Workforce Analysis & Forecasting
A practical professional development programme focused on workforce analysis & forecasting, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.
- Type
- Specialist
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Workforce Analysis & Forecasting develops the analytical capability required to understand workforce trends and produce evidence-based forecasts for future staffing and capability requirements.
Participants learn to analyse workforce composition, movement, turnover, demographics and capacity and to develop forecasts using assumptions, trends and scenarios.
The programme focuses on making workforce data useful for planning and decision-making rather than treating reporting as an end in itself.
Objectives
Develop practical workforce-analysis capability.
Understand key workforce data and indicators.
Analyse workforce trends and movement.
Apply forecasting methods to future workforce requirements.
Communicate workforce insights to support management decisions.
Learning outcomes
Analyse workforce composition and movement.
Calculate and interpret key workforce indicators.
Identify trends, risks and anomalies in workforce data.
Develop basic workforce forecasts using different assumptions.
Present workforce insights clearly to decision-makers.
Who it is for
Workforce analysts.
HR analytics professionals.
Workforce-planning specialists.
HR managers and business partners.
Professionals responsible for people data and reporting.
Programme modules
1. Workforce Data Foundations
Workforce data sources
Data definitions
Data quality
Workforce segmentation
2. Workforce Composition
Headcount and FTE
Demographics
Role and grade profiles
Workforce distribution
3. Workforce Movement
Turnover
Recruitment
Internal movement
Absence and retention
4. Trend and Risk Analysis
Historical trends
Critical workforce risks
Concentration and vulnerability
Interpreting anomalies
5. Workforce Forecasting
Forecast assumptions
Trend-based forecasting
Scenario forecasting
Sensitivity analysis
6. Workforce Reporting and Insight
Dashboards
Visualisation
Management insights
Communicating uncertainty
Methodology
The programme uses practical workforce datasets, analytical exercises, forecasting scenarios and reporting examples. Participants practise converting workforce data into useful management insight.
Assessment
Assessment includes workforce-analysis exercises and a final forecasting task requiring participants to present evidence, assumptions and workforce implications.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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