Information and Knowledge Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5758 (Paper) ISSN 2224-896X (Online) Vol.3, No.2, 2013 173 Effect of Human Resource Planning on Organizational Performance of Telecom Sector Farman Afzal 1 Kashif Mahmood 1 Syed Mohsin Raza Sherazi 1 Muhammad Sajid 2* Muhammad Hassan 3 1. Lecturer, Institute of Business and management, UET Lahore, Pakistan 2. Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences and Commerce, Mohi-Ud-Din Islamic University Nerian Shaif, AJ&K, Pakistan 3. Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan * E-mail of the corresponding author: chsajid_24@yahoo.com, Tel: 00923146160441 Abstract Human resource planning is one of the growing areas of academic research. Organizations regard its human resource as their core competency because it would lead towards better organizational performance. This research focuses on effect of human resource planning on the organizational performance. Objective of this research is to determine key determinants of formal human resource planning that contributes towards performance in the telecom sector. The data collected from top managers, middle level managers and the first line HR managers of 50 offices including head offices and regional offices of 160 questionnaires including some interview and open ended questions based on the measures of performance and Human Resource Planning. The results from the factor analysis on HRP measures selection, training, and incentives and the organizational performance measures which are job satisfaction, efficiency, employee motivation and technology constitutes significant and a positive relationship with other. As modern HR practices are implemented in telecom sector and companies would spend more on Human Resources, it would lead towards High performance achievement. Keywords – Human Resource Planning, Telecom Sector, Organizational Performance, Selection, Training and Incentives Paper Type– Research Paper 1. Introduction 1.1 Human Resource Management Human resource management is a set quantity of work in an organization that focuses on the management of staffing, giving direction to the people who work in the organization and issues related to the people such as hiring, employee motivation, remuneration, communication, wellness, safety administration and training. Human resource management also focuses on the personal management and organizational development. It is mandatory for every organization to have a formal human resource department in their organization and now a day’s human resource management is seen strategically by the top management. 1.2 Major Issues and Problems of HRM in Telecom Sector The human resource management practice has been changing rapidly in telecommunication sector of almost all over the world. Results of those practices compel managers to have sufficient reasons to be aware of the employee behavior and methods which can enlarge their performance. That is why we are taking the telecommunication sector as its focal point of research as the work on HR issues in UK is very low. The value of human resource management is fully accepted up till now among the telecom sector of UK. Wright, P. M. and Gardner, T. (2003) It is realized that there is a big cause to check the availability of modern human resource practices and its influence on the organizational performance in UK. Telecom sector of UK includes mostly the federal structure of work; the employees are very much outfitted with modern techniques of working on computers. Human Resource Planning is considered as the primary debate among the policy makers that to invest in workforce will bring them good results in terms of performance. The significant tools of HRP like selection, training, benefits/incentives, and employee