Human Resources Tasks and Planning

• Human resources deals with the production factor labor.

Tasks of Human Resources

• These tasks include:
• Personnel planning: How many employees are present and needed?
• Personnel procurement: How to obtain more employees.
• Personnel release: Which employees want/need to leave the company?
• Personnel deployment: Where should employees be placed based on skills?
• Personnel development: How to utilize the potential of employees.
• Personnel assessment: How to classify employee performance?
• Personnel support: Which employee data is available? What is the wage/salary?
• Personnel management: How to structure the relationship between superiors and subordinates?

Personnel Planning

• It focuses on four basic questions:
• Quantity: How many employees are needed?
• Quality: What knowledge and skills must employees have?
• Location: In which areas and at which locations are employees needed?
• Time: When and for what period are employees needed?
• The right employee at the right time at the right workplace.

Factors Influencing Personnel Planning

• Internal factors:
• Employee absenteeism (illness, vacation, family, etc.).
• Shifts.
• Employee qualifications.
• Employee performance.
• Employee life situation.
• External factors:
• Working hours and vacation entitlements according to collective agreements.
• Attractiveness of the employer.
• Labor law and changes in labor law.
• Technology and digitization.
• Development in the labor market.
• Overall economic development.
• Agreed personnel allocation.

Questions Regarding Quantity

• New demand when founding a company.
• Additional demand for short-term workload.
• Replacement when employees leave due to retirement or termination.
• Reduced demand when workload decreases.
• Reserve to ensure company operations in emergencies.

Questions Regarding Quality

• Every job has specific employee requirements which are contained in a job profile.
• Unskilled workers.
• Semi-skilled workers.
• Skilled workers / trained workers.
• Highly qualified workers.

Questions Regarding Location

• The location must be aligned with the company's service program.
• Decision on the future deployment of personnel is usually made with the planning of time requirements.

Questions Regarding Time

• Future scheduling is divided into three planning horizons:
• Short-term: Personnel procurement for the next 6 months.
• Medium-term: Planning for 6 months to 3 years.
• Long-term: Planning of managers and executives for over 3 years.