Planning in organizations is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. Aggregating information and resources is the first step towards planning. The answers to how, why, what should be deciphered.

Planning also requires conglomerate decision making. A team should be appointed to first research then design a procedure manual and the righteous steps towards growth that needs to be vigilantly followed. The objectives or goals should be set and every employee should be ascertained a task with a goal in view. The employee should know what he needs to work towards. Working without a fixed mission in mind is like walking blind-folded.

The Human Resource Planning team also calculates the manpower strength of the organization and the skills essential to run the organization swiftly. The number of people required to perform a project should be contrived in advance. Involvement of exceeding manpower is misapplication of the most important resource of any organization. Affix a task to every individual and make sure that there is a balance of responsibilities. Use your employee’s skill to the paramount level. Ascertain the right job to the right candidate and at the right time.

Lack of adequate planning can lead to financial loss and loss of adroitness. Inadequate staffing can procrastinate your work and decelerate or diminish the companies overall performance. In the absence of complete staffing, employees are expected to contribute more hours and that affects the quality of work.

Monetary losses due to inadequate staffing is the point of concern. Appointing more number of people will definitely augment costs and in the presence of few employees more working hours would be required and that mounts the costs of resources.

The perfect quantity and combination of ingredients makes a recipe scrumptious. In the same manner the perfect blend of employees is required for an organization to run successfully.

-Arti Bakshi

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