HR/Manpower planning

HR planning is the improvement of policies for matching the size and skills of the workforce to organizational needs. Therefore it is vital for organizations to recruit, train, retain, and optimize the deployment of the personnel needed to meet business objectives and to amend in the external environment.
This attribute engages carrying out a skills analysis of the existing workforce, carrying out manpower forecasting, and taking action to ensure that supply meets demand. This may contain the development of training and retraining strategies. HR planning has habitually been used by organizations to guarantee that the right person is in the right job at the right time due to the fact that all organisations directors demands success.

1. Physical make-up – slim built, clean shaven, male, tall, no piercings.
2. Attainments – degree in sports and science, week training, previous experience in football coaching, 2006, 2007 and 2009 league champions.
3. Intelligence - academic success in university: Verbal, Quantitative and Non-verbal, quick learner, patient with student and honest with feedback, analyzed all the relevant information and created a good, effective solution, gathering information, picking through it to decide what makes sense, and making sound decisions based on all available data.
4. Special aptitudes – being able to take order from high managers, no equipment required, hand flexibility in doing all things, economics a-level, and advanced computer skills.
5. Interests - intelligent being used to control students, always looking to experiment new things, the quality of causing change and motivating, outgoing, friendly with student in understanding and getting to what motivates student to get the best out of them.
6. Disposition - ability to act according to age of the person in terms of understanding them, very dependable person, very considerate in caring for my students. After all of the seriousness there is a funny side.
7. Circumstances – ability to travel anywhere for the success of university and able to work overtime and cover shift when asked to.

If Waitrose were considering opening a new store in High Wycombe, what are the key labour questions they would need to ask? Give at least 5 answers.

Are their products or services the kind that customers fancy?
Who is their existing competition?
How different is Waitrose product from competitors e.g. Tesco and Sainsbury’s?
What is the best locate to attract customers?
How many people live in High Wycombe?
What will make Waitrose a better value?
What is minimum wages of this area?