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your business grows, your human resources needs 
w ill also grow. Then, define your human resources 
vision and mission: it needs to be closely aligned 
(if not the same) to the organization’s mission and 
vision statements. Next, identify the primary (top 
5) goals of your plan (workforce planning should 
always be one of those goals due to the importance 
of having enough of the right people in the business). 
Good human resources planning and management 
w ill result in stronger rapport and communications 
between employees and the management. It w ill also 
result in individual employee development plans, 
low employee turn-over, low absenteeism, low safety 
incidents, competitive employee compensation 
programs (including basic employee benefits), high 
morale, good quality output and efficient operations, 
well trained employees, and satisfied customers. 
Salary competitiveness (within the industry) 
and basic employee benefits need to be reviewed 
regularly, likely at least every two years. The plan 
needs to identify your hiring and promotion policies, 
and employee development plans for improving 
employee'performance. Human resource planning 
is a critical element of your business plan. Ensure 
that you spend time and effort to develop strong 
human resources planning that clearly identifies 
your present and future needs, policies, gaps, goals 
and actions.
(Adapted from 
http://www.more-for-small-
business.com/human-resource-planning.html)
5. questioning (n)
6
. operate (v) ___
7. view (n )_____
8
. replacement (n)
9. absence (n )___
10
. support (n )___
5 Decide if the given statements are True (T) or 
False (F).
1. H R planning is the main task for business; as it 
is natural that your business cannot run without 
people._______
2. Developing a development plan don’t need to 
conclude entry from the individuals) responsible 
for H R in your organization, along with the whole 
staff._______
3. You need to recognise the preliminary goals of 
your plan (workforce planning should always 
be one of those goals due to the importance 
of having enough of the right people in the 
business).__
4. Salary competitiveness (within the industry) 
and basic employee benefits need to be reviewed 
regularly, at least every three years. ___
5. It is not necessary to assure that you spend time 
and effort to develop strong human resources 
planning which identifies your present and future 
needs, policies, gaps, goals and actions.____
6 Complete the table below. Write no more than 
two answers or a number for each answer
1
. What does H R provide?
Salarv programs, training, (
1
) 
employing and dismissing personnel.
2
. What surveys does H R conduct? salary and (2) 
programs.
3. W hich strategies help to establish good planning? 
(4) 
, communication
4. How long does it take to retrain professionals. 
(5) 
?
5. What should plan identify ? (
6
) 
promotion and (7)
6
. What does strong human resource planning 
include? Present and future needs, 
(
8
) 
, gaps, goals and actions.
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