Costabin Inc., a company in the recycling business, has revamped its management and business criteria. It has also added new objectives that would require recruitment of new and skilled labor. The responsibility of identifying the numbers and the kinds of employees lies with the HR department of the firm. This responsibility of the HR department is known as
a. supply chain management.
b. performance management.
c. human resource planning.
d. utilization analysis.
e. performance planning.

Human resource planning is a function of the HR in which the HR personnel ensures that there is a continuous process through advance planning for the company to reach a maximum standard by hiring quality employees. It ensures that there are no shortages or extras.

It has four steps that are followed which are supplying labor,balancing projected labor demand and supply,forecasting labor demand and supporting business goals.

The companies are able to establish what they require and make means to ensure they have highly skilled employees who can meet those needs through using human resource planning.