13016 Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning

Credits: 3 graduate credits in Business Administration / Organizational Behavior in Management

Prerequisites: Operations Research, Accounting for Managers, Marketing, Management and Organizational Behavior, Financial Management, Corporate Law for Managers

The course is based on a Hebrew translation of Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, by D.J. Bartholomew, A.F. Forbes, and S.I. McClean (John Wiley & Sons, 1991); and on a reader with up-to-date studies on strategic human resource planning, edited by Aviad Bar-Haim, Ronit Nirel and Ayelet Rosenberg. The materials include software for drilling statistical techniques.

Objectives: To impart theoretical and practical tools for analysis, control and planning of manpower systems undergoing change over time; acquaintance with manpower planning methodologies; acquaintance with the relationship between the organization’s business strategy and its manpower planning.

Topics: Analysis of wastage; Transition models based on the theory of Markov chains; Transition models based on Renewal Theory; Career patterns; Stationarity and control; Manpower planning methodologies; Strategies for solving manpower problems; Assessing competency gaps; Analyzing case studies relating to manpower planning.