HOLONIC MODELING - HUMAN-RESOURCE PLANNING AND THE 2 FACES OF JANUS

Gives the background to human resource planning (HRP) and argues that HRP tools are still an essential management requirement. Looks, theref ore, to HRP tools that are not so mathematically complex as to be of l ittle use to the average practitioner. Provides an approach which harn esses modern spreadsheet technology to implement the previously esoter ic tools of analysis - ''holonic modelling''. Holonic modelling recogn izes that computer power and the flexibility of software packages allo w problems to be structured in a flexible manner. Goes on to demonstra te the use of holonic modelling in the context of HRP.