{"id":1112,"date":"2019-04-10T04:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T04:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttask.com\/answers\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2025-03-10T05:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T05:41:21","slug":"bsbhrm513-manage-workforce-planning-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttask.com\/answers\/bsbhrm513-manage-workforce-planning-template\/","title":{"rendered":"BSBHRM513 Manage Workforce Planning Template"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contents:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 1 &#8211;\u00a0 Business Environment and Context<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 2 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Gather data of your current workforce<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 3 \u2013<\/strong><strong>Future Requirements<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 4a \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Gap Analysis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 4b \u2013 Action plan <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 5 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Monitor and evaluate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This template provides you with a tool for collecting information and structuring a workforce plan. It also highlights the types of information you need to include for decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>It should be used in conjunction with the other templates in the kit<\/p>\n<p>Each step is indicated in the template by its colour. It may not be necessary to use these colours in your final workforce plan but they are provided in the template to guide you through the framework.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1833px;\" width=\"795\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 1 &#8211;\u00a0 Business Environment and Context<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"574\">Why are you developing a workforce plan?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\"><strong>Strategic background and context.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Business Profile<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"574\">Background about your business<\/p>\n<p>What are you known for and\/or what are you planning for the future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Mission \/ Vision<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"574\">Your Mission \/ Vision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Environment<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"574\">The environmental scan aims to describe your current situational context, drivers of any change, and emerging conditions that may impact on your business in the next 1 \u2013 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>List key features and any changes that may impact on what services you need to provide.\u00a0 This could include for example changes in your industry and\/or demographics<\/p>\n<p>Describe the following and any other key factors that might influence your business \/ workforce demand:<\/p>\n<p>What is your current financial situation?<\/p>\n<p>Where is the business heading?<\/p>\n<p>Who are your current and future customers?<\/p>\n<p>What new technologies are emerging within your industry?<\/p>\n<p>Are we growing, downsizing, and transitioning?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 2 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Gather data of your current workforce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"128\"><strong>Workforce profile overview<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"569\">Provide a snapshot of your workforce using quantitative and qualitative data such as their age, qualifications, skills, knowledge, experience, strengths and weaknesses<\/p>\n<p>Do you know your employees expectations? Who is stable, who is going to leave and when?<\/p>\n<p>How flexible is your workforce to seasonal changes and business demands?<\/p>\n<p>A simple SWOT analysis on your current workforce will give you a clear picture on where you at.<\/p>\n<p>Some suggestions for what to include in your workforce profile data include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current workforce (numbers FTE and headcount) by role, classification levels and employment mode (FT, PT, CAS, Contractor).<\/li>\n<li>Workforce characteristics (gender, age, length of time in business; proportion of beginning, mid and established career stage<\/li>\n<li>Qualifications, skills. knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Retention rate breakdown by all job groups<\/li>\n<li>Projected long term leave requirements \u2013 more than 28 days (e.g. long service, maternity).<\/li>\n<li>Staff intentions and satisfaction levels (via a survey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you have gathered all this data and examined it, use the data to illustrate your findings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Use the \u201cCurrent Workforce Template\u201d to create a simple snap shot of your current workforce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 3 \u2013<\/strong><strong>Future Requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"137\"><strong>Workforce profile:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical roles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hard to fill roles<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"560\">Before you arrive to this stage, you need to clearly understand where your business and your industry will be in 2, 5 and 10 years\u2019 time. Technology is changing rapidly, so it is important to take this in account when you are trying to map where your business might be in the future.<\/p>\n<p>If you cannot retain or attract employees for these job groups you are at risk of not being able to meet your regulatory or legislative requirements, or deliver the service\/s you have planned to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Describe the job roles required, how this links to your business objectives and reasons for the shortage<\/p>\n<p>For each critical and \u2018hard to fill\u2019 role, complete the template below<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"137\">Role:<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"560\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"137\">Link to Strategic Intent and target:<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"560\">Explain the link to the business goals, strategy and targets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"137\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"313\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"57\">Now<\/td>\n<td width=\"46\">In 2 years<\/td>\n<td width=\"57\">In 5 years<\/td>\n<td width=\"87\">In 10 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"137\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"313\">Projected demand <em>(how many of this job group will you need each year? This is your \u2018best guess\u2019 and should be revised as circumstances change)<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"57\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"46\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"57\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\"><em>Potential actions to address any shortages<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Provide a summary of your analysis and conclusions drawn from the data you have examined.