Organisational Development and Business Change

Our HR Business Partners can provide support with all aspects of organisational development, helping your business to align its structure, culture and strategy.

Some reasons you may need outsourced HR advice for organisational development include:

• Organisational development needs to be carried out by someone who is external to the organisation and has specific expertise and experience in how to best utilise it
• Your organisation does not have its own dedicated HR team to carry out organisational development work
• Your existing HR team do not have the capacity currently or lack the specialist expertise required to handle challenging organisational development matters

No matter what your current situation looks like, and what you are looking to achieve, our HR Business Partners can help. Working in conjunction with our Employment Law team, we are able to attend client sites in person or virtually.

Benefits of working with our HR Business Partners

• Improve productivity, profitability and other key metrics of success
• Substantial experience in using organisational development to improve workplace practices and realise commercial goals
• Quick address areas for immediate improvement and provide a platform for long-term success
• Improve employee performance and absence management
• Avoid the potential for future problems by putting policies in place

The ad hoc HR advice we provide employers is both affordable and accessible. Our CIPD qualified and highly experienced team will be able to tailor our advice to suit your requirements, no matter how large your business is or what industry it operates in.

Here are just a few of the things we can help with:

Our HR Business Partners can guide you through every stage of organisational development, including:

• Organisational development review
• Implementing initiatives raised by organisational development

Don’t see what you are looking for on this list? Our HR Business Partners have a wide range of expertise and will be in a strong position to provide clear guidance on the majority of issues that employers find themselves facing.

Speak to our organisational development experts today

If you’re looking for outsourced HR advice on organisational development, get in touch with our experts today.

Contact us on 0131 270 7700, visit our offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Lothian or Shetland or fill in our enquiry form at the bottom of the page to request a call back.

Our organisational development expertise

Organisational development review

Without any prior experience, organisational development can seem like a daunting prospect. There is plenty to consider, even where your business is currently successful. This is where a thorough review of your current situation and what you are looking to achieve will prove invaluable.

When conducted in the right way, organisational development will allow your business to remain relevant and successful, in addition to creating positive opportunities for employees.  But, it is also important to remember that the process can be potentially distressing to employees and the wider culture of the business, highlighting the need for everything to be carefully handled.

Our HR Business Partners can conduct a thorough organisational development review for your business, clearly identifying and addressing various issues, including your commercial strategy, employee performance and retention and future goals.

From this review, we can then seek to diagnose the extent to which the needs of the business are currently being met in these areas and proceed to suggest the most appropriate methods for reaching the desired future position, no matter what that might involve.

Implementing initiatives raised by organisational development

Reviewing and identifying your organisation’s existing practices through organisational development is just one piece of the puzzle. It is good practice to clearly identify how to implement any initiatives identified during organisational development and to analyse the practical action points that need to be carried out.

Our team can work closely with your business to discuss the best way of executing the necessary areas of development, offering straightforward and practical advice on the steps that need to be taken.

Depending on the circumstances, this may mean that difficult decisions will need to be made. In some cases, this may involve redundancy or Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE).

What is organisational development?

Organisational development concerns itself with identifying the existing structure, processes and culture of a business, as well as the connections it forms with its employees.

While there are a number of specific definitions to organisational development, and the way it works will differ from business to business, the general aim will be to identify the most effective methods for achieving certain goals e.g. improving productivity or profitability.

What are the benefits to organisational development?

There are a number of benefits to organisational development for your business. These include, but are not limited to:

• Engaging in continuous improvement – No matter how successful you may currently be, there is no benefit to resting on your laurels. Organisational development will ensure that you continue to develop and improve.
• Improving communication and feedback – Organisational development can promote increased communications between all parties in a business.
• Improved employee performance – When implemented correctly, organisational development can ensure you improve general employee performance.

Speak to our organisational development experts today

If you’re looking for outsourced HR advice on organisational development, get in touch with our experts today.

Contact us on 0131 270 7700, visit our offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Lothian or Shetland or fill in our enquiry form at the bottom of the page to request a call back.