An empirical study on human resource planning in Belgian production companies

Abstract

This paper investigates human resource planning in Belgian production companies. First, a literature study is developed to serve as a basis for the results of the empirical research. The literature study is mainly based on papers in the field of operations research that provide interesting insights such as the research-application gap, which is the lack of implementation of models provided by literature. The most important part of this paper is the empirical research. The empirical research is mainly based on an online developed questionnaire on personnel planning, which is completed by 123 Belgian production companies. The goal of the survey is to investigate the planning tools that are used. Aspects that influence the complexity of the planning problem and the influence of company size on the use of the specific planning tools are examined. Furthermore, the future objectives and investment plans of Belgian production companies concerning human resource planning are also surveyed. Finally, some general remarks on the Belgian labor market are mentioned briefly.nrpages: 26status: publishe