Areas of Expertise - Human Resource Management

Case Study - Restructure
Travel & Entertainment Industry

Objectives:
  • Organisational Review
  • Restructure
  • Career Transition
  • Communication - Union, Media, Management
Challenges:
  • Individual's emotions
  • Overcome union concerns
  • Client/customer reactions
  • Media reactions
Solutions:
  • Consultation at all levels
  • Review EBA Agreements
  • Develop Communication Strategy
  • Develop Action Plans
  • Multi-Site Coordination
  • Training and Mentoring
Outcomes:
  • 35 Staff Reductions
  • Managed without Incident
  • Satisfy the client

Case Study - Strategic Alliance
Local Government

Objectives:
  • Organisational Review
  • Ascertain the "Heath" of Council
  • Build Key Actions And Strategies
  • Conduct and Facilitate Workshops for a cross-section of staff
Challenges:
  • Dispel myths and perceptions
  • Identify all issues and distil into a workable action document
 

 

Outcomes:
  • Production of a comprehensive yet incisive report summarising key issues, actions and strategies

Case Study - Strategic Alliance
Government Owned Organisation

Objectives:
  • Ascertain Effectiveness and status of key client service
  • Identify client concerns and suggestions for improvement
Challenges:
  • Report in an unbiased apolitical manner
  • Obtain maximum client coverage in tight time frame
  • High profile, sensitive engagement
  Outcomes:
  • Comprehensive Report Presented to Executive Management Team and Board
  • Report Outlined All Client Issues
  • Report still refered to today
 

Case Study - Remuneration Consulting
Government

Objectives:
  • Establish organisational structure for a new high-tech telecommunications business
  • Job descriptions and remuneration structures
Challenges:
  • Overcome cultural resistance to new commercial business
  • Business had no benchmarks

 

Solutions:
  • Workshop the whole process with all key stakeholders
Outcomes:
  • A single overall structure and remuneration model was agreed and accepted
 

Case Study - Remuneration Consulting
Food Industry

Objectives:
  • Conduct benchmark salary survey for key executive positions
  • Use this as a basis for setting performance-based remuneration systems using balanced scorecard methodoligies
Challenges:
  • Change culture to a performance-based mindset
  • Obtain relevant and up- to-date, industry specific remuneration data
  • Link performance-based remuneration to balanced scorecard methodoligy
Solutions:
  • Effective delivery of relevant training and facilitation
  • Up-to-date salary and remuneration data using MDN's networks and intellectual property
Outcomes:
  • Report containing remuneration data that was accepted and agreed by the board and mgt
  • Used as a starting point to link to introduction of balanced scorecard based remuneration strategy

Case Study - CBD Accomodation Strategic Planning and Recruitment
Local Government

Objectives:
  • Facilitation of workshops aimed at identifying key issues for the councils imminent and significant move to new premisis covering project mgt, workplace and change management stratagies
  • Assist in the development of job specifications for managers in the roles of project mgt & change mgt
Challenges:
  • Ensure facilitation elicits the key issues
  • Recruit the right candidates for project and change management roles 

Solutions:

  • Skilful facilitation and recruitment processes and methodoligies
Outcomes:
  • Successful facilitation and recruitment process

Case Study - Development of HR Strategy
Local Government

Objectives:
  • Establish a methodology and blueprint for the development for a council-wide HR strategy
Challenges:
  • Change mindsets
  • Educate and inform
  • Articulate culture
 Solution:
  • Build a relevant methodology
Outcomes:
  • Delivery of a report providing the blueprint as a starting point for the ongoing development of a relevant HR Strategy