Strategic Workforce Planning

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 01 Strategic workforce planning -- What is strategic workforce planning? -- The purpose and benefits of SWP -- The challenges of SWP -- Structuring an SWP function -- Jobs, roles and skills in the SWP process -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 02 Aligning workforce and corporate strategies -- Workforce strategy -- Corporate strategy -- Factors that can affect a workforce strategy -- Merging workforce and corporate strategies together -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 03 Understanding workforce demand -- Workforce demand -- Factors that can affect workforce demand -- Factors to consider when incorporating workforce demand into a Strategic Workforce Plan -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 04 Understanding talent supply -- Talent supply -- Internal talent supply -- External talent supply -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 05 Workforce segmentation -- Workforce segmentation -- Identifying workforce segments -- Additional forms of workforce segmentation -- Prioritizing workforce segments -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 06 Total cost of the workforce -- Cost-based SWP -- Types of workforce costs -- HR programme costs -- Including costs in the Strategic Workforce Plan -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 07 Sk ills-based strategic workforce planning -- Skills-based SWP -- Assessing skills supply and demand -- Developing an internal skills inventory -- Assessing future skills requirements -- Summary of chapter objectives -- 08 Strategic workforce planning for location strategy -- SWP and location selection -- Location strategies to attract and retain talent -- Developing selection criteria for a new location -- Analysing current versus future location and site requirements -- New location space planning -- Summary of chapter objectives