Question

The statement which best describes the function of Human Resources Planning is:

• A. An integrated set of processes, programs and systems in an organization that focuses on maximizing employee contribution in order to achieve organisational success.
• B. The process of ensuring that people required for running the company are being used as effectively as possible especially in fulfilling developmental needs in order to accomplish the organization's goals.
• C. The formal process of familiarizing new employees with the organization, new job, work units and culture values, benefits and accepted behavior.
• D. The process of effectively and efficiently managing your assets.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The process of ensuring that people required for running the company are being used as effectively as possible especially in fulfilling developmental needs in order to accomplish the organization's goals.

Human resource planning is the continuous process of planning for achieving the optimum use of organisation's human resources. Its objective is to make the best match between jobs and employees avoiding any shortages. The process identifies organisation's strengths and weaknesses with the current employees and the skills, qualifications and experience of the employees and determines if these balance with the goal of the organisation and then takes further decision of staff requirements.

Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.