50 Examples of Workforce Management

John Spacey, March 17, 2023

Workforce management is the end-to-end process of managing executives, employees, contractors, consultants, freelancers, interns, trainees, apprentices, outsource partners, seasonal and temporary workers. This can be viewed as extending the traditional process of managing employees to a modern organization that has many types of worker. Workforce management includes both human resources functions such as recruiting and team management functions such as scheduling. The following are common examples of workforce management.

Attendance monitoring	Awards and recognition programs
Benefits administration	Candidate screening
Competancy management – making sure an organization has the talent required to achieve its goals	Compliance audits
Compliance management – including HR and procurement related compliance	Conflict resolution
Contract negotiations	Employee assistance
Employee development	Employee engagement
Employee handbook	Employee referrals
Employer branding	Goal setting
Incentive programs	Job descriptions
Leadership development	Leave management
Managing low performance	Onboarding
Payroll	Performance feedback
Performance incentives	Performance management
Policy enforcement	Procurement of consulting and business services
Productivity analysis	Promotions
Recruiting	Resource allocation
Salary negotiations	Schedule management
Shift management	Skill assessments
Succession planning	Supervision
Supplier performance management	Talent retention
Team building	Team management
Time tracking	Training programs
Vendor management	Work policies
Workforce analysis	Workforce communication
Workforce reporting	Workplace safety