The important objectives of manpower planning is an organization are :
1.To recruit and retain the human resource of required quantity and quality .
2.To foresee the impact of technology on work, existing employees and future human resource requirements;
3.To improve the standards, skill, knowledge, ability, discipline etc.
4.To assess the surplus or shortage of human resources and take measures accordingly;
5.To make the best use of its human resources
6.To estimate the cost of human resources.