An Operational Process for Workforce Planning

Preface iii Figures vii Summary ix Acknowledgments xv Acronyms xvii Chapter One INTRODUCTION 1(4) Organization of the Report 4(1) Chapter Two A GOAL-ORIENTED VIEW: THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING 5(2) Chapter Three A STRUCTURAL VIEW: THEMES AND A BLUEPRINT FOR WORKFORCE PLANNING 7(22) Four Thematic Questions 7(4) Central Concepts 9(2) A Blueprint for Integrating and Answering the Four Questions 11(10) Future Desired Distribution 13(2) The Current Inventory 15(2) The Projected Future Inventory 17(1) Human Resource Management Policies and Practices to Eliminate or Alleviate Gaps 18(3) Critical Considerations 21(8) Executive and Line Judgments 21(1) Data 22(3) Modeling 25(4) Chapter Four A PROCESS VIEW: FOUR STEPS TO WORKFORCE PLANNING 29(16) General Description 29(2) A Four-Step Process 31(3) An Iterative Process 34(2) Key Features of the Four-Step Process 36(9) Assessing Strategic Intent 37(2) Estimating Future Desired Distributions Incrementally 39(3) Modeling Future Inventory 42(3) Chapter Five KEY SUCCESS FACTORS IN WORKFORCE PLANNING 45(4) Active Executive and Line Participation 45(1) Accurate and Relevant Data 46(1) Sophisticated Workload and Inventory Projection Models 46(1) Concluding Summary 47(2) Appendix A. THE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PROJECTION MODEL 49(6) B. SAMPLE AGENDA FOR CONDUCTING THE WORKFORCE PLANNING PROCESS 55(4) References 59