Step 2a: Define Your Overall Staffing Model Process
To define staffing strategies and plans for each staffing issue, you will need to develop a staffing model that includes a definition of staffing requirements (in terms of both skills and staffing levels), a projection of staff availability, and the calculation of specific gaps and surpluses for each of your planning periods. At the core of the strategic staffing process is a fairly traditional quantitative model that defines required staffing levels (demand), identifies available staffing (supply), and calculates the gaps between supply and demand (net needs). Figure 5-2 shows this process at its simplest.
Figure 5-2. The Traditional Approach.
The simple (and often used) process shown ...
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