Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Three

Table 3-4
Demand Forecasting Techniques

Percentage of Companies
Using Technique

Supervisor Estimates

Succession Planning or Replacement Charts

Rules of Thumb or Nonstatistical Formulas

Computer Simulation

Exponential Smoothing or Trend Extrapolation

Regression Analysis

Delphi Technique

69.7

65.2

37.9

18.2

12.1

9.1

3.0

Source: Extracted from Charles R. Greer, Dana L. Jackson, and Jack Fiorito. “Adapting
Human Resource Planning in a Changing Business Environment,” Human Resource
Management 28, no. 1 (1989): 110. Copyright © 1989 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.