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An HR’s Guide to Calculating Span of Control

AIHR

This can be difficult if the span of control is constantly changing due to business conditions or changes in staffing levels. If there are too few employees, you may need to assist your managers in reorganizing their team or hiring more people to get the job done. The quality of the employee-manager relationship is also crucial.

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updates: coworker’s inattention to detail, employee blames others for her mistakes, and more

Alison Green

Not only do I need to protect my business and myself, I’m already short-staffed and overwhelmed, so I can’t just walk her – I’m unable to take on any other roles at the moment. As for my own job – last time I wrote, I had just been reorganized to a new department. I started dreading work.

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3 Project Planning Considerations for the New Year

Liquid Planner Leadership

As we emerge from the pandemic, the talent marketplace is recovering quickly so staffing your team is going to be harder in the coming year than it has probably ever been. Can I have the right staff in place in time to support the effort or do I need to invest in reorganizing and/or reskilling? to find the right people.

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What is an Area Tech Lead at Asana?

Asana

I often find myself moving between design doc review, code review, unblocking folks with technical or organizational challenges, pairing with engineering directors on staffing and skill needs, broad technical strategy work, and general team and relationship building. What does success look like for you in this role?

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5 Types of HR Operating Models: A Full Guide

AIHR

was in the middle of a reorganization. They offer services to management for implementing programs and policies for areas such as compensation, benefits, training, performance counseling, and staffing. The way these decisions are made has everything to do with how HR is organized to deliver value – a.k.a. the HR operating model.

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Managing an Unpopular Change Effort

Harvard Business Review

The message states that a task staffed with an employee borrowed from another department will be terminated in two weeks, and that the employees are expected to take on that function. And none of the employees are taking initiative to solving the actual task: how to reorganize the work. Quite a few people are left feeling insecure.

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Guidelines for Fast Lean Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Processes — By standardizing work, cutting out low-value steps, optimizing work flow and improving line staffing. By creating a "heat map" showing relative areas of activity throughout the warehouse in a typical week, we were able to reorganize the layout and traffic patterns to make better use of the space.