The Definitive HR Planning Programme

Practical HR Planning is a core skill and competence for all engaged in HR management, yet very few managers are ever taught how to plan for people.

 

The HR Society has developed a three-day programme that provides participants with both the powerful HR planning concepts needed to relate people to business and sufficient reinforcement to ensure their practical application.

 

For the dates of the forthcoming programmes contact sheilanutt@hrsociety.co.uk

 

Who Should Attend?

Every HR practitioner and manager needs to be able to relate people to the business and will therefore benefit from this programme.

 

HR managers considering developing their HR planning capability will find the programme invaluable, and for those with specific HR planning responsibilities the programme is essential.

 

In addition, Business Planners, Financial Accountants and Management Services people will find the programme adds a new, valuable dimension to their jobs.

 

 

The Programme

The timing of this programme is designed to enable the busy person to attend all events and comprises:

 

Materials: A full reference manual is provided for each day.

 

 

Programme Summary

 Day 1   Human Resource Planning – The Approach

• Aims and introduction

• Analysing how people really work in organisations

• HR Systems

• Key HR Indicators (the minimum planning any manager should do)

 Day 2   Human Resource Planning – Measuring the Issues

• Analysing career prospects (career progression)

• Career Planning

• Understanding natural wastage

• The Numbers Game

• HR Modelling for Practitioners

 Day 3   Human Resource Demand Planning

• The Importance of understanding HR Demand

• The roles of Finance, Business Planning and HR

• The HR Function and improving human resource productivity throughout the organisation

• Conventional approaches to demand and why they fail

• Activity/Role Analysis.

 

Programme Leaders

Colin Richards-Carpenter

 Colin Richards-Carpenter is a Trustee Director of the HR Society.  He has distinguished himself internationally for many years in the field of HR planning as a consultant, speaker and author.  He is a Member of Council of the HR Society and has a BSc in Economics and MSc in Management Information Systems.  Together with Andrew Forbes, Colin runs the specialist company, HR Planning Services, that provides consultancy, training and software for HR planning.

 

Andrew Forbes

 Professor Andrew Forbes developed the first commercially available HR planning model that was the forerunner of today’s computer models.  Andrew has been a visiting Professor at the University of Kingston and has a BSc in Mathematics and a MSc and PhD in Statistics.

 

 

How to book for places on the programme

Venue: The Programme will take place at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall place, London.  Coffee will be available from 9.45am each day for a 10.00am. start, through to 4.00pm.

 

Bookings will be accepted only in writing on the form provided.  This may be posted, faxed or emailed to the contact addresses shown below.

 

Fees and VAT: All fees are inclusive of workshop materials plus a buffet lunch and light refreshments. An invoice will be issued upon receipt of a completed booking form.  The per-person charge for the three-day programme is £885 plus VAT for members of the HR Society or FiSSInG.  For non-members the charge is £1,050 plus VAT.  Non-members will be offered complimentary personal membership for 12 month upon full payment for the programme. 

 

A 20% discount will be offered to a second attendee from the same organisation.  The third attendee from organisations booking for all three days of the programme may attend free.

 

Single day bookings: This is a three-day programme, however we will accept bookings for individual days if specially requested.  The fee for individual days will be one third of the three-day fee plus £50 plus VAT.

 

 

Students and unemployed practitioners: A bursary of up to 50% of the normal fee may be granted to full time students, self-employed practitioners or those otherwise out of employment.

 

Provisional bookings: We cannot guarantee a place on a workshop until a firm booking is received.

 

Cancellations: Requests for cancellation will be accepted only in writing more than 20 days working before a workshop.  A handling and administration charge of £50 plus VAT will be charged.  If cancellation is received less than 20 working days before the workshop, the full charge will apply and no refund will be allowed.

 

Substitutes: Organisations may substitute a participant provided we are notified in advance.  If the substitute is a non-member of the HR Society or FiSSInG, any fee difference will be subject to charge.

 

Dress Code: Participants may either wear smart casual dress or conventional business attire.

 

Special access and dietary requirements: Participants are asked to notify the Programme Administrator of any special dietary or access requirements on receipt of their joining instructions.

 

Enquiries: Sheila Nutt, Programmme Co-ordinator Tel: 01621 781035, Email: network@hrsociety.co.uk