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* Type of organization
* Number of departments
Once these factors are registered by a manager, he goes for the future
forecasting.
Manpower Planning
2. Making future manpower forecasts- Once the factors affecting the future
manpower forecasts are known, planning can be done for the future
manpower requirements in several work units.
3. Motivation- Staffing function not only includes putting right men on right
job, but it also comprises of motivational programmes, i.e., incentive plans to
be framed for further participation and employment of employees in a
concern. Therefore, all types of incentive plans becomes an integral part of
staffing function.
3. It also helps to reduce the labour cost as excess staff can be identified
and thereby overstaffing can be avoided.
(i) Increase in the size of the business:- Wit the expansion of the plant, a
large number of workers are required to be recruited. At the time of taking
the decision for expansion of he plant, a stock of the existing manpower
should be taken and future need of the personnel should be assessed. Ti sis
very essential to know whether new responsibilities should be assigned from
among the existing personnel or personnel should be recruited afresh outside
to met the challenges of the new responsibilities.
(iii) Reduction in labour cost:- In order to maintain the supremacy over other
competitive firms, it is in the interest of eh organization to control the cost of
labour by effective use of manpower and thus reducing the wastage. This can
be well done by manpower planning.