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Zentra Logistics plans to open a new regional hub in two years. The HR director starts by forecasting how many staff, with which skills, will be needed at the hub, then compares this with the expected internal supply after turnover and retirements. Which HR planning activity is the director primarily performing?

The director is carrying out demand and supply forecasting, the core of human resource planning. Future staffing needs from the strategy are estimated and compared with expected internal supply after turnover and retirements, revealing gaps or surpluses that recruitment, training or redeployment must then address.

  1. APerformance appraisal of current employees
  2. BDemand and supply forecasting as part of human resource planningCorrect
  3. CJob evaluation to set pay grades
  4. DExit interviewing to understand leavers' motives

Explanation

Human resource planning begins by forecasting the demand for labour from strategic plans and comparing it with forecast internal and external supply, identifying surpluses or gaps. The other options are separate HR activities: appraisal assesses performance, job evaluation ranks jobs for pay, and exit interviews examine reasons for leaving.

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