articles by leading practitioners and researchers, this volume examines methods for human resource forecasting and planning to meet the strategic needs of the organization. As the editors note at the outset, changing characteristics of the workforce and new skill demands mean that human resource planning must become an integral part of corporate strategy development and implementation. In order to compete successfully in an era of rapid technological change, organizations must be able to adequately forecast their needs for different types of employees, consider the extent to which current employees have the needed skills, and examine labor force availability. This book describes ways to collect the necessary environmental data and formulate human resource strategies that recognize current and anticipated changes both in the organization and in the environment in which it operates. The volume begins with a discussion of environmental scanning techniques. The contributors demonstrate how to identify environmental trends, including labor force demographics, and how to apply this information to the development of human resource strategies. The second section considers ways to analyze the organization's future human resource needs by examining employee demographics and job attitudes. In Part Three, the contributors describe how organizations formulate human resource strategies in response to environmental trends and organizational goals. The next group of chapters offers examples of the human resource implications of organizational change. This section includes separate chapters on job loss and employee assistance programs and the effects of a corporate merger, as well as two case studies of the relationship between human resource planning and corporate strategic goals. The contributors conclude by describing organizational reactions to changing environments brought about by an aging workforce, work-at-home jobs, new computer and telecommunications technologies, and the increasing cultural diversity of the workforce. Indispensable for human resource managers and corporate planning executives, this book will also be of significant value to researchers and students in human resource and strategic planning programs.

UNESCO pub. Retrospective evaluation of forecasting techniques and practice for human resources planning, partic. As regards skilled workers and technicians - based on case studies of national experience from market economies planned economies and developing countries, analyses main factors responsible for discrepancies between forecasts and actual changes observed in occupational structure; discusses trends, theoretics, rationale, methodology, linkage with educational planning. Organigrams, references, statistical tables.