May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
10h 23m
English
book
Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition
by Thomas P. Bechet
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Chapter 16. Supporting Strategic Staffing/Workforce Planning: HR Structure and Required Skills
By now you should have a good idea of what an effective strategic staffing/workforce planning process entails, as well as an understanding of the context within which that process should be implemented. But how should the HR function be structured to support strategic staffing/workforce planning? And what skills and capabilities should HR staff possess in order to play the roles that they are expected to play?
This chapter provides at least one structure for the HR function that is capable of supporting strategic staffing/workforce planning on an ongoing basis. Other structures may also be appropriate, but the one I present here has proved effective ...