HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEMS

As organizations empower their front-line employees to better serve customers, apply state-of-the-art electronic systems to have information at the finger-tips of employees, flatten their hierarchies and conduct more work in teams, they typically require new human resource systems. Many HR systems were developed before the "information age" when organizations were more hierarchical and bureaucratic. They no longer serve the needs of today's managers and employees, despite extensive automation of personnel information.

Many HR systems need to be completely overhauled to reflect the diversity of the workplace, the predominance of the "knowledge worker," changing attitudes toward performance evaluation, the increased mobility of employees throughout the organization, team-based work, and the specialized needs of today's managers.

Ivy assists organizations by examining their HR structure, processes, and systems and their impact on the workforce. This assessment takes into account the organization's formal and informal culture, strategic plans for the future and desired state. In collaboration with key people in the organization, Ivy guides the development of new or refined HR structures and systems, tailored to special organizational needs and reflecting best practices in HR.