Naomi Kalage

    Introduction   Succession planning is the process of identifying and developing potential future leaders and senior managers, as well as individuals, to fill business-critical roles. The aim is to be able to fill key roles effectively if a current post holder leaves the organisation. Succession planning programmes typically include practical, tailored work experience relevant for future roles. (Weeks, 2020). All organizations can benefit from the principles of identifying crucial job skills, knowledge, social relationships and organizational practices and passing them on to prepare the next generation of workers, thereby ensuring the seamless movement of talent within the organization (SHRM ,2017). During exceptional times such as the COVID-19 pandemic or disaster events, it’s wise to expand the pool of successors by identifying people external to the organisation to ensure continuity if needed (Weeks, 2020).   Fig 1 : Succession planning and its link...

  Introduction   The overall purpose of Performance management is to contribute to the achievement of high performance by the organization and its people, High performance means reaching and exceeding stretching targets for the delivery of productivity, quality, customer service, growth, profits and shareholder value (Armstrong & Baron ,2005) Performance management:  Evolution   The above diagram represents how the PMS have undergone major shifts through its competencies.   Figure 1  Performance management process   Performance management process is a HR process increasingly popular since 1980s basically concerned with getting the most out of individuals and teams in the organizations which ultimately increases the overall organizations’ performance (Amerstrong & Baron, 1998). Performance management helps improving the competency of the teams and individuals and provides continuous achievement to the organizations (de Waal, Hafi...

  Talent Acquisition   Talent acquisition which encompasses the entire process of hiring, sourcing candidates to an ongoing strategy to find specialists, leaders, or future executives for your company, is an extremely tough job. Not only, selecting the best suited recruit as per organizational need, or retaining the talent acquired was imperative, but consistently developing them for their personal and organizational gains could result in extremely well-designed organizational outcomes and even better retention of the skilled human resource. (James, 2021) Modern talent acquisition is becoming a unique skill-set. Because talent acquisition professionals many times also handle post-hire talent issues, such as employee retention and career progression, the talent acquisition role is quickly becoming a distinct craft. Some recruitment industry advisors even advocate for a talent department unique from the HR department, because talent acquisition and development are so intertwin...

    Strategic Employee Planning     Strategic workforce planning is an HR approach that consists of designing, implementing, and controlling policies and practices aimed at reducing in advance the gaps between the needs and the resources of the company, both quantitatively (in terms of staff) and qualitatively (in terms of skills) (Berrada, 2020). Workforce planning will often be triggered by a specific event and/or change in the structure of the organization. This takes place through a merger, acquisition, or a transformational change project. However, the emphasis put on comprehensive workforce planning will be important to the organization at any point in time (Radhika, 2020).     Figure 1: Some Factors contributing to the need for workforce planning (Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, 2018).   Workforce planning process The benefits of conducting workforce planning are many and varied. Essentially it helps organisations to ...

    Introduction   Talent management is not just a simple human resource key term one will come across. It is also dedicated to recruiting, managing, creating, and maintaining the best and brightest workers in the industry. Indeed, talent management is critical to a company's corporate plan because it oversees one of the company's most valuable assets: its employees. That is why, to attract employees, businesses should make an effort to efficiently manage them and assist them in developing their skills and capabilities (Rinaldhy, 2021). Talent management is an espoused and enacted commitment to implementing an integrated, strategic, and technology-enabled approach to human resource management (HRM). This commitment stems in part from the widely shared belief that human resources are the organization’s primary source of competitive advantage; an essential asset that is becoming in increasingly short supply. The benefits of an effectively implemented talent manageme...