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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Contextual Environmental Scanning and Strategic Demand Forecasting

SMP808 · Strategic Human Resource Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseSMP808
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Contextual Environmental Scanning and Strategic Demand Forecasting

  1. Macro-environmental PESTLE disruption and labour market volatility
  2. Strategic talent demand modeling
  3. Demographic shifts and capability gap analysis
  4. Scenario planning in complex and multinational contexts
  5. IHRM 5.2: From Strategy to Decisions About Work Demand and Labor Supply
  6. HRPP– Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | Iced coffee debate
  7. IHRM 2.1: Global labor market trends

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Assess the business factors to consider before human resource planning.
  • 2.2 Determine human resource requirements in different organisational contexts.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the business factors to consider before human resource planning.

Study materials

Videos

  • IHRM 5.2: From Strategy to Decisions About Work Demand and Labor Supply · YouTube · Prof. Fabian Froese · 32 min · for registered students
  • HRPP– Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | Iced coffee debate · YouTube · CIPD · 33 min · for registered students
  • IHRM 2.1: Global labor market trends · YouTube · Prof. Fabian Froese · 18 min · for registered students
  • The Oxford Scenario Planning Approach for Public Policy · YouTube · OECD · 20 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
  • Strategic workforce planning for schools and trusts (DfE, 2025) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 3: Evaluating the External Environment · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 71–100 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Foundations and Value of Human Resource Management
  • Week 2: Cross-Functional Synergy and Business Strategy Alignment
  • Week 3: Organisational Culture, Structural Design, and Human Systems
  • Week 4: Contextual Environmental Scanning and Strategic Demand Fore…
  • Week 5: Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Deployment
  • Week 6: Human Resource Governance, Policy Design, and Legal Complia…
  • Week 7: Ethical Stewardship, CSR, and Sustainable Human Capital
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Formulating Comprehensive Strategic HRM Architecture
  • Week 10: Strategy Execution, People Analytics, and Performance Metri…
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation, Governance, and Continuous Organisati…
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Human Resource Management in practice: c…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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