Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Delphi Technique 
This technique is named  after the ancient Greek Oracle at the 
city of Delphi where the greek used to pray for information about the 
future.  In the present World Delphi  Technique is used in  decision 
making in small groups.  The problem and questions relating to HR 
requirement and related issues will be circulated to the expert group.  
Their suggestions and replies will be sent to others and if needed queries 
made and final decision taken.  This exercise is repeated until some 
consensus is reached.  Delphi technique is quite useful where the problem 
cannot be solved by using analytical technique but its solution requires 
subjective judgements on a collective basis. 
Delphi Technique can be used for forecasting human resource 
needs in two forms.   First, it can be used to know the trends for changing 
job profile and consequently, the changing personnel profile across the 
country or at international level. Secondly, this technique can be used to 
solicit views of experts in different functional areas of an organization 
about the changing profile of personnel in their respective departments 
in the light of changing environment.  Such views are collected and 
summarized by HR department to arrive at a decision about the types of 
personnel needed in future.