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Human Resource Planning is the planning of labour which is required for the future. For example, an organisation such as Tesco will need to work out the skills their employees are required to have as well as how many employees the company needs to operate efficiently and effectively. Human Resource Planning is extremely important as it helps a business to meet its aims and objectives and allows a firm to meet its goals more easily, something Tesco has done successfully. An example of Human Resource Planning carried out by Tesco would be their strategic plan to hire 20,000 customer service staff in 2012. Tesco’s way of Human Resource Planning is based around many issues relating to the organisation; such as to increase profits, to improve the service they provide and to become more competitive and grow their market share in the retailing industry.
Internal planning factors mean things going on inside the organisation which will impact on the human resource requirements in terms of numbers and skills required. An example of an internal factor would be organisational needs. Organisations are constantly changing and their human resources need to be able to adapt. The demand for products will affect the number of employees needed in certain roles. For example, when a Tesco store proves to be particularly busy, they will have to recruit more staff to accommodate the amount of customers. Three internal planning factors include;
1. Organisational needs. Organisations need to