Business Initiative: A Growth Scenario
Often, organizations anticipate that they will grow significantly over the course of several planning periods. Workforce planning can be instrumental in these cases, identifying the staffing that would be needed to support that growth and ensuring that the needed talent will be available to achieve those growth objectives.
Overall Approach
First, define the type of business growth that is planned. Usually there are two basic types: overall growth (where the organization as a whole is forecast to grow) and targeted growth (where particular segments of the business will grow, but not all segments). Further, growth may come through simply expanding what an organization is currently doing (e.g., selling more ...
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