What is the cost of employees today and what will this be in the future? This book explains how to take a data-driven approach to workforce planning and allow the business to reach its strategic goals.
Organizational Planning and Analysis (OP&A) is a data-driven approach to workforce planning. It allows HR professionals, OD practitioners and business leaders to monitor an organization's activities and analyse business data to regularly adjust plans to ensure that the business succeeds. This book covers everything from how to build an OP&A function, the difference between strategic and operational workforce planning and managing demand and supply, as well as matching people to new or changing roles and developing robust succession planning. Organizational Planning and Analysis also covers how OP&A works with HR operations including recruitment, L&D, reward and performance management and includes a chapter on new human capital analytics which allow a business to improve the return on investment for each of its employees.
Full of practical advice and step by step guidance, this book is also supported by case studies from organizations including KPMG, Sainsbury's, WPP, Accenture, TSB, Johnson & Johnson, Aer Lingus and FedEx.

Rupert Morrison is an industry leader and entrepreneur in data-driven business. He is the founder and CEO of Arahi and was previously the CEO and co-founder of Concentra Analytics. Based in London, UK, he is also an international conference speaker and industry writer, whose contributions have featured in Forbes, HR Director and Personnel Today. He is the author of Data-Driven Organization Design, also published by Kogan Page.

• Section - ONE: Introduction;
• • Chapter - 1.1: Organizational planning and analytics;
  • Chapter - 1.2: Data-driven organization design;
  • Chapter - 1.3: Financial planning and analytics;
• Section - TWO: Making it real - Transformation and optimization;
• • Chapter - 2.1: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 2.2: Preparing to execute;
  • Chapter - 2.3: Implementation;
  • Chapter - 2.4: Ongoing optimization;
• Section - THREE: Workforce Planning;
• • Chapter - 3.1: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 3.2: Supply forecasting and top-down demand planning;
  • Chapter - 3.3: Bottom-up position planning, finalizing the workforce plan and monitoring progress;
• Section - FOUR: OP&A analysis;
• • Chapter - 4.1: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 4.2: Laying the foundations for effective OP&A analysis;
  • Chapter - 4.3: Ignoring statistical traps and leveraging data science;
• Section - FIVE: The OP&A function;
• • Chapter - 5.1: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 5.2: Stage 1: Scoping the macro operating design and writing the business case;
  • Chapter - 5.3: Stage 2: Detailing the OP&A function;
  • Chapter - 5.4: Stage 3: Making the OP&A function real;
  • Chapter - 18: Glossary