Project Allocation Org Charts
Project Allocation Org Charts Automated charts for project-based organizational structures Pendo, a company with notable customers such as Salesforce, Coupa, Gainsight, BMC, and Sprinklr, found in a study that up to 80% of the features in enterprise cloud software products are rarely or never used. At OfficeWork Software, we believe [...]
Virtual Collaboration
Virtual Collaboration for Workforce Planning With the end of the year fast approaching, and the seismic changes many businesses have faced, many management teams are looking at optimizing their workforce structures. With many offices still closed and more partners working remotely, these highly collaborative planning sessions may look a little [...]
Workforce Planning
Key Elements of Workforce Planning Planning the structure of the workforce, now and in the future, is fundamental to any HR department. It’s important as an organisation to be prepared—and not just reacting to—human resource changes such as retirements and turnover. Putting in place a simple four step strategy, [...]
Team Based Planning
Team Based Planning With management teams increasingly dispersed, and having to work remote from one another, OfficeWork Software has developed a collaboration module to assist teams plan for the future. Planning the deployment of employees and optimising the structure of the workforce is a major responsibility of any human [...]
Retirement and Succession…
Retirement and Succession Planning The process of identifying younger talent to fill vacant positions is commonly referred to as succession planning. Progressive businesses, both big and small, can’t afford to wait until the moment senior members of their staff announce their retirements to start planning replacements. .The benefits of [...]
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 [...]
Managing Change in Times of Crisis
Managing Change in Times of Crisis Businesses today are undergoing rapid and massive upheaval as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic gripping the world. Many management teams are scrambling to adapt to two seismic shifts in their workforces. One, the move of employees to remote working situations and the changes [...]
The Impact of Contractors
Visualising the Impact of Contractors Most companies of size today balance a workforce of employees and contractors. A recent NPR/Marist poll showed 1 in 5 jobs is held under a contract. Loosely defined, an employee will just be working for your organisation, generally works at your place of business, is [...]
5 Reasons to Integrate…
5 Reasons to Integrate Your Org Chart into Your Intranet by Chris Meyers. Today's workforce is more mobile, and distributed, and with employees spread across offices and time zones, it is more difficult for people to connect with each other like they used to. The days of tapping someone on [...]
