How long is the Workforce Planning and Budgeting course?

The course runs over 5 days of classroom training, usually Monday to Friday.

When is the next Workforce Planning and Budgeting course?

The next public date is 14 - 18 Dec 2026 in Kuala Lumpur. There are 13 upcoming dates in total.

Where is this course held?

Upcoming sessions run in Kuala Lumpur, Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome.

Can I take Workforce Planning and Budgeting online?

Yes. Every date can also be joined live online in a virtual classroom with the trainer, for £1,280 per participant. Choose "Live online" in the dates table when you register.

How much does the course cost?

Fees start from £2,250 per delegate, depending on the city. Fees include tuition and course materials.

Do participants receive a certificate?

Yes. Delegates who complete the course receive a London Leadership Management Innovation certificate of completion.

Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?

Yes. LLMI can tailor and deliver this course privately for your organisation at your premises or in one of our training cities.

Workforce Planning and Budgeting (HRT-002) Training Course

Course overview

Why Attend

Workforce planning is one the most important HR processes and is necessarily linked to every other function in HR management. Yet, in spite of its importance, it is often implemented haphazardly due to organizational and market complexities. In addition to surveying the drivers for workforce planning and its key performance indicators, this course presents and elaborates on an operational model for forecasting demand and supply of employees and demonstrates how resulting gaps can be bridged with a variety of controllable staffing initiatives. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to learn and apply the forecasting techniques that are normally used in workforce planning.

Course Methodology

The course uses a mix of interactive techniques such as lecturettes, group activities, case studies, scenario analysis and team presentations

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Define workforce planning within the context of human resources management
Explain how HR planning is related to the overall strategic plan of the organization
Identify the economic concepts of demand and supply and how they apply to the labor market
Apply forecasting tools to the demand and supply of different types of human resources, both in terms of quantity and quality
Recognize the relationship of HR planning to the staffing process
Describe why an understanding of the external labor market is important in workforce planning
Formulate staffing strategies to fill labor gaps whether shortages or surpluses
Apply budgeting techniques for workforce planning

Target Audience

Recruitment and workforce planning managers and specialists, HR professionals and strategy analysts with at least three years experience in workforce planning, general HR management and business partners. This course is also useful to corporate planning managers who want to make sure their strategies are implemented successfully.

Target Competencies

The course targets the following related competencies:

Relating and networking
Persuading and influencing
Presenting and communicating
Analytical thinking
Applying expertise and technology
Formulating concepts and strategies
Planning and organizing
Achieving goals and objectives

Course outline

1Day 1: Overview of organizational development
- The glue that makes an organization
- Organizational objectives
- Key terms in organization
- Departmentalization
- Mechanistic versus organic organization
- Strategy and organizational structure
- Choosing the right organization
- The economics of the organization
2Day 2: Fundamentals of workforce planning
- Workforce planning to get, keep and grow
- Defining workforce planning
- Strategic planning and workforce planning
- It is all a question of demand and supply
- Workforce planning and forecasting employee needs
- Aims and phases of workforce planning
- Drivers of workforce planning
- Benefits of workforce planning
- Keys to successful workforce planning
- Workforce planning Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
3Day 3: An operational model for workforce planning & Demand analysis and forecasting staffing needs
- An operational model for workforce planning
- Workforce planning analysis
- The strategic staffing process
- Causes of supply and demand gaps
- Static versus dynamic workforce planning
- Demand analysis and forecasting staffing needs
- Trend analysis
- Ratio analysis
- Scatter plot
- Zero manning methodology
- The supply analysis phase
- The gap analysis phase
4Day 4: Workforce formulation: application of the basic model
- Defining required staffing gaps or surpluses
- Defining required staffing actions
- Producing the staffing plan
- Beyond staffing plans
- Using workforce planning to support management successions and development planning
- Proactive talent management
- Measuring staffing effectiveness and efficiency
5Day 5: Budgeting: process and approach
- Importance of budgeting
- Types of budgets
- Master budget components
- Approaches to budgeting
- Characteristics of effective operating budgeting
- Tools of budget estimation
- HR budgeting
- Cost control
- Control systems
- The control process
- Variance analysis

Schedule

Dates and fees

13 upcoming dates in 5 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted. Every date can also be joined live online for £1,280.

All dates as PDF

December 2026

14DEC 14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 daysNext session

Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom

£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each

January 2027

18JAN 18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

BarcelonaSpain · Classroom

£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each

February 2027

15FEB 15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

ParisFrance · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

March 2027

15MAR 15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

FrankfurtGermany · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

April 2027

19APR 19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

BarcelonaSpain · Classroom

£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each

May 2027

17MAY 17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

FrankfurtGermany · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

June 2027

21JUN 21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

RomeItaly · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

July 2027

19JUL 19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom

£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each

August 2027

16AUG 16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

BarcelonaSpain · Classroom

£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each

September 2027

20SEP 20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

ParisFrance · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

October 2027

18OCT 18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

FrankfurtGermany · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

November 2027

15NOV 15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

BarcelonaSpain · Classroom

£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each

December 2027

20DEC 20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

FrankfurtGermany · Classroom

£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each

Live online, on the same dates

Join the class in real time from your office or home: live sessions with the trainer, group discussion, course materials and a certificate of completion. Joining details are emailed before the course starts.

December 2026

14DEC 14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 daysNext session

Live onlineVirtual classroom · join from anywhere