Geerlings, Verbraeck, van Beusekom, de Groot & Damen 299 Copyright Idea Group Inc. Copyright Idea Group Inc. Copyright Idea Group Inc. Copyright Idea Group Inc. Chapter 19 Strategic Human Resource Allocation for an Internal Labor Market: A Human Resource Forecasting Model for the Royal Netherlands Navy 1 Wilfred S. J. Geerlings and Alexander Verbraeck Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands John van Beusekom, Ron P. T. de Groot, and Gino Damen The Hague, The Netherlands Every organization needs a staff appropriate for its tasks in order to accomplish its business objectives, both now and in the future. To gain insight into the quality and number of staff needed in the future, human resource forecasting models are being used. This chapter addresses the design of a simulation model for human resources forecasting, which is being developed for the Chief of Naval Personnel, Royal Netherlands Navy. The aim is to provide the Director of Naval Manpower Planning with tools that give insight into the effects of strategic decisions on personnel buildup, and the effects of changes in personnel on reaching the organizations business objectives. Previously Published in Challenges of Information Technology Management in the 21st Century, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Copyright ' 2000, Idea Group Publishing. This chapter appears in the book, Information Systems Evaluation Management by Wim van Grembergen. Copyright ' 2002, IRM Press, an imprint of Idea Group Inc. 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey PA 17033-1117, USA Tel: 717/533-8845; Fax 717/533-8661; URL-http://www.irm-press.com ITB7809 IRM PRESS