
Agile Workforce Planning
How to Align People with Organizational Strategy for Improved Performance
Adam Gibson(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-78966-605-2 (ISBN)
Description
As business priorities change and focus shifts to address arising issues, HR professionals need to be able to reorganize talent swiftly and plan for future needs to enable the business to succeed. It covers how to forecast organizational demand for people, resources and skills, analyze the gap between supply and demand and most importantly, how to fill this gap. This book explains how to use agile workforce planning to achieve this.
Agile Workforce Planning
is a practical guide for HR and organization development practitioners needing to align their staff, skills and resources with evolving company goals. This book also covers how to identify the skills needed in the workforce, where these skills are already available and when they're missing, how to decide whether to buy, borrow or build them.
Agile Workforce Planning
explains how to collect data to calculate and predict staff churn as well as how to use qualitative and quantitative demand modelling to forecast for future needs and provides strategies to address these including lateral internal recruitment. There is also expert guidance on horizon scanning, scenario planning and how to secure stakeholder buy in and engagement for an agile workforce plan. Supported by case studies from companies including Apple, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, NATO and the UK National Health Service, this is essential reading for HR and OD professionals needing to continuously align the talent and capabilities in their workforce with the overall business strategy
Reviews / Votes
"Adam has filled a major gap in the literature with this book. Thoughtful, nuanced, rigorous and practical, it will be a great end-to-end guide and reference for leaders and professionals at all levels on the ROI, theory and practice of effective workforce planning."More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78966-605-2 (9781789666052)
Schweitzer Classification
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How to Align People with Organizational Strategy for Improved Performance
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How to Align People with Organizational Strategy for Improved Performance
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Author
Adam Gibson is a global leader in workforce planning and a consultant in the professional services industry. He has held senior roles in workforce planning, workforce analytics and talent management in a number of prominent public and private sector organizations including PwC, the Metropolitan Police Service and Capita. He is also the Founder of Agile Workforce Planning Ltd and leads the Strategic Workforce Planning Faculty at the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development).
Content
- Section - ONE: Introduction to workforce planning;
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- Chapter - 01: What is workforce planning?;
- Chapter - 02: Evolution of workforce planning;
- Chapter - 03: The value and limitations of workforce planning;
- Chapter - 04: The agile approach;
- Section - TWO: Baseline;
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- Chapter - 05: Analysing the strategic context;
- Chapter - 06: Understanding the workforce;
- Chapter - 07: Gaining buy-in;
- Section - THREE: Supply;
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- Chapter - 08: Understanding workforce evolution;
- Section - FOUR: Demand;
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- Chapter - 09: The nature of demand;
- Chapter - 10: Forecasting demand;
- Section - FIVE: Gap analysis;
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- Chapter - 11: Establishing the gap;
- Section - SIX: Action plan;
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- Chapter - 12: The planning approach;
- Chapter - 13: Demand optimization;
- Chapter - 14: Talent management;
- Chapter - 15: Creating the plan;
- Section - SEVEN: Deliver;
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- Chapter - 16: Implementing the plan;
- Section - EIGHT: Conclusion;
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- Chapter - 17: Becoming a workforce planning professional