Organisational Structure
3 Basic Types of Organisational Structure With the growth of any company the reporting structure must change. Three common systems of hierarchy have emerged among the companies we work with. We’ve listed them below with a brief explanation: 1. Functional A functional structure is simply one that divides a [...]
Understanding Turnover Rate
Understanding and Improving Turnover Rate A central challenge for the HR department of any organisation is to understand and optimise the turnover rate of employees. The costs involved is losing good employees are just too high to ignore. Managing churn goes beyond simply calculating the turnover rate and trying [...]
Origin of the Org Chart
Origin of the Organization Chart as a Tool of Business Management Joe Kolinger, Founder and CTO of OfficeWork Software, explores how through necessity the first organizational charts came to be and how they shaped business management today. Organizational charts today have a mixed reputation. While companies need them they [...]
Talent Hoarding
United Kingdom unemployment has dipped to the historically low level of 3.8 percent in 2019. A range of challenges come with this favorable employment environment including worker quality, job satisfaction and employee retention. In the competition for workers, companies can become so desperate for help that they neglect employee development. [...]
Data Integrity in HR Projects
HR Data Integrity for Organizational Change Projects OfficeWork Software has provided workforce planning and organisational change solutions for clients globally for over 15 years. We have worked on many different initiatives: mergers, spin-offs, delayering, downsizing and gearing for rapid growth. We have observed a persistent pattern of data integrity [...]
Gender Equality in the Workplace
Gender Equality in the Workplace A 2018 study by the Office for National Statistics showed that women currently make approximately 80% of men’s median hourly wage in the UK—the gender pay gap in 2018 was 17.9%. The same studies reveal that, in more skilled jobs, that gap is even [...]
Shaping Your Company’s Future
Talent Management - Shaping Your Company’s Future It’s no surprise, in the present buoyant job market, that recruiting high quality candidates is the number one challenge faced by 76% of HR managers according to a recent report by Glassdoor. Talent management—the business of recruiting, hiring and retaining employees—has become [...]
Better Planning with the 9 Box Grid
How to Use the 9-box Grid for Better HR Planning A 9-box grid provides a visual display of employee performance and is commonly used for succession planning. A 9-box, as seen in the example below, is a way of assessing employees on current performance and future potential within the [...]
Mind the Gap: Open Positions
Mind the Gap: Managing Open Positions in Your Organization Identifying and filling open positions quickly and effectively is a priority for the human resources department of any organization. Employees come and go constantly, not just with resignations but retirements, promotions and relocations. Gaps in the organization need to be [...]
Succession Planning
Succession Planning As the youngest of the baby boomer generation turn 55 in the U.K., businesses continue to be confronted with the challenges of losing people from senior executive positions to retirement. Progressive companies can not afford to wait until the moment senior members announce their departures to start [...]
