Workforce planning is an effective strategy used to align a companys workforce performance with the companys overall strategic plan. This acts as a plan to allow a company to better reach their goals and carry out their mission statements.

Strategic workforce planning allows a company to propose and delegate responsibilities to the HR department. These responsibilities include strategies that help align a companys workforce with the companys strategic plan.

• Discuss two strategies that can be used in strategic workforce planning, in order to align a companys workforce to their overall strategic goals.
• Discuss why strategic workforce planning is important.
• Also, discuss the role HR takes in the process of strategic workforce planning.