Overview
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Get an overview of strategic workforce planning (SWP). Learn why SWP is critical to the success of an organization and how HR professionals can craft an effective plan.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What is strategic workforce planning (SWP)?
- The modern approach to SWP
- How business planning horizons affect SWP
- How does SWP deliver value?
- Key assumptions and elements of an SWP system
- Environmental scanning
- Build a talent inventory
- Forecast internal and external workforce supply
- Forecast workforce demand
- Integrate forecasts of workforce supply and demand
- Execution and evaluation of SWP systems
- Leadership succession: The concept of workforce readiness
- Alternative approaches to leadership succession
- Should leadership succession plans be secret?
- Succession planning in small businesses
- SWP and global talent management systems
- Who owns talent development?
- Put it all together: Essential features of an SWP system
- Next steps
