Approaches of Human Resource Planning (HRP) | Human Resource Management

Approaches of Human Resource Planning (HRP)!

HRP is a process of predicting human resource requirements in terms of quality and quantity. It ensures that an organization has right numbers and kinds of employees at right time at right places. It is guided by following three approaches:
 1. Quantitative approach
 2. Qualitative approach
 3. Mixed approach

 1. Quantitative approach

The quantitative approach of HRP is concerned with determining the future needs in terms of numbers and skills. It is an approach where top-level management prepares human resource plan based on corporate objectives and strategies and communicated down to the lower-level manager and employees. So, it is also called top down approach or management driven approach. Under this approach middle and lower level managers are not participated and it focuses on right numbers and right kinds of human resources. So, it is a hard approach.

 2. Qualitative approach

Qualitative approach which focuses on improving quality and creativity than numbers. Under this approach lower-level management prepares human resource planning and submits to the top-level management.  The top-level management declares the human resource planning with or without little amendment. Therefore, it is also called employed driven or bottom-up approach. It focuses on creativity, improving efficiency through training and development, employee welfare, job security, reward and incentives, etc. Therefore, it is also called soft approach of human resource planning.

 3.  Mixed approach

It is a participate approach of human resource planning. Under this approach the top-level and lower-level management collectively prepare human resource planning. They use corporate objective, strategic human resource inventory, succession plan and analysis the organization reality to predict future human resource requirements. This approach focuses on both the numbers, kinds and creativity or welfare of human resources.