• Strategic Workforce Planning diagnostic questionnaire

    Strategic Workforce Planning diagnostic questionnaire

  • As the charity dedicated to finding new ways to close skills gaps in UK engineering and manufacturing, Enginuity works with partners to develop new tools for employers like you.

    We are currently working with UKRI Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and Teesside University on a strategic workforce planning tool.

    To ensure that this tool meets the real needs of UK employers we would really appreciate it if you could complete this survey. We estimate it would take about 15 minutes of your time.

    All responses will remain confidential, and data will be aggregated to ensure privacy; but by participating you will be given access to a summary of the results, helping you to compare your practices against other employers.

    Help us to help you.

     

    Many thanks,


     

    Ann Watson, Chief Executive, Enginuity.

     

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    • Section 1: Strategic Direction 

    • This section asks questions related to the strategic direction of your organisation.

    • 1- Do you have a written company strategy in place? If yes, over what time period does it cover?*
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    • 5- How are customer demands expected to change for your organisation?*
    • Section 2: Engineering Workforce 

    • This section asks questions related to the current and future engineering workforce in your organisation.

    • 6- What are the key challenges related to the Engineering Workforce in your organisation?*
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    • 13- Are current job roles changing in your organisation?*
    • 15- How do you know the skills and competencies of your current workforce?*
    • 16- How do you benchmark your workforce against industry and competitors?*
    • Section 3: Strategic Workforce Planning 

    • This section aims to understand your strategic workforce planning practices and needs.

    • 17- Does your organisation engage in strategic workforce planning?*
    • 19- How would you describe the level of alignment between your organisation's workforce planning and its strategic direction?*
    • 20- How often does your organisation engage in strategic workforce planning?*
    • 21- What level of internal resources does your organisation commit for strategic workforce planning?*
    • 22- To what extent does your organisation engage external assistance (e.g., consultants, trade associations, Chamber of Commerce) for strategic workforce planning?*
    • 23- How much on average per year do you invest financially in doing strategic workforce planning in your organisation?*
    • 24- How critical is Strategic Workforce Planning for your organisation's success?*
    • 26- How would you rate your organisation's readiness for strategic workforce planning?*
    • 28- What processes (if any) do you use to define your organisation's skills needs of the future?*
    • 29- How would you rate the ease of gathering the necessary data to implement the process(es) you selected for define your future skills needs?*
    • 31- What kind of solutions will you be looking for to support your strategic workforce planning?*
    • Section 4: Company information 
    • 36- Which of the following best describes your role*
    • 37- Number of employees in your organisation*
    • 38- Which region in the UK is your company based in?*
    • 39- Where in the supply chain does your organisation generally fit?*
    • 40- How would you describe your organisation's industry sector(s)*

    • Many thanks for taking the time to give Enginuity your input.  Your insight is really important in helping us to develop solutions to support businesses within the engineering and manufacturing sector.

      We are just at the start of our journey in developing tools to support employers, particularly SMEs, with workforce development planning.  We would appreciate you joining us on the journey.

    • Would you be happy for Enginuity to reach out now and again to benefit further from your insight and experience?*
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