North South University

School of Business and Economics

BUS 601
Human Resource Management; Sec. 5
Spring Semester 2019
Lecture 3
 Assignment 1 team and presentation schedule

Team Members Presentation Case Week & Date

Riaz, Kashfi, Nahian, Israt; Google; 16th Feb. wk 4;
Subarna, Tahamina, Asif, Rahat; Ovania Chemical; wk 5;
Zakia, Nasif, Fardan, Priodorshine; Angelo’s Pizza; wk 6;
Iftekhar, Sanjida, Tania, Minhajul, Tanjib; Continental Airlines; wk 7;
Moyeed, Farhana, Elma, Shahriar; Denny’s; wk 8;
Antonu, Arafat, Saidur, Rikta, Tashnim; McDonald’s; wk 9;
Khadiza, Tasnia, Atish, Rafsan; Mentoring at Coca-Cola; wk 10;
Matiur, Saleh, Fahmida, Moonea; ABC Learning; wk 11;
 Attention!

Advance makeup class

1. Date: 15 March; Friday;
[This will be the advance makeup class of 13th Apr. 19]
Time: 3pm-6pm;
Room: NAC603;
 Today’s lecture outline

oHR Planning/Policy [HRP]

oHR limitations & problems
oHR planning…. influencing
factors
oAssignment 1 (project 1) Briefing
oMid-term exam 1 briefing;
Human Resource Planning (HRP)
 Human Resource Planning (HRP)
❑HRP is the process of including forecasting,
developing and controlling by which a firm
ensures that it has the right number of people &
the right kind of people at the right place at the
right time doing work for which they are
economically most useful.
❑ In light of the organization’s objectives, corporate
& business level strategies, HRP is the process of
analyzing an organization’s human resource needs
& developing plans, policies, & systems to satisfy
those needs.
 HRP
PPs ... are planned expressions of the company’s
official attitudes towards the range of behaviour
within which it will permit or desire its employees
to act.
... are statements of the organization’s overall
purpose and its objectives in the various areas
with which its operations are concerned.
… lay down the decision-making criteria in line with
the overall purpose of the organization in the area
of HR management.
HRP & its characteristic features
o Systematic approach

o Continuity of process

o Flexibility

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Development of HRP

•At national level

•At sector level
•At industry level
•At individual enterprise
 HRP…limitations & problems
❑ Limitations of forecasting;
❑ Employers’ & employees’ traditional bias &
apathy (indifference/lethargy);
❑ Resistance from employees;
❑ Incidence of absenteeism-A stumbling block
in HR planning;
❑ Illiteracy & paucity (scarcity/lack) of skilled
labour-A serious problem for HR planning;
❑ Expensive & time consuming;
 HRP: Influencing factors

Internal environment
❑ Top management’s support & acceptability
❑ Changes in the company’s policies & strategies
❑ Time horizons (long term or short term)
❑ Layout of equipment
HRP: Influencing factors…
External Environment
o Social factors
o Labour supply & demand
o Local & regional unemployment trends
o Competitors’ activities
o Political factors
o Economic factors
o Level of technology
o Government’s policies
o International factors
o ‘Sons of the soil’ issue
 Characteristics of a HRP
❑ Expression of intentions of top management
❑ Relationship to objectives
❑ Long lasting
❑ Clarity
❑ Participation
❑ Written form
❑ consistency
 Formulating HRP
❑ Gathering information
❑ Labour legislation
❑ Social values & customs
❑ Employees aspirations
❑Environment study
❑Examination of alternative policies
❑Getting approval of proposed policy
❑Adopting & launching policy
❑Appraising the policy