Resource Planning in Organisational Development Projects

Resource Planning in Organisational Development Projects
Author: Jannis Finn Grüneboom
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3848208016

Corporate decisions have consequences, especially if they pertain to a company's strategic advancement. These decisions are almost always implemented using an organizational development project. Understandably, members of the senior management and project management prefer to make the process as predictable and tangible as possible. Frequently, they rely on resource planning for (a subjective sense of) certainty. However, it can be generally observed that traditional resource planning is an insufficient solution for organizational development projects. Quotes like the following illustrate how fancifully it is implemented and utilized: "105 percent of the time, my employees are working at 200 percent of their capacity." The present thesis not only provides an overview of existing approaches, their potentials and limitations, but also shows how adequate resource planning can be productively implemented.

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects
Author: Martin Loosemore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-12-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113450683X

Although construction is one of the most labour-intensive industries, people management issues are given inadequate attention. Furthermore, the focus of attention with regards to HR has been on the strategic aspects of HRM function - yet most problems and operational issues arise on projects. To help redress these problems, this book takes a broad view of HRM, examining the strategic and operational aspects of managing people within the construction sector. The book is aimed at project managers and students of project management who, until now, have been handed the responsibility for human resource management without adequate knowledge or training. The issues addressed in this book are internationally relevant, and are of fundamental concern to both students and practitioners involved in the management of construction projects. The text draws on the authors' experience of working with a range of large construction companies in improving their HRM operational activities at both strategic and operational levels, and is well illustrated with case studies of projects and organizations.

Bottom-line Organization Development

Bottom-line Organization Development
Author: Merrill C. Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2003
Genre: Cases
ISBN: 0750674857

Organization development practitioners have, for over half a century, engaged with organizations to help them grow and thrive. The artful application of Organization Development (OD) has helped business leaders articulate vision, rethink business processes, create more fluid organization structures and better utilize people's talents. While business leaders and OD practitioners intuitively believe that OD provides valuable results, rigorous measurement of the value delivered has long eluded many OD practitioners. 'Bottom-Line Organization Development' provides powerful tools to capture and measure the financial return on investment (ROI) of OD projects to the business. Given the increasing competition for budget and resources within organizations and the requirements of demonstrating tangible results, the need for such OD measurement tools is very high. But in addition to proving the value of OD projects, integrating evaluation into the change management process itself can actually increase the value of the change initiative because it opens up new ways of capturing and increasing the value of change initiatives. In other words, there is an ROI to ROI. Merrill Anderson calls this new way of approaching OD "strategic change valuation." The book explains the five steps in the OD value process - diagnosis, design, deployment, evaluation and reflection. In addition, three case studies take readers through the process of applying bottom-line OD to three types of popular strategic change initiatives: executive coaching, organization capability, and knowledge management. Readers will gain a holistic perspective of how to make the seemingly intangible benefits of these initiatives tangible.

A Field Guide for Organisation Development

A Field Guide for Organisation Development
Author: Mr Ed Griffin
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1409440494

Through contributions from leading organisation development practitioners with unparalleled experience, A Field Guide for Organisation Development answers four questions: What is OD and why does it matter? Where does OD fit and who does it? How do you actually do OD? How do you know if it's worked and prove the benefit? This book provides a bridge between the theory and history of OD and the actual work of those practicing it in the field. It is as comprehensive a resource to support the practice of Organisation Development as can be found anywhere.

Organization Development

Organization Development
Author: Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2015-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0749470186

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is a guide to the basic principles of effective organization development. A compendium of theories, practices, diagnostics techniques and figures, it provides practical advice for identifying an organization's needs and determining the most appropriate course of action to maximize organizational capability. It provides an overview of the history and theory of OD and addresses the various phases, the role of the practitioner, aspects of power and politics, and the human resources context. The book also discusses organizational design, culture change, managing transformational change, and developing effective leadership. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Organization Development now includes coverage of complexity and chaos theory, new case studies describing OD practices and attitudes in countries outside of the US and UK, and new chapters on change and culture and on employee engagement and wellbeing. The authors also have added emphasis on the collaborations between OD and HR functions. It provides a wealth of helpful advice for OD practitioners, HR professionals and those with an interest in helping develop their organization.

Handbook for Strategic HR

Handbook for Strategic HR
Author: John Vogelsang
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814432492

The role of human resources is no longer limited to hiring, managing compensation, and ensuring compliance. Learn the skills HR professionals need to become key partners in leading their organizations.

Organizational Development in Public Administration

Organizational Development in Public Administration
Author: Maurizio Decastri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 303043799X

Cultural, economic and political trends are changing the way public administrations are organized and this book examines the new challenges managers face, with the need for a shift from a traditional bureaucratic model to a competency-based approach to organizational design and management in the areas of recruitment, training, career development and assessment. Through the analysis of an experimental project launched jointly by the Italian National School for Administration (SNA) and the Prime Minister’s Office, this book showcases how a competency-based system can be a key tool in reforming HR in the public sector, with significant effects on the organization and management of public administration.

Organization Design

Organization Design
Author: Naomi Stanford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136436863

Organization Design looks at how you need to change the ways your organization does things in order to increase productivity, performance, and profit. Providing the knowledge and method to handle the kind of recurring organisational change that all businesses face, those which do not involve transforming the entire enterprise but which necessitate significant change at the business unit, divisional, functional, facility or local levels. The problem lies in knowing what needs to change and how to change it. Taking the organisation as a designed system, it describes four major elements of organizations: the work - the basic tasks to be done by the organisation and its parts, the people - characteristics of individuals in the organization, formal organization - structures eg the organisation hierarchy, processes, and methods that are formally created to get individuals to perform tasks, informal organization - emerging arrangements including variations to the norm, processes, and relationships, commonly described as the culture or 'the way we do things round here'. The way these four elements relate, combine and interact affects productivity, performance and profit. Most books on this subject target a wide management audience rather than HR, this is specifically written for HR practitioners and line managers working together to achieve the goal. It clarifies why and how organisations need to be in a state of readiness to design or redesign and emphasises that people as well as business processes must be part of design considerations.