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Workforce management strategies
From the course: Certification Prep: SHRM-CP
Workforce management strategies
- Actor Jimmy Dean said I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination. In that same way, when the winds of change begin to blow for an organization, leadership needs to adjust their plans to continue to support the organizational strategy. And in HR, that begins with workforce planning. Workforce planning involves analyzing the workforce to determine what adjustments may need to be made to prepare for future staffing needs. A workforce management is how you implement those plans. It's the steps you take to better align the staff to the company's overall strategy, and one of the more common workforce management strategies today is flexible staffing. People are looking for jobs that work around their lifestyle. They want to live rather than adapting their lifestyle to their work. Flexible staffing makes that possible. It includes on call and seasonal workers, part time employees, job sharing, and phased retirement, where mature employees…
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