Imitating common structure designs without contextualizing them for the organization risks doing more harm than good. Effective structure redesign is rooted in strong change management and strategic alignment with the function, HR, and organization.
Impact & Result
Redesign the HR function structure to enable strategy and meet evolving needs as internal and external factors shift.
Establish future-focused design principles to ensure the structure supports current and future needs and adapts to workload fluctuations.
Use change management tactics to effectively communicate the anticipated change and ensure impacted employees are equipped to succeed in the new structure.
Research & Tools
1. Prepare for structure redesign
Engage key players, gather information about the
current and future state, document the function’s work, create design
principles, and select metrics to track success.
Identify the function’s degree of
centralization, define the role of outsourcing and contingent workers, create
activity groups, select jobs, and build adaptability into the structure.