A Goal Programming Approach To Human Resource Planning With A Concentration On Promotion Policy

Abstract

Goal programming will be employed to assist human resource managers in identifying a promotion policy that will provide a desired future distribution of managers at various levels in an organization.  The goal programming model will be developed and exemplified for a small firm with only two job classifications.  Model inputs include the current inventory of managers and a desired future distribution of these managers.  The model output will be an identified “optimal” promotion policy that will achieve the desired future assignments of managers.