How many people will your company actually need next year, and with what skills? That is the question workforce planning is built to answer. The Strategic Workforce and HR Planning Training Course, offered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, treats planning as the process of pinning down a company's current and future staffing needs so it can hit its objectives — tying every HR task and practice directly to the strategic plan and informing decisions on budgeting and recruitment costs.

At its core, the goal is simple: the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place at the right time. Participants work through the big questions behind that goal — where the organization is headed, which HR strategies fit that direction, and which skills are actually needed — building the analytical skills to develop existing staff or recruit new talent with confidence.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Assess the current workforce in detail to identify its key features and gaps.
• Evaluate HR sources to get the best use out of them, in both quantity and quality.
• Spot what limits optimal use of the workforce today, and what might limit it in future.
• Address unemployment and shortages across different employee categories.
• Determine the number and quality of staff needed to cover all company activities within a short timeframe.
• Apply recruitment policies, employment models, and development plans that keep employment sound, stable, and economical.
• Track social, economic, legislative, and technological trends, and stay flexible when change is needed.

Who Should Attend

• Senior managers and officials responsible for HR strategy.
• Senior managers and officials looking to update or expand their skills.
• Executive managers seeking deeper understanding of strategic HR, organizational development, and people management.
• Senior managers wanting to develop their confidence, persistence, and influencing skills.
• Administrative staff interested in new training methods and techniques.
• HR department employees and staff from other departments.
• Graduates and anyone interested in the field.

Module 1: What Workforce Planning Really Means

• Defining the current and future staffing needs a company must plan for.
• Linking every HR task and practice directly to the strategic plan.

Module 2: Securing the Right People, in the Right Place

• Attracting the future supply of trained competencies, whether from educational institutions or the labor market.
• Meeting the organization's need for people and leaders in the right quantity, type, place, and time.

Module 3: The Cost, Value, and ROI of Planning

• Analyzing and monitoring the relationship between workforce cost and the benefits it delivers.
• Helping management raise productivity and lower cost by balancing supply and demand for human resources.
• Preparing HR budgets for recruitment, training, and services.

Module 4: From Planning to Recruitment

• Using HR planning to select the strongest candidates for employment.
• Preparing effectively for recruitment, selection, and training.
• Applying recruitment policies and employment and development models.

Module 5: Aligning Planning with Strategy and Change

• Integrating the organization's strategic plans with its HR strategy and related activities.
• Keeping pace with social, economic, legislative, and technological trends while staying flexible.

Module 6: The Five Questions Behind Accurate Planning

• What quantity and type of human resources are required?
• How, when, and where should these resources be obtained and used?
• How does planning improve the distribution and use of the organization's resources?