Staff planning: Why is staff planning vital to success? What competing interests need to be balanced when scheduling staff? What are labor standards, and why are they critical to proper scheduling? What factors can cause actual labor cost to deviate from standard costs?

After reading Chapter 14, respond to the following questions: Why is  staff planning vital to success? What competing interests need to be  balanced when scheduling staff? What are labor standards, and why are  they critical to proper scheduling? What factors can cause actual labor  cost to deviate from standard costs?