HR & OD Strategies for Organization Success

"Vision without action is daydream, action without vision is nightmare"

The above words aptly underline the importance of having a vision for a business and directing our actions as per the vision. If the actions are not aligned with the vision, mission of an organization, then it can spell serious trouble for its development. HR and OD consultants are qualified experts who can bridge the gap between the organization's goals and its current status. They implement various HR and OD strategies that can accelerate the growth of an organization.

Impact of HR and OD Strategies on Organization Success

Quality of work and service, profitability, productivity, morale of employees are some of the factors that are integral to an organization's success. HR and OD strategies are not simply formulated to bring about a change to better the working of an organization. In fact, it is a change process that is implemented to achieve a certain predefined goal, result or an organizational objective. In this sense, they bring about a drastic change in the perception of above mentioned factors. Self- analysis, evaluation, planning, and system improvement are some of the core principles of organizational development strategies. HR policies are formulated in such a way that the employee feels he is a part of an entire process. The current trend in HR and OD indicates that the organizations are inclined towards formulating policies that are employee-centric. Hence, the intervention policies are carefully planned by HR and OD consultants by keeping in mind the interest of all stakeholders. 

Given below are a few HR and OD strategies that are often implemented to achieve organizational success:

Using Organizational Diagnosis Models in Strategic Planning: This includes using various organizational analysis models to find present status of organizational performance, conducting SWOT analysis and taking steps to realign the current activities of an organization with its mission, vision.

Organizational Learning Strategies: Identifying the problem areas of employees that are critical to business success and providing learning solutions to overcome them.

Building a Leadership Pipeline: Creating new leaders who can take up challenges and put the organization back on track. 

Organizational Performance Improvement: Time to time evaluation to check if the organizational activities are in harmony with its goals and objectives and implementing initiatives to bridge the gap between current and desired status. 

Change Management: Implementing change management initiatives helps the employees to cope with the changing work scenario in a better way. 

Hence business result focused, HR and OD strategies are critical to an organization's success. It is strongly recommended to review and realign your business strategies periodically to -successfully compete and grow in today’s uncertain and most dynamic market conditions.