Role of Manpower Consultancy In HR Growth

by Global Hunt Recruitment Consultant

The manpower consultancy also known as human resource consultancy refers to the systematic approach towards the workforce management by installing right people at the right places, maintaining the HR relations and its associated areas and recruitment of appropriate candidates for the growth of the company. The manpower planning and consultation includes four major steps.

1. Analysis of the present manpower inventory

Before analyzing the future trends it is crucial to assess the present manpower scenario of an organization. While doing so, four factors have to be kept in mind which are the type of company, number of departments within, employee strength of such departments and quantity of the departments. Based on this, the forecasting can be done.

2. Making the future forecast

There are certain types of forecasts that are implemented in the manpower planning.

Based on the Delphi technique, expert forecasts are done which includes formal expert surveys based on which the informal discussions and decisions are done.
Trend Analysis includes projection of past trends, indexation based on the current year and statistical analysis.
Work Load Analysis determines the work load within a business segment or department.
Work Force Analysis refers to the allowance of the workforce requirements.
There are several other analyses which are performed with the help of various Mathematical methods including regression, new venture analysis and so on.

3. Employee Program Development

After the current inventory and forecast is performed, the employee programs can be developed based on the same for the betterment of the organization as a whole. This includes recruitment, selection and placement services.

4. Training and Development

The training and development sessions are based on the expansion plans, diversification areas and future developments. It helps in developing the employee skill set and adding on to the existing knowledge database.

Hence these are the steps towards manpower consultation. In this regard it is important to mention the importance of the manpower consultation as well.

The basic four pillars of managerial functionality, namely, planning, organization, direction and control are based on manpower consultation. Since HR is responsible for implementation of the same, hence it plays an important role in the segment.
It promotes the effective utilization of the manpower resources within the organization in order to promote the optimum productivity within the system. It contributes towards staffing solutions as well.
It helps in keeping the workforce motivated towards the daily targets as well as long term achievements and goals. It helps in increasing the employee engagement and brand loyalty to a great extent.
It promotes the maintaining of improved human relations by stabilizing the management and employee relations through transparent communications, effective control and proper supervision of the functionalities.
Lastly, the manpower consultation improves the productivity of the employees keeping in to consideration the operating costs, technological advancement and employee welfare for a wholesome growth.

Hence manpower consultancy forms the major stand point of any organization for surviving in the corporate environment.