Aruspex ëWorkforce Planningí Report Series Equips Organizations with Talent Planning Techniques

An organizationís future is influenced by people trends and hiring practices, but the future can be changed by planning ahead. Thatís the philosophy behind a new series of reports titled, ìStrategic Workforce Planning: A Real World Approach to Planning the Right Workforce for Tomorrowís Organizations.î

The first installment ñ ìPart One: An Introduction to Workforce Planningî ñ is now available from Aruspex, a leading provider of workforce planning software and consulting services. The first in a series of two, the white paper is available for free download at: http://www.aruspex.com/knowledge_centre_whitepapers.html. It describes a framework for workforce planning and demonstrates why an organization should workforce plan. The next paper (to be released in October 2007) will show how to implement workforce planning in an organization.

ìMany organizations lack a framework or tools to understand and analyze future workforce needs, let alone to make the changes necessary to improve the future,î explains Stacy Chapman, Aruspex co-founder. ìThe only effective way to tackle the challenges of the future workforce is strategic workforce planning, and these reports describe why and how to do just that.î

ìIntroduction to Workforce Planningî includes the following topics:

- The Strategic Benefits of Workforce Planning
- Why Workforce Planning Isnít Already Commonplace
- Difficulties with Quantification
- The Economic Benefits of the ëRightí Workforce
- How the Environment Drives Business Transformation

ìMost organizations expend a great deal of energy to effectively plan for future products, services, customers, competitors and finances,î notes co-founder Tess Walton. ìYet few apply these same strategic techniques to people planning, despite the fact that CEOs often refer to talent as the true source of their competitive advantage. Workforce planning is the people equivalent of a financial plan, and is the critical framework of an organizationís business strategy.

Strategic workforce planning will guide CEOs and executive teams to identify which roles are critical to the delivery of a companyís strategy, and what kind of people are needed to achieve business goals. In addition, executives and HR professionals will understand the necessary capability and capacity to deliver on a strategy, and the right ways to spend a ìpeople budget.î

For more information on how strategic workforce planning can help your organization download ìStrategic Workforce Planning: A Real World Approach to Workforce Planning for Tomorrowî at: http://www.aruspex.com/knowledge_centre_whitepapers.html