The first step in the human resource planning process is forecasting. Forecasting is an attempt to determine the supply and demand for various types of human resources to predict within the organization where there will be future labor shortages and surpluses. Historical statistical models and judgmental techniques are used for forecasting labor supply and demand. One type of statistical procedure that can be used for this purpose is the analysis of a transitional matrix, which is a chart that lists job categories held in one period and shows the proportion of employees in each of those same categories in a future period. The goal of this activity is to complete the transitional matrix to forecast labor supply and demand for several marketing positions within an organization.

Missing word "Roll over each of the items below to read about the proportion of marketing employees at different times. Then drag each item into the correct position in the matrix."

Note: The matrix in the question is attached as picture below

Year                                            2016

                   Sales mgr        Sales Rep         Sales asst.         Not in

                                                                                              Organisation

2012

Sales           Maintain         Management        Manager         Manager

manager    Management  Representative     Assistant        Turnover

                    Position             Demotion           Demotion

Sales Rep   Sales Rep      Maintain Rep       Rep assistant     Sales Rep

                    Promotion        Position               Demotion

Sales          Asst manager   Management    Maintain asst.     Sales Asst

assistant     Promotion          Promotion         position             Turnover

Not in        Manager New   Sales Rep          Sales Assistant

Organi-       Hire                   New Hire            New Hire

sation

answer; descriptive statistics;

answer; signaling;