New hires, payroll, and personnel accounting: these are often the main tasks of HR work in the early stages of a company. As a company becomes more established and grows, this HR work should evolve into modern personnel management.
This encompasses a broad field of tasks: starting with the strategic alignment of personnel management, through processes and standards, the establishment of salary structures, and strategic personnel development with its diverse topics such as development paths, leadership development, or onboarding, all the way to the digitalization of processes. In doing so, the HR department gradually takes on more than just administrative processes related to individual personnel support; it becomes a key driver of corporate success.
The company is growing – from administrative support to a modern HR department
All growing companies will sooner or later face the challenge of building a separate HR department. Tasks that shift from management to executive assistants after the initial phase are typically related to personnel administration.
As the company continues to grow, these increasingly become areas of personnel management.
It becomes even more extensive when parts of the personnel management processes are increasingly transferred to managers or team leaders, standards and guidelines are introduced into the organization, and processes are steered by the HR department. At this point, the HR department increasingly assumes a governance role and moves away from purely administrative tasks. To build an HR department that secures high value creation for the company through structured, lean core processes, it is important to introduce professional structures in a timely and gradual manner as the company grows.
The key building blocks for making an HR department future-proof
Building an independent HR department requires effort – but it is worth it! THE MAK'ED TEAM provides advice and support for this transformation with its many years of expertise. The approach involves several steps:
First, THE MAK'ED TEAM analyzes the current situation and works with those responsible to develop measures to achieve the defined goals. The analysis focuses on topics including:
- HR processes within the organization
- The role of the HR department – today and in the future
- Tasks of the HR department
- Future-proof structures within the organization
- Strategic alignment of the company
- Strategy-related goals for personnel management
- Resulting requirements for personnel management
- Associated tasks and adjustments over time
The concept developed by THE MAK'ED TEAM, along with its corresponding implementation plan, shows how the defined measures can be implemented step by step at all relevant levels. Important elements here include engaging the organization and its various roles to ensure buy-in. Throughout this process, the individual requirements of the company are always taken into account.
The goal of a structured approach within an independent HR department is to ensure consistent and transparent processes for all relevant personnel management topics. This forms the foundation for modern HR practices that will provide long-term benefits to the company, its organization, and its employees.
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