New Org Chart for a New Year
New Org Chart for a New Year Don’t waste another hour or day in the new year manually updating an org chart in Visio, PowerPoint, or other charting tool. Stop staring at the spreadsheet or tables in your HRIS system trying to visualise your organisation and use software specifically designed [...]
Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter
Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter The topics of diversity and equity are at center stage of the corporate world right now. The conversation has been simmering for decades but came to a noticeable boiling point in recent years with the “Black Lives Matter”movement in the U.S. sparking tens of [...]
7 Goals Of Succession Planning
7 Goals Of Succession Planning Succession Planning is a process by which an organization ensures that employees are recruited and developed to fill key roles within a company. Succession planning is not just about establishing paths for promotion, it’s about matching the right person for every job in a company. [...]
OfficeWork Software Joins CSA
OfficeWork Software Joins Cloud Security Alliance Developers of premium workforce visualization and planning software introduces its secure, cloud-based org chart solution to the CSA Novato CA, [December 16, 2020] – OfficeWork Software today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining [...]
Team Based Planning
Team Based PlanningWith management teams increasingly dispersed, and having to work remote from one another, OfficeWork Software has developed a collaboration module to assist teams plan for the future. Planning the deployment of employees and optimising the structure of the workforce is a major responsibility of any human resources department. [...]
Using Icons in Org Charts
Using Icons in Org Charts In an age where information overflows from our screens, and must be consumed in seconds, icons have become a popular way to communicate. An icon, simply defined, is a sign that resembles something. Organisational charts have been around since the mid-1800s and offer a [...]
Span of Control is Important
Why Span of Control is ImportantWhat is span of control?When examining organisational structure, span of control is an important metric to understand. Simply, span of control refers to the number of employees under a manager’s direct control (i.e. a manager with five direct reports has a span of control of [...]
Organizational Structure
3 Basic Types of Organizational Structure As companies grow they need to restructure. Organization Development science has identified three types of organizational structure. We’ve listed them below with a brief explanation: 1. Functional A functional structure is simply one that divides a company by specialty. Typical departments are HR, [...]
Origin of the Org Chart
Origin of the Organization Chart as a Tool of Business Management. Joe Kolinger, Founder and CTO of OfficeWork Software, explores how through necessity the first organizational charts came to be and how they shaped business management today. . Organizational charts today have a mixed reputation. While companies need them they [...]
Salary Benchmarking
With decade high wage growth in the U.K, job wages rising by 3.4% on the year, compensation is a variable the HR professional must be attentive to in order to retain the best talent. For most companies, compensation is the major cost item and so demands careful consideration. Especially [...]