Strategic Resourcing & Manpower Planning including Talent Management & Succession Planning

Resource planning done at strategic level — a manpower plan aligned to business drivers, with talent management and succession planning built in.

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Classroom · Virtual

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The programme

Manpower plans built without reference to the organisation’s strategic goals produce headcount, not capability. This course gives HR managers and practitioners the tools and knowledge to carry out resource planning at a strategic level: the influences and constraints on the organisation, the role HR plays in contributing to strategic goals through effective manpower planning, and the central elements of talent management and succession planning. The cohort works through aligning the elements of strategic resourcing with each other and with the business drivers, creating a manpower plan that meets strategic needs, applying talent acquisition and retention principles, and building a succession planning process that measurably reduces business risk.

What you will do

Align the elements of strategic resourcing with each other and with the organisation’s business drivers.

Create a manpower plan that meets the strategic needs of the organisation, not just next quarter’s vacancies.

Run talent management as a process, applying the principles of talent acquisition and retention.

Build a succession planning process that reduces business risk and stands up to leadership scrutiny.

Weigh the influences and constraints on the organisation, and define HR’s contribution to its strategic goals.

Who attends

HR managers and practitioners responsible for resource planning
Talent management and succession planning leads
Workforce planning teams
Senior HR professionals contributing to organisational strategy

Cohorts bring together board members, executives and the rising leaders behind them — kept deliberately small, so every seat is a peer’s.

Programme agenda

Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for

I.The strategic context

Influences and constraints on the organisation
HR’s role in contributing to organisational strategic goals
The elements of strategic resourcing, aligned

II.Manpower planning

Building the manpower plan against strategic needs
Aligning the plan with business drivers
Keeping the plan live as conditions change

III.Talent and succession

The process of talent management
Talent acquisition and retention principles
A succession planning process that reduces business risk

Frequently asked

How is strategic manpower planning different from filling vacancies?

Manpower plans built without reference to the organisation’s strategic goals produce headcount, not capability. This course teaches resource planning at strategic level: weighing the influences and constraints on the organisation, aligning the elements of strategic resourcing with each other and with business drivers, and creating a manpower plan that meets strategic needs rather than next quarter’s vacancies.

Does the course cover talent management and succession planning?

Yes — both are central elements of the programme. The cohort runs talent management as a process, applying talent acquisition and retention principles, and builds a succession planning process that measurably reduces business risk and stands up to leadership scrutiny.

Who should attend, and can it be run in-house?

HR managers and practitioners responsible for resource planning, talent management and succession planning leads, workforce planning teams, and senior HR professionals contributing to organisational strategy. BIZENIUS delivers the course in English and French, with tailored in-house editions; sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request, and fees and quotations on enquiry.

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