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Article Title:
Human Resource Planning: A Key Factor in Ensuring the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Organization
by Omoankhanlen Joseph Akhigbe

Abstract:
This paper investigates the relative influence of human resource planning (HRP) on the effectiveness and efficiency of organization. Effectiveness ? being the degree to which the organization is successful in achieving strategy, mission, and vision. Efficiency ? being how well the organization uses its resources (financial, human, physical, information). The paper is of the view that organizations being institutions are established to accomplish specified goals. To achieve these goals, the human resource planning is seen as one of the most crucial factors, without which the goals are as good as dead. The study recommended that HRP should be a priority in every organization, since it has impact on organizational performance.

Keywords: human resource planning, effectiveness, efficiency.

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