Workforce Management and Workforce Development

Workforce Management and Development

Listed below is an example of workforce management practices and workforce development practices. For your course assignments, you may select from the following list or you may use your own example:

Workforce Management Practices:

• Compensation and Benefits (Total Rewards).

• Reward/Incentive Programs.

• People Strategy and Workforce Planning.

• Succession Plans and Internal Promotions.

• Recruitment and Referral Program.

• Retention and Turnover.

• Outsourcing.

• Job Analysis and Job Design.

• Globalization.

• Workforce Diversity.

• Talent Management.

• Performance Management.

Workforce Development Practices:

• On-the-Job Training.

• Meetings.

• Competency System.

• Onboarding for Executives.

• Development Experiences.

• Conferences.

• Educational Reimbursement (could also be considered a workforce management practice, depending on how it is used).

• External expert presentations.

• New Employee Orientation.

• Organizational Socialization.

• Management Training.

• Leadership Development.

Note that many of these practices can be considered a workforce management practice or a workforce development practice, depending on what aspect of the subject one is looking at.