Modelling heterogeneity in a manpower system: a review

F.I. Ugwuowo and S.I. McClean

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2000, vol. 16, issue 2, 99-110

Abstract: Manpower planning is an essential methodology for business and industry; it allows managers to make more efficient use of human resources. However, human behaviour is highly variable and it is therefore essential for manpower planning that population heterogeneity is successfully modelled. In this paper we review methods of incorporating population heterogeneity into manpower modelling. The analysis of differentials in a manpower system is emphasized since they are a source of aggregation error in stochastic models. Two strategies have been stressed, the use of observable sources of heterogeneity as they affect wastage, and the latent sources which cannot be identified precisely but are known to affect the key parameters of most models. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2000
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1002/1526-4025(200004/06)16:23.0.CO;2-3

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:apsmbi:v:16:y:2000:i:2:p:99-110

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry from John Wiley & Sons
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().