Human Resource Consulting Management
The specialty of industrial-organizational psychology (also called I/O psychology) is characterised by the scientific study of human behaviour in organisations and the workplace. The specialty focuses on deriving principles of individual, group and organizational behaviour and applying this knowledge to the solution of problems at work.
Specialised knowledge and training in the science of behaviour in the workplace requires in-depth knowledge of organisational development, attitudes, career development, decision theory, human performance and human factors, consumer behaviour, small group theory and process, criterion theory and development, job and task analysis and individual assessment. In addition, the specialty of industrial-organisational psychology requires knowledge of ethical considerations as well as statutory, administrative, and case law and executive orders as related to activities in the workplace.
The company targets small to medium size businesses and with its specialty of Industrial Organisational Psychology, addresses issues of recruitment, selection and placement, labour relations, training and development, performance management, succession planning, employment equity and transformation, workplace motivation and reward systems, quality of work life, structure of work and human factors, organisational development and consumer behaviour.
We strive to assist our clients with the development, implementation and co-ordination of key strategic and operational processes pertaining to all these talent management focal areas. The ultimate objective is for the client to recognise us as a strategic business partner, thus enabling them to focus on their business and the achievement of its strategic objectives.
Human Resource Consulting Management
Competency
Framework
Competency Framework
What is the Development of a Client-specific Competency Framework?
Assist clients in developing a company-specific competency framework – a model that broadly defines the blueprint for ‘excellent’ performance within the organization. Generally, the framework will consist of a number of competencies, which can be generically applied to a broad number of roles within the organization and defines the skills, behaviors, and attitudes that workers need to perform their roles effectively. The competency library illustrates the progressively increasing degree and complexity of judgment and discretion required by every role within the company.
Why Develop a Client-specific Competency Framework?
A competency framework is a means by which organizations communicate which behaviors are required, valued, recognized, and rewarded with respect to specific occupational roles. It ensures that staff, in general, have a common understanding of the organization’s values and expected excellent performance behaviors.
The competency library will help develop best practices and accelerate progress towards a completed competency framework.
Job
Profiling
Job Profiling
What is Job Profiling?
Assist clients with the development of job profiles which provide the information needed to assess individual skill levels of employees or job candidates and identify critical skill gaps. Job profiles also drive high-quality group training needs analysis, career development programs, succession planning, and performance planning and review and are critical for job evaluation.
Why Job Profiling?
Job Profiles, also known as Role Profiles, Role Descriptions, Job Descriptions, or Job Analyses, are critical for any organization as they have an impact on a number of Business and Human Resource processes including:
- Actual job activities
- Recruitment and Selection
- Performance Management
- Training and Development
- Career and Succession Planning.
It is therefore good business practice to provide all employees with a relevant, accurate and current Job Profile, and to use this profile as a basis for talent management
Recruitment
And Selection
Recruitment And Selection
What is Recruitment & Selection?
Assist clients with conventional recruitment and selection interventions, from copywriting the recruitment advert to placement, candidate processing from unprocessed, to longlisting, shortlisting, interviewing, reference checking, and formulating of the offer of employment. However, with the successful implementation of an e-recruitment system, we assist clients to improve the efficiencies of their recruitment and selection processes.
Why focus on Recruitment & Selection?
E-recruitment refers to the use of web-based technology for the various processes of attracting, assessing, selecting, recruiting, and onboarding job candidates. It provides the functionality to improve efficiency and reduce the time taken to fill vacancies. It further assists the company to develop and market its employer value proposition to prospective candidates and engaging with them through various social media platforms.
Psychometric
Assessments
Psychometric Assessments
What are Psychometric Assessments?
Assist clients with the compilation of an assessment battery consisting of valid and reliable assessment instruments, which are aligned with the job level and requirements. Assessment instruments are used to assess the following:
- Personality
- Motivation
- Managerial Competencies
- Sales foundations
- Managerial Judgement
- Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Integrity.
Why do Psychometric Assessments?
The objective of an assessment center and psychometric testing is to tap into the maximum potential that a person has by assessing a broad range of abilities, attributes, values, competencies, and behavioral styles. An integrated set of methods and models of human behavior are used to assess their maximum potential.
Predictive validity is highest when ability and personality assessments are used in combination with a structured behavioral interview.
Labour Relations
And Disputes
Labour Relations And Disputes
What is Labour Relations & disputes
Assist clients with the assessment of current labour practices, development of a code of conduct / disciplinary code, acting as prosecutor or chairman in serious / high level disciplinary hearings dealing with potential dismissals based on misconduct, incapacity due to poor performance or poor health, strategizing a case for presentation at the CCMA, or assistance with the consulting process relating to s189of the LRA. (restructurings due to operational requirements).
Why do Labour Relations & disputes
Sound labour relations in the workplace protects everyone in the workplace and also contributes to higher productivity and efficiency. It therefore also promotes economic development, fair labour practices, peace, democracy, and social development.
Employment
Equity
Employment Equity
What is Employment Equity?
Assist clients with the appointment of a Senior Employment Equity Manager to develop, monitor and implement the EE Plan. Collect information and create EE awareness. Establish an EE Committee to hold regular consultations with regards to compliance with the EEA. Hold regular consultations to discuss the EE analysis, the development of a plan and submitting of the reports to the DoL. Draft an analysis which includes policies and procedures to address the under-representation of designated groups and a lack of diversity in the workplace, practices and factors to promote employment equity and under representation of designated groups and occupational levels. Draft an EE Plan and submit EE reports on progress made.
Why focus on Employment Equity?
The Employment Equity Act (“EEA”) applies to all employers, but a “designated employer” (who meets the minimum requirements) has additional responsibilities. The EEA aims to eliminate unfair discrimination in the workplace by promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment. There are various statutory obligations that designated employers must adhere to.
Pay Scale And
Benchmarking
Pay Scale And Benchmarking
What is the Development of Pay Scales & Remuneration Benchmarking?
Assist clients with the development of pay scales by ensuring that the best practice principles of pay structuring, with specific reference to pay ranges, pay slope and pay overlap are applied.
Once internal pay scales are developed, these can be compared to market data to determine external parity with the market in which the company competes for the attraction of talent.
Why Develop Pay Scales & Remuneration Benchmarking?
If well-designed, salary ranges should serve as the living embodiment of the company’s compensation philosophy – and holistic talent strategy – by guiding all salary decisions accordingly. Having salary ranges in place can ensure that salary decision, from new hires to promotions, are made in light of an objective and consistent set of rules. They provide at least a first line of defense against salary discrimination, intentional or otherwise, by ensuring that employees performing the same job are granted the same salary opportunity.
Leader Assessment
And Development
Leader Assessment And Development
What is Leadership Assessment and Development?
The SHL Corporate Leadership Model combines the widely accepted ‘transformational’ and ‘transactional’ themes into four main functions that describe the leadership process. Each function has its characteristic types of behaviour.
- Developing the Vision: The strategy domain
- Sharing the Goals: The communication domain
- Gaining Support: The people domain
- Delivering Success: The operational domain.
Why do Leadership Assessment and Development?
Leadership is about influencing people such that they come to share common goals, values and attitudes, and work more effectively towards the achievement of the organisation’s vision.
Management is about keeping an existing system running, whereas leadership is about creating it, developing it or changing its direction. Confusion is sometimes generated by the fact that it is difficult to conceive of a person who has leadership skills without that same person also having management skills. While they may be conceptually distinct, they are in practice found side by side. For that reason, individual assessments need to consider both.
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