Adapting human resource planning in a changing business environment

• Published in: Human resource management Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 105 - 123
• Main Authors: Greer, Charles R., Jackson, Dana L., Fiorito, Jack
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.04.1989; John Wiley; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; Employees; Factors; Forecasting; Forecasting techniques; Human resource management; Human resources; Perceptions; Product development; Product life cycle; Productivity; Skills; Statistical analysis; Strategic business units; Strategic planning; Studies; Succession planning; Workforce planning
• ISSN: 0090-4848; 1099-050X
• DOI: 10.1002/hrm.3930280107

Contemporary human resource planning (HRP) practice is described on the basis of a survey of 137 companies. Results indicate widespread use of simple forecasting techniques and increased acceptance of HRP during the turbulent 1980s, supporting the notion that HRP adapts to the business environment and has increasingly become a line management process. The forecasting component of HRP was found to serve several functions, the most frequent being developmental. HRP problems have evolved into concerns about the strategic planning role of HRP in the 1990s as opposed to the more technical issues of the past.