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"697\">Repeat for each of the critical \/ hard-to-fill job roles you have identified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 587px;\" width=\"724\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce Planning Framework Stage 4a \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Gap Analysis<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"128\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAP #1:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RATIONALE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"569\">This process will compare the skills, job roles, staff numbers as well as the experience of your current workforce and what the future workforce requires.<\/p>\n<p>You need to Identify any gaps that exist between your current workforce and your projected future workforce needs.<\/p>\n<p>What are the key areas that require action to move your business from where it is now to where you want it to be in the future?<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the \u201cwhat I got\u201d and \u201cwhat I need\u201d you can start building a workforce action plan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Use the \u201cGap Analysis Template\u201d (An example is provided below)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Large percentage of workforce is eligible for retirement<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the operation, there are high percentages of employees who are eligible for retirement and significant impact is expected<\/p>\n<p>Develop mechanisms through succession planning to ensure business is able to continue providing quality services to its clients<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1386px;\" width=\"732\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 4b \u2013 Action plan <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"697\"><strong>Workforce and Development Strategies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this section you should detail the strategies you would like to use to address the workforce issues you have identified previously in the plan, and who will be the target of your strategy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"329\"><strong>Workforce Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What will you do, how will you do it and how much is it likely to cost?<\/p>\n<p>What will happen if you don\u2019t address issues and concerns?<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\"><strong>Target<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who, how, when and for which job role?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\">Recruitment and selection<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"329\">\n<ul>\n<li>For example &#8211; create a \u201creturn-to-work\u201d program and buddy these recruits up with graduate\/entry level workers<\/li>\n<li>Our specific recruitment and selection strategies will include \u2026\u2026..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">For example: Mature age workers returning to the workforce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\">Retention<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"329\">\n<ul>\n<li>For example &#8211; developing a mentoring program<\/li>\n<li>For example &#8211; Explore level of interest in changed working arrangements e.g. full to part time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\">Job design\/re-design<\/td>\n<td width=\"329\">\n<ul>\n<li>For example &#8211; Explore merging and separating different job-roles<\/li>\n<li>For example \u2013 Outsource certain areas of the operation to contractors<\/li>\n<li>Undertake research to determine how other businesses in your sector have approached this in the past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\">Training \/ Development<\/td>\n<td width=\"329\">\n<ul>\n<li>For example &#8211; Explore developing a cross skilling model to share internal knowledge and resources across the business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">All areas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Planned attrition<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(retirements, exits)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"329\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0For example \u2013Investigate options and implement an approach to phased retirements.\u00a0 This may include time reductions and use of experienced workers as mentors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"247\">Ageing workforce- initially targeting those areas that are expected to face the most attrition in the near future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"697\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Workforce Planning Stage 5 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Monitor and evaluate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"697\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"576\">\n<ul>\n<li>What are your plans to disseminate the information in your workforce plan across your business<\/li>\n<li>How will you use the workforce plan to monitor your workforce strategies to see if they are working? What reporting mechanisms will you use\/establish?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Is the action plan producing the workforce results that I need?<\/li>\n<li>Do I need to take any different or further action?<\/li>\n<li>How and <u>when<\/u> will the workforce plan be reviewed?<\/li>\n<li>How will improvements in workforce planning processes come about?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Finalising your workforce plan will include decisions about whether you can afford your planned workforce strategies, and when the best time is to begin implementing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents:\u00a0 Workforce Planning Framework Stage 1 &#8211;\u00a0 Business Environment and Context Workforce Planning Framework Stage 2 &#8211; Gather data of your current workforce Workforce Planning Stage 3 \u2013Future Requirements Workforce Planning Framework Stage 4a \u2013 Gap Analysis Workforce Planning Stage 4b \u2013 Action plan Workforce Planning Stage 5 \u2013 Monitor and evaluate This template provides you with a tool for collecting information and structuring a workforce plan. 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