Definition
For a more detailed definition, the term must be differentiated from traditional staff scheduling. Staff scheduling is rooted in time management and encompasses the mere administration of past and future working times. However, during the last ten to fifteen years, this traditional approach has evolved towards a demand-oriented solution which, under economic aspects, also includes changes in personnel requirements and objectives when optimizing the scheduling of staff. Besides the two core aspects of demand-orientation and optimization, workforce modeling also incorporates the forecast of the workload and the required staff, the integration of employees into the scheduling process through interactivity, the management of working times and accounts as well as analyzing and monitoring the entire process. Workforce modeling solutions can, and should, be deployed enterprise-wide wherever complex scheduling needs or legal staffing ratios must be met. Due to the complex nature of a workforce model, creating one by hand is nearly impossible. By using a software solution for demand-oriented workforce management, planners can optimize staffing by creating schedules that at all times conform as closely as possible to the actual requirement. At the same time, a workforce modeling solution helps users to observe all relevant legislation, local agreements and the contracts with individual employees – including work-life balance guidelines.Complexity of model
Many workforce modeling solution applications use the more commonNotes
Further reading
*Sterman JD. ''Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling For a Complex World.'' Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill Publishers; 2000. *Taleb NN. ''The Black Swan.'' New York, NY: Random House; 2007. *West B, Griffin L. ''Biodynamics: Why the Wirewalker Doesn't Fall.'' Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc; 2004. Management systems Human resource management