Seeking Practical Work-Study Techniques for Effective Manpower Planning – Any Examples?

Can you please guide me regarding work-study techniques for manpower planning? Any practical example will be of great help.

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Sukhada Sant

You could have given a little more information such as whether you are a student or a professional, your designation, and the nature of the industry you work in, etc.

Factors Influencing Manpower Planning

Manpower planning depends on (a) capacity, (b) demand, and (c) skills of the people. However, this is a very broad categorization.

For example, in a restaurant, the number of chairs (number of covers in the hotelier's language) determines how many waiters you should have. The number of waiters determines the requirement of the captains.

In star hotels, the number of rooms determines the requirement of housemen, room service staff, etc.

However, both of the above examples also depend on the market demand.

Manpower Planning in Different Industries

In the courier and logistics industry, you need to maintain the manpower whether there is demand or not. For example, the number of deliveries made cannot be the sole criterion for deciding the number of couriers. This is because we have to take into account the traffic situation as well. In big cities, at certain places, commercial vehicles move at 5-10 KM/hour. Then the manpower depends on the volume of the load to be picked up as well. You need to have sufficient loaders depending on the load.

Therefore, there is no generalization, and manpower planning will differ from one industry to another, one product to another, one city to another, etc.

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Dinesh Divekar

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Thank you for your guideline. Actually, I have work experience in HR for 2.5 years, but I never came across this technique. Right now, I am preparing for UGC NET. I read about it but could not understand exactly what might be the process for this.

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Regards,
Sukhada Sant

Dinesh V Divekar has given you some ideas about manpower planning and raised a lot of apt questions. You have answered only one of those by stating that you have HR experience. So, let me ask you some specific questions. What qualifications do you have to appear for the UGC NET? Where have you worked in HR, and what exactly did you do? Have you searched the web for Workstudy techniques? Techniques used depend on the situation.

Workstudy Techniques

Workstudy consists of two general techniques: Method Studies and Time Studies. Under each of these umbrella techniques, there are various methodologies. I suggest that you kindly search the web and tell us what you found. I used to work as a Productivity Services Manager and have also taught Work Study as a subject to practitioners.

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Practical Application of Manpower Planning Techniques

I have completed an MBA in HR and worked in the manufacturing industry for 2.5 years. My profile included recruitment, payroll, training, and ISO. We used to conduct manpower planning, which might be considered an advanced process. While preparing for the NET, I read about this technique. It was mentioned that the standard time for manufacturing a product is calculated and then divided by the available man-hours.

My query is about how this is practically applicable. I am searching the web for more information on this. Thank you for your guidance.

Thanks & Regards,
Sukhada Sant

Thank you for the clarification. This is the problem with the watered-down courses. Even in the UK, in some courses, the Operations Management Module where the Workstudy used to be covered is skipped. Please study material at http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l...0study&f=false and let us know the answer to your question.