and commitment of their workforce is crucial to their continued success and yet recent research found that only half of the companies in the sample identified someone in charge of personnel
. Another survey reported that while directors considered people 'critically important to business success' the majority did not feature any human resource development actions in their top three organisational priorities. Businesses should be able to answer the following questions:-
- Is there a human resources and personnel management strategy to support long term business goals?
- Does the workforce have the capability to cope with organisational, operational and technological changes?
- Is there a succession plan in place and are there appropriate people to promote?
- Do training and development activities support future needs?
- Are the supervisors and managers good people managers?
- What is being done to manage day-to-day personnel problems such as absenteeism, staff turnover, recruitment difficulties or other employee relations issues?
Human Resource Solutions can help identify human resource priorities, including:-
- A human resource audit and health check.
- A framework to review the strategic direction of the business.
- A human resource strategy planning workshop.
The aim is to establish a strategic human resource plan that will provide the foundations to ensure that the workforce has the competence, commitment and capacity to meet the changing needs of the organisation.