Step 1: Calculate Staffing Costs
Costs must be considered when staffing strategies and plans are being developed. In some cases, it is necessary to calculate the costs of several different staffing scenarios before the selection of the best strategy can be made. In other cases, costs need to be determined so that requested budgets can be prepared and defended. In still other cases, costs must be calculated in order to build coherent business cases for change (as mentioned in Chapter 12).
There are two separate types of staffing costs that should be analyzed: the cost of maintaining your desired workforce configuration, and the cost of making the transition from your current workforce to that desired future state. I sometimes describe these two ...
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