Question 3: Workforce Planning

Briefly describe the main principles of effective workforce planning and give some examples of any tools that may be used for this.

Assessment criterion: 2.1 Describe the principles of effective workforce planning and the tools used in the process

Guidance

(2.1)

You must include one example of the main principles of workforce planning. Some examples of principles that could be provided include:

Setting strategy

Key stakeholder involvement

Determining key skills

Competencies required

Gap analysis

Building human capacity

Please note there are more to choose from this is a small sample.

You must also briefly discuss two tools which could be used in workforce planning. Some examples include the following:

Workforce strategy maps

Scenario planning

Span and gap analysis

Organisational benchmarking

Please note there are more to choose from this is a small sample.

In terms of stretching and challenging, you could explain what is meant by workforce planning and provide a definition.