Question

Distinguish between h.r.p. and manpower planning.

Answer 1

HRP is a process of stricking balance between human resources required and acquired in an organisation. In other words, HRP is a process by which an organisation determines how it should acquire its desired manpower to achieve the organisational goals. Thus, HRP helps an organisation have the right number and kind of people at die right places and right times to successfully achieve its overall objectives.
Manpower Planning which is also called as Human Resource Planning consists of putting right number of people, right kind of people at the right place, right time, doing the right things for which they are suited for the achievement of goals of the organization. Human Resource Planning has got an important place in the arena of industrialization. Human Resource Planning has to be a systems approach and is carried out in a set procedure.