Innovative restructuring in the public sector

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consultancy knowledge training HR Network our team our clients newsletter contact us newsfeeds free Acrobat Reader for PDF files	Innovative restructuring in the public sector working with you knowledge base training & coaching for members Useful reading Back office efficiency: shared services. Case studies Redesigning public sector HR functions Workforce planning during bleak times. A public sector view Setting up HR shared services in local government Implementing shared professionals Learning from the downturn Organisational redesign for local government The challenge is becoming increasingly clear: public sector organisations are having to find ways to deliver services whilst reducing costs significantly. At a high level, there are three approaches to achieving this: Stop undertaking non-essential activity (and define what is now non-essential) Streamline other activity to improve its efficiency (including process re-engineering and de-layering) Share the delivery of services with other organisations (including outsourced providers) It seems likely given the scale of the challenge that the first two, whilst playing an important part in considering how to move forward, are unlikely to deliver sufficient savings. At the recent IES HR Directors’ Retreat with senior leaders from all sectors there was consensus that the future isn’t going to be in just doing what we have always done a bit better, but lies in fundamentally re-examining the underlying business model with a focus on how customer services can be delivered in improved ways. At IES, we have been involved across the public sector in helping organisations understand different approaches to reconfiguring their service delivery, both in our research and also in our consultancy work with organisations. How we can help No-one wants lots of consultants running around the organisation but at the same time it is wasteful not to learn from what others have done. Based on our research and practical experience, we can offer: internal workshops to share our knowledge and help you think through the way forward for your organisation critical friend, sounding board or advice sessions with our experts to help you think through your issues in-depth analysis, insight and modelling to ensure that what you are doing is right expert input to support you in designing your strategies, structures and processes. Contact us If you would like to find out more, please email Peter Reilly or telephone +44 (0) 1273 763445 for an initial discussion. top of page
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