Basic Steps in manpower planning:

1.Anticipating the manpower needs

•  Personnel strength
•  Identification of needs and requirements
• Recruitment
•  Investigation of turn over of personnel2.Planning job requirements and descriptions

3. Analyzing skills to determine the nature of man power needed

1Anticipating the manpower needs

For securing maximum motivation , it is always better to encourage existing employees instead of importing new ones for higher appointments such intentional promotion can secure optimum motivationand ensure retention within the organization of its best people.

• Manpower inventory
• This involves taking an inventory of the existing personnel to compare what exists in stock with what can be expected in stock at future dates
•  Expected loss and extra manpower
• The expected loss situation can be evaluated in terms of retirement , transfer and other causes such as death and disability
• In good organization their own expected loss rates are estimated on the basis of their own past experiences
•  In addition to this manpower requirements based on anticipated additions to operationsrequired for meeting the wants of future expansions
• In this way , the future vacancies or manpower needs of the organization can beanticipated
•  The manpower forecast is thus concerned with anticipating the number of replacementsrequired by reasons of:
•  Resignations
•  Retirements
•  Deaths
•  Dismissal
•  Transfers and
• Promotions
•  Manpower planning methods

The four methods generally used to determine the requirements of personnel are:

•  Annual estimate of vacancies
•  Long range estimates of vacancies
•  Fixed minimum man specification requirements and
•  Specific position estimation
•  Personnel strength

Hospital staff can be categorized as

• Medical
•  Nursing
• Administration
•  Paramedical
•  Engineering
•  Unskilled