2021 OrgChart Year in Review
2021 OrgChart Year in Review: Reorgs, recruiting pushes and managing remote or hybrid workforces were new and urgent needs as the economy corrected itself from the turmoil of 2020. It was a big year of organisational change for many companies across the globe. As a workplace management tool, our [...]
7 Goals Of Succession Planning
7 Goals Of Succession Planning To be successful an organisation must ensure that employees are recruited and developed to fill key roles within a company before they become vacant. Succession planning is not just about establishing paths for promotion, it’s about matching the right person for every job in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Avoid Skill Shortages in Your Organization
How to Avoid Skill Shortages in Your Organization Joe Kolinger presented this webcast at HR.com recently: Protecting your company from skill shortages is a ubiquitous problem. Today, many companies are facing a common problem – they have plenty of “data” about their talent, but what they don’t have is a [...]
