The human resource consulting industry has emerged from management consulting and addresses human resource management tasks and decisions. HR Consultants can fill two typical roles (1) Expert Resource Consultant (2) Process/People consultant. These two roles are defined by Steele F. (1975), Kubr,M. (1993, 1996); Niedereicholz (1996), Curnow-Reuvid (2003) and Kipping, K. and Clarck (2014).[1]
The Expert Resource Consultant suggests solutions based on expertise and experience, and assists in their implementation. The role is very typical in information benchmarking and design consulting (see examples of actual design practices in the subsequent section below).
The Process/People consultant assists in searching for solutions with methods that facilitate and raise creativity of the client company so that they will be able to implement solutions themselves. The role is traditionally demonstrated by organizational development and change consulting.
The following are core fields around which most human resource consultancies are based:
Employee engagement: Measure employee engagement levels through surveys and interviews, define and improve performance in employee engagement and retention. While this area of HR consulting is necessarily broad, encapsulating total rewards strategy, employee performance management, leadership transformation, and organisation structure design,[2] most companies do have very specialised independent practices.[3][4]
Compensation: Design and manage compensation programs related to basic salary, bonuses, and stock plans. Evaluation of positions and building of salary structures, bonus plans and stock plans for clients are common.[5] Specialisations are often based on employee types (e.g. Executive compensation consultants and sales compensation consultants.
Employee benefits: Optimize benefit plan design and administration (inclusive of health-related benefits) by assessing competitiveness and effectiveness of benefit plans (analytics and design), and cost-effectiveness and quality of vendors (brokerage).[6][7]
Actuarial and retirement: Provide actuarial and administration services to manage cost and effectiveness of retirement programs, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans.[8]
Mergers and acquisitions: Conduct human capital due diligence, coordinate and administer cross-functional activities during execution, including payroll and Human resource management system technology. Align organizational cultures and work styles during post-merger integration.[9][10][11]
Talent mobility: Provides the insight and execution for full international expatriates (usually for executives) or local plus (partial-package expatriates), from pre-move informative guide, to post-move expat management program.[12]
Other services may also include legal counseling, global initiatives, investments consulting, and the implementation of human resource technologies to facilitate human capital management.
Companies in the field
Human resource consultancies vary in their ranges of services and sizes, with many consultants and academicians breaking off to form their own practices. In 2007, there were 950 human resource consultancies globally, constituting a US$18.4 billion market.
As of 2015, Korn Ferry, Mercer, Towers Watson, Aon Hewitt, and Buck Consultants were referred to as the largest HR consulting firms.[13][14] While the MBB and Big Fours may not have the largest HR Consulting practice, some of them are known to be among the best in this field. According to Vault.com, a website that provides career information by industry and by Fortune 1000 company, the top 10 HR Consulting Firms to work for in 2019 are as follows:[15]
HR consulting: Associate or Fellow Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (Assoc. CIPD or FCIPD), Fellow Australian Human Resources Institute (FAHRI), Certified Human Resources Consultant (CHRC), Professional in Human Resources (PHR), SPHR, GPHR by HRCI, USA, SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP by SHRM, USA
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The human resource consulting industry has emerged from management consulting and addresses human resource management tasks and decisions HR Consultants can fill two typical roles 1 Expert Resource Consultant 2 Process People consultant These two roles are defined by Steele F 1975 Kubr M 1993 1996 Niedereicholz 1996 Curnow Reuvid 2003 and Kipping K and Clarck 2014 1 The Expert Resource Consultant suggests solutions based on expertise and experience and assists in their implementation The role is very typical in information benchmarking and design consulting see examples of actual design practices in the subsequent section below The Process People consultant assists in searching for solutions with methods that facilitate and raise creativity of the client company so that they will be able to implement solutions themselves The role is traditionally demonstrated by organizational development and change consulting Contents 1 Core fields in practice 2 Companies in the field 3 Qualifications and certifications 4 See also 5 ReferencesCore fields in practice EditThe following are core fields around which most human resource consultancies are based Employee engagement Measure employee engagement levels through surveys and interviews define and improve performance in employee engagement and retention While this area of HR consulting is necessarily broad encapsulating total rewards strategy employee performance management leadership transformation and organisation structure design 2 most companies do have very specialised independent practices 3 4 Compensation Design and manage compensation programs related to basic salary bonuses and stock plans Evaluation of positions and building of salary structures bonus plans and stock plans for clients are common 5 Specialisations are often based on employee types e g Executive compensation consultants and sales compensation consultants Employee benefits Optimize benefit plan design and administration inclusive of health related benefits by assessing competitiveness and effectiveness of benefit plans analytics and design and cost effectiveness and quality of vendors brokerage 6 7 Actuarial and retirement Provide actuarial and administration services to manage cost and effectiveness of retirement programs including defined benefit and defined contribution plans 8 Mergers and acquisitions Conduct human capital due diligence coordinate and administer cross functional activities during execution including payroll and Human resource management system technology Align organizational cultures and work styles during post merger integration 9 10 11 Talent mobility Provides the insight and execution for full international expatriates usually for executives or local plus partial package expatriates from pre move informative guide to post move expat management program 12 Other services may also include legal counseling global initiatives investments consulting and the implementation of human resource technologies to facilitate human capital management Companies in the field EditHuman resource consultancies vary in their ranges of services and sizes with many consultants and academicians breaking off to form their own practices In 2007 there were 950 human resource consultancies globally constituting a US 18 4 billion market As of 2015 Korn Ferry Mercer Towers Watson Aon Hewitt and Buck Consultants were referred to as the largest HR consulting firms 13 14 While the MBB and Big Fours may not have the largest HR Consulting practice some of them are known to be among the best in this field According to Vault com a website that provides career information by industry and by Fortune 1000 company the top 10 HR Consulting Firms to work for in 2019 are as follows 15 Rank Company1 Mercer LLC2 Willis Towers Watson3 Deloitte Consulting LLP4 Aon Hewitt5 McKinsey amp Company6 Korn Ferry7 The Boston Consulting Group Inc 8 Accenture9 PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC PwC Advisory Services 10 Bain amp CompanyQualifications and certifications EditMany human resource consultants have specialized qualifications or certifications such as Accountancy ACCA CA CPA CCA Actuarial EA ASA FSA MAAA FIA FIAA FFA Educational MS in Management HR Industrial Organizational psychology MBA Ph D in Management DBA J D Finance CFA General consulting CMC HR consulting Associate or Fellow Chartered Institute of Personnel amp Development Assoc CIPD or FCIPD Fellow Australian Human Resources Institute FAHRI Certified Human Resources Consultant CHRC Professional in Human Resources PHR SPHR GPHR by HRCI USA SHRM CP or SHRM SCP by SHRM USA Health and benefits CEBS CBP Compensation CCP Certified Compensation Professional Human resources SHRM US PHR and SPHR Canada FCIPD MCIPD PGDHR DHR UK Registered Professional Recruiter RPR Canada CIPM Nigeria Science Behaviour Psychology See also EditConsulting firm Industrial and organizational psychologyReferences Edit Poor Jozsef Jozsa Imola 25 March 2015 IEECