What process anticipates future staffing needs and provides for the movement of people into within and out of an organization?

The balanced scorecard (BSC) has four related cells. They are:

(a) financial, customer, employees, and sustainability.
(b) market share, customer, processes, and turnover.
(c) diversity, employees, processes, and learning.
(d) financial, customer, processes, and learning.

What process anticipates future staffing needs and provides for the movement of people into within and out of an organization?

CHAPTER 2—HUMAN RESOURCES: STRATEGIC PLANNING

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1.Organizations set procedures for making decisions to achieve those objectives through strategic

planning.

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2.Human Resource Planning (HRP) is the conducting of recruitment and selection methods according to

a strategic plan.

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3.Strategic HRM is a combination of strategic planning and HR planning.

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4.The first step in strategic planning is establishing a mission, vision, and values for the organization.

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5.The vision is the basic purpose of the organization.

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6.Organizational core values form the foundation of a firm’s decisions.

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7.Changes in labor supply can place limits on the strategies available to firms.

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8.Internal analysis provides strategic decision makers with an inventory of organizational skills and

resources.

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9.Internal analysis focuses on culture and conflicts with an organization.

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10.A cultural audit may examine the attitudes and expectations of the employees.

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11.Strategic planning is the process of anticipating and providing for the movement of people into, within,

and out of an organization.

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What factors do human resources managers consider when predicting a company's personnel needs?

An HR forecast should include the number of workers needed, the type of skills required to fill any gaps, and any costs or administrative tasks that will be required to increase or downsize your workforce.

Which of the following is defined as a process that helps individuals within an organization?

Which of the following is defined as "a process that helps individuals within an organization understand what needs to be achieved, and then motivates and trains individuals to accomplish those needs?" (performance management)

What are the four processes in a model of human resource planning?

There are four key steps to the HRP process. They include analyzing present labor supply, forecasting labor demand, balancing projected labor demand with supply, and supporting organizational goals.

What is the term for the process of identifying developing and tracking key individuals so that they may eventually assume top level positions?

Succession planning is the process of identifying, developing, and tracking key individuals so that they may eventually assume top-level positions.