An Employee Resourcing Management Book Report Paper

Employee Resourcing
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Institution
Employee Resourcing
HRP and Talent Management
ENG Co has some issues that can be addressed through human resource planning and talent management. According to Carbery and Cross (2013), HRP refers to the ongoing consideration of a firm’s staffing requirements, now and in the future, taking into account specific skills and jobs that are and will be required. Effective HRP can be useful in the success of an organization. Carbery and Cross (2013) point out that, with effective HRP, skills or staff shortages in the organization can be avoided. It ensures that the members who make up the workforce have the skills that the organization needs to stay competitive. In case certain skills are not available, the implementation of HRP can help the development of workers to gain those skills or recruitment of people to fill the skills gap. Talent management is also necessary to address the challenges facing ENG Co. The two dimensions of Exclusive/Inclusive and People/Position as described by Bratton and Gold (2017) can help ENG Co address some of the problems it is experiencing.
ENG Co is a firm that has won two Queen’s Award and is also considered a leader in its field. However, the issues it is facing currently can derail the progress it has made if they are not managed well. It is evident the company does not utilize human resource planning effectively. A problem facing the firm is that the two project managers claim that they are overworked and that they had not been prepared well for their roles. Given that two trainee project managers have left the firm in the last two years and have not been replaced, the claims of the project managers being overworked are justified. Also, the main system engineer complained of the incompetence of the project managers, pointing out that they lacked the necessary skills for their jobs. With crisis meetings and missed deadlines characterizing the projects, the claims by the primary system engineer can be substantiated. Through proper HRP, these challenges can be addressed before it completely affects the operations of the whole organization. HRP aims to ensure that an organization has the correct number of employees with the right skills. It is clear that ENG Co does not have the correct number of project managers and those present are not skilled enough to carry out the requirements of their jobs. HRP, in this case, can focus on recruitment or promoting members of the workforce to be project managers. The candidates recruited or promoted should have the correct project management expertise and skills needed by the firm. According to Sunindijo (2015), the cost performance of a project is influenced by interpersonal skill, emotional intelligence, budgeting, and sincerity.
Moreover, the quality of project performance is affected by skills such as visioning, interpersonal skill, quality management, transformational leadership, and interpersonal influence. Therefore, the possession of these skills needs to be taken into consideration when recruiting or promoting individuals to the project management. Instead of recruiting or promoting, ENG Co can alternatively focus on training the two project manager on the skills necessary in order for them to f...