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Manpower planning is a strategy for the acquisition, utilization, improvement and presentation

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Manpower planning ensures that the existing manpower is utilized

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INDIAN RAILWAY
MANPOWER PLANNING
INDIAN RAILWAY
MANPOWER PLANNING
MPP/Pune Division/CR

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Manpower planning is a strategy for the acquisition, utilization, improvement and presentation of manpower of an enterprise. Its objective is to 
ensure optimum use of manpower currently employed and to provide for the future manpower needs of enterprise in terms of skills, number and 
age i.e. to provide the right number of employees, with right level of talents and skills, in the right jobs, at the right time performing the right 
activities to achieve the right objectives to fulfill the corporate enterprises.
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Railway is a Government concern having commercial value, run on commercial basis as it sells transport and earn profit. For the efficient and 
effective management of a gigantic organization like Railways in a smooth
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Efficient and economic way, one of the prime requirements is large number of personnel with requisite qualifications and training in various 
disciplines.
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The cost of staff on railways amounts to approximately 60-% of the total working expenses. Therefore, it would be necessary to plan its manpower in 
such a way that adequate staffs are made available for the new assets without incurring any additional expenditure. This is being achieved by 
locating the excess manpower in the existing system and making available for additional assets after giving necessary training.
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Recently, in this huge organization, due to rapid increase in traffic and also change in system, in introducing essential mechanization, modernization 
and computerization, it has become essential on the part of Railways to plan its manpower suitably, in order to coupe up with the increased volume 
of workload competently, efficiently and economically. More so, a large section of Railways has been electrified and is under progress, requiring 
skilled staff has also added/contributed for the assessment of qualified and skilled staff to manage the operation of railways efficiently, so as to 
satisfy its accountability to the public for whose comfort the management has to ensure.
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Manpower planning means establishment of job specifications or the qualitative requirements of jobs to determine the number of people required 
and to find supply source.
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Manpower recruitment is related to matching the personal qualities of employees with the job requirements.
MANPOWER PLANNING
MPP/Pune Division/CR

Job analysis and Job description
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Job analysis means analyzing the corporate plans, objectives, finance, investments, products, marketing etc. 
with the trend of turnover, promotion patterns, transfers, qualifications, training, experience, performance
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standards and performance actual.
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Job description includes job design, job specifications, job enlargement, job enrichment, job responsibilities 
etc. When these elements are co-related, the job demand is known. Job analysis, job specification and job 
design are the important factors involved in human resource development and manpower planning.

Assessment of Manpower in Railways
In open line, factors like normal wastage, death, deputation, dismissal, creation of assets and posts, leave 
reserve, rest givers, yardsticks etc., influences the assessment of manpower.
In construction projects, performance evaluation and review technique, phasing of work etc., are used to 
assess the manpower.
There have been dynamic change in the technology and modernization, electrification, computerization, 
mechanization of track maintenance etc. are taking place at fast rate to meet the challenges of traffic 
requirements in Indian Railways. To meet the challenges of the changing environment, systematic manpower 
planning is essential. 
Therefore a category-wise analysis of staff should be carried out, to identify surplus and to arrange manpower 
in the areas of need. This adjusts the surplus in one category to other categories, where there is demand. 
Manpower planning ensures that the existing manpower is utilized

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