Revisit Topic 2.1

The rise in the number of flexi-time workers is an example of demographic change affecting human resource planning.

Forecasting an organisation’s current and future staffing needs is part of workforce planning.

Human resource management aims for effective management of an organisation’s workforce to help it achieve its business objectives.

Workforce planning, recruitment, retention, redundancy, and performance management are all part of effective human resource management (HRM).

Geographical mobility refers to the ease and flexibility of workers to move from one location to another for different jobs opportunities.

Change refers to processes and techniques used to plan, implement and evaluate changes in business operations.

Misinformation and misunderstanding are key reasons for the resistance to change in the workplace.

Different people can have different interpretations or views of a given situation (different assessment of the situation) can create resistance to change.

The main problem with outsourcing has been issues of ethics, with outside contractors resorting to dubious and unethical ways to keep costs low.

A high labour turnover could imply a happy and contented work force.