HRM301 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 - Ascertaining HR Supply

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM301
• Professor: Vince Di Ruzza

Document Summary

Our personnel must be obtained from a source that is internal or external or more commonly, a combination. Reasons for giving preferential consideration to our own workforce to ll job openings: Employees are already socialized to the norms, rules, procedures. You possess detailed knowledge of their performance and ksas over time. First step in supply analysis is examination of number and capabilities of current employees. Skill inventories and management inventories contain information on the capabilities of employees. Skills inventory is an individualized personnel record held on each employee except those in management or professional positions. Skills inventories must always be kept current as the record is entered into the organization"s hrms database. Management inventories can be considered to be enhanced skills inventories because they contain the above and: Record of management or professional training courses/dates of completion. Succession planning - cirtical to e ective organizational functioning.