Use this practical guide to take a data-driven approach to workforce planning and continuously analyse the organization to allow the business to meet its strategic objectives.
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.
Explains what organizational planning and analysis is and how it can improve business performance
Outlines the difference between strategic and operational workforce planning and how to embed robust succession planning
Shows how to match people to new or changing roles and identify any skills gaps in the organization
Covers how to use people analytics to improve the return on investment (ROI) for each employee in the organization
Includes case studies from KPMG, Sainsbury's, WPP, Accenture, TSB, Johnson & Johnson, Aer Lingus and FedEx.
Rupert Morrison
Rupert Morrison is the Founder and CEO of Arahi, where he advises CEOs and management teams on how to leverage technology to craft and execute groundbreaking strategies. Prior to this, he was Founder and CEO of Concentra Analytics, a leading analytics company recognised for its innovation by the Sunday Times FastTrack Tech 100, and led the creation of OrgVue, a platform solution for HR analytics, organization design and workforce planning, which was selected as one of four Gartner Cool Vendors in the Human Capital Management field from across the globe.
Based in London, UK, Rupert Morrison is also an international conference speaker and industry writer whose contributions have featured in Forbes, The Telegraph and the FT. He is the author of Data-Driven Organization Design, Organizational Planning and Analysis and Strategic Value Creation, all published with Kogan Page.
HR Business Strategy Organization Development People Analytics Business data Competitive advantage Business performance
"Building a forward-looking OP&A unit is crucial at these times of increasing economic disruption. This book is so much more than an optional read."
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"In his new book, Rupert astutely illustrates applying systems theory to organizational planning for driving outcomes in a complex environment. He gives us courage to rethink planning as a dynamic and insightful process to build long term organizational capabilities."
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"Rupert masterfully offers ideas, specific analytical tools and cases on planning, transformation, workforce, and technology to improve organizations. Anyone interested in creating more effective organizations will find this an exceptional guide."
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"Leadership is about taking an organization from one place to another knowing that the movement can only come from the people. This book shows how data can power alignment, speed and purpose on the journey."
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"In his new book Organizational Planning and Analysis, Rupert offers a compelling guide for executive and practitioner alike. If you truly believe that people are your organization's greatest asset and you have been frustrated with previous efforts to make a workforce transformation real, then look no further. Blending strategy, finance, workforce planning and analytics, this book offers a logical, evidence-based process for introducing OP&A as a new capability in your organization. Doing so will ensure that you can achieve sustained and measurable workforce success. Highly recommended."
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"If you enjoyed Data-Driven Organization Design, the prequel to this book, then you'll love Organizational Planning and Analysis. Rupert is one of the genuine thought leaders in our field. He first outlined the key concepts outlined in this book to me as a guest on the Digital HR Leaders podcast. I was captivated. If you want to understand how to use data and analysis to build organizational capabilities through workforce planning and drive business success, then this is the book for you."
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"We all know, in theory, that planning and analysis founded on good data is an organizational must. Getting the theory into day-to-day practice is more problematic. Rupert Morrison clearly and carefully lays out why and how to do this. What's not to follow in his guidance? The benefits are huge."
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"A practical guide to using data to continuously optimize organizational performance, aligning for innovation, agility and productivity. A must build muscle for all organizations today."
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"In a world where business leaders are told to reflect properly and plan effectively, this book equips them with the right questions to ask and a framework for generating continuous performance. Ultimately, it ushers in a leadership approach that is confident and clear in the face of an increasingly volatile and opaque business landscape. Essential reading."
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"Simplicity is something hard to achieve. OP&A is a simple yet very effective concept to solve one of the most complex challenges that organisations face today. This is an essential read to anyone in charge of teams."
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