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How Best-in-Class HR Functions Manage Change
Drawing from APQC’s Current State of the HR Function Survey, this article reviews the change management strategies and approaches of best-in-class HR functions. It includes…
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This article explores how best-in-class HR functions are structured. It describes the benefits that the best-in-class achieve from this HR operating model. And, it provides…
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In August 2021, APQC interviewed organization design practitioner and teacher Dr. Naomi Stanford as part of a study to understand how organizations shift and sustain culture…
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People are key to process success, but for most employees, engaging in process means moving beyond their comfort zones. Many employees find process confusing or frustrating,…
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Drawing from APQC’s case study research as well as interviews with professionals who are responsible for shaping culture in their organizations, this article discusses the…
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Where Culture Goes Wrong
This article reviews some of the common ways in which culture goes wrong in organizations. The scenarios speak to the importance of practices like change management, soft…
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The Role of PPM Professionals in Culture
While there may be good reasons to believe that culture work should be left to HR and executives, it simply isn’t true. HR and executives might play a larger role in driving…
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In this podcast, APQC’s Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland talks with Paul Fjelsta and Kaylen Malley about employee engagement, support, and empowerment to drive sustainable improvements.
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ScottMadden’s research shows that top-performing HR shared services organizations’ staffing levels are approximately 2-5 times more efficient while operating costs are 20%-40…
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Keys to Great HR Shared Services
APQC and ScottMadden partner to collect benchmarks on HR shared services organizations. In an email interview with APQC, ScottMadden explained why continuous improvement is…
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Practical Solutions to Real HR Shared Services Dilemmas: Getting from Good to Great
ScottMadden’s research shows that top-performing HR shared services organizations’ staffing levels are approximately 2-5 times more efficient while operating costs are 20%-40…
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Expanding How We Define Productivity
APQC’s founder, Jack Grayson, believed that true productivity encompasses both effectiveness and efficiency: “Efficiency measures if you are doing things right. Effectiveness…
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An organization that is learning brings employees, teams, and divisions together to share knowledge, solve problems, and innovate in support of achieving shared goals.
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Span of Control: What Is the Right Number?
This infographic discusses how increasing spans of control can yield significant cost savings and efficiency gains.
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This article breaks down: Why spans and layers matter; how organizations can work to optimize spans and layers; traditional considerations that guide decision…
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