Introduction to Strategic workforce planning workshop
This one day interactive virtual programme is designed to help you understand the requirement for effective workforce planning. It offers a comprehensive baseline knowledge of strategic workforce planning to apply in your workplace.

This one day interactive virtual programme is designed to help you understand the requirement for effective workforce planning. It offers a comprehensive baseline knowledge of strategic workforce planning to apply in your workplace.
It is part of a pair of strategic workforce planning virtual programmes which combined will give you a complete understanding of workforce planning from introduction to advanced strategic know-how to deliver competitive advantage using workforce planning strategies, interactive tools and techniques to deliver your workforce strategy.
Key learning objectives
By the end of this programme you will know:
• what workforce planning is and the benefits for business
• the key elements of creating a ‘Baseline’ of what your organisation looks like, what is it trying to achieve and why
• how determine the workforce ‘Supply’ and ‘Demand’, in order to conduct a ‘Gap Analysis’
• the components of an ‘Action Plan’ to close the gap
• how to ‘Deliver’ the right workforce.
Outcomes and benefits
As a result of the learning, delegates be able to:
• implement and ‘Deliver’ on the outputs of a strategic workforce plan
• understand the ‘Baseline’ of what their organisation looks like, what is it trying to achieve and why?
• determine ‘Supply’, the historical workforce trends and what is the forecast for the future
• assess ‘Demand’, what drives it and what is the forecast for the future
• create your ‘Gap Analysis’ between supply and demand · create and implement an ‘Action Plan’ on the best way to close the gap.
Programme dates
Next programme dates to be confirmed. To register your interest, please email info@cipd.ie
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