English: workforce planning

Part of speech

Verb

Definition

Workforce planning is getting the right number of people with the right skills employed in the right place at the right time to deliver an organisation’s short- and long-term objectives. It covers a diverse range of activities, such as succession planning, flexible working, job design, and many more.

Context

Natalie is responsible for organisational capability-building, workforce planning, the corporate Learning and Development Programme, business change and internal communications.