Span of Control is Important
Why Span of Control is Important What is span of control? When examining organisational structure, span of control is an important metric to understand. Simply, span of control refers to the number of employees under a manager’s direct control (i.e. a manager with five direct reports has a span [...]
Blindsided by Talent Gaps
At a time when businesses are reevaluating the composition of their workplaces we’re revisiting this client story which first appeared in the March 2016 edition of IHRIM’s Workplace Solutions Review. By Joe Kollinger A unique visualisation of the workforce gave one of our clients advance warning of talent gaps [...]
The Impact of Contractors
Visualising the Impact of Contractors Most companies of size today balance a workforce of employees and contractors. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of self-employed workers in the U.K. has increased from 3.3 million in 2001 to 4.8 million in 2017. Loosely defined, an employee [...]
Emotional Wellness
Your Employees & Emotional Wellness. Emotional wellness can no longer be ignored when examining the overall health of a workforce. A 2017 UK government commissioned review of the workplace showed 300,000 people lost their jobs each year due to mental health related problems. Millennials have become the “mental health [...]
5 Reasons to Integrate…
5 Reasons to Integrate Your Org Chart into Your Intranet by Chris Meyers. Increasingly more mobile, and distributed, today's workforce is spread across offices and time zones, making it more difficult for people to connect with each other like they used to. The days of tapping someone on the [...]
Making Sense of Your Data
Making Sense of your HR Data with Org Charts If your organisation is like most, your HR relevant data is stored across multiple locations. The advantage of a good organisational and planning software is that you can pull all of it into one chart. Data is transformed into something [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
