Education scenario: Workforce planning

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KPIs impacted

Educator satisfaction

Operational efficiency

Value benefit

Cost savings

Time savings

Employee Experience

Using Copilot for workforce planning


1. Issue identification

Draft a proactive workforce strategy & plan to future proof academic programs and research success at your university.

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Benefit: Identify current research goals and academic objectives across the university to save time and avoid the need to review manually.

2. Current state assessment

Assess departmental staffing needs and skills gaps, weighing-in data from HR records, budget reports, faculty profiles, feedback and enrollment projections to create a central repository.

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Benefit: Avoid manually reviewing relevant resources by using Copilot to retrieve relevant data from identified records, reports, and discussions, and summarize key insights.

3. Future state and gap analysis

Scan existing market reports such as retirement and research funding trends toward future workforce scenario modeling.

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Benefit: Quickly create customized ‘What-if’ scenarios with the identified data to expedite informed decision-making.

4. Action plan development

Create a comprehensive plan that outlines a dynamic faculty recruitment strategy with evidence to addresses the identified gaps.

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Copilot in PowerPoint

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Copilot in Word

Benefit: Copilot can help author early drafts of a faculty recruitment strategy report in Word, and help create an accompanying presentation, saving you time.

5. Share recommendations

Communicate the plan and proposed recommendations with the administration team and Deans.

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Benefit: Let Copilot draft communication with faculty to share the future faculty recruitment strategy so you can focus on developing an action plan.

6. Continuous improvement and refinement

Revise the faculty recruitment strategy as needed to incorporate feedback and modify to enhance its effectiveness.

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Copilot in Word

Benefit: Document improvement areas for further refinement (e.g., performance data, faculty feedback). Have Copilot generate recommended content and reference feedback to incorporate.

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The content in this example scenario is for demonstration purposes only. You should evaluate how Copilot aligns with your organization’s business processes, regulatory requirements, and responsible AI principles.