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Strategic Workforce Planning Is Emerging as a Top Priority
Latest Research Finds Workforce Planning Is a Key Driver of Marketplace Success
| Source: Aberdeen Group
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 11, 2010) - In the just-published research report from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks
Company (NYSE : HHS ), organizations cited shifting demographics and rapidly
evolving business requirements as key factors driving the adoption of
workforce planning. The study, Strategic Workforce Planning: Winning Scenarios
for Uncertain Times, also found that 64% of organizations expect
organizational efforts in workforce planning to increase in 2010.
"Organizations are still wary after the ups and downs of the last few
quarters, and are looking to new strategies to help them get a handle on
their workforce needs moving ahead," said Mollie Lombardi, Research
Analyst, Human Capital Management, Aberdeen. "This research showcases how
organizations that are taking a longer-term view of their talent needs, and
are taking a collaborative approach to aligning their workforce plans to
business priorities are seeing the greatest impact on business
performance." The report also finds that more than twice as many of the
top-performing companies are making workforce planning a top executive
priority, with 28% of Best-in-Class organizations holding the CEO or Board
of Directors primarily accountable for workforce planning, versus 13% of
all organizations.
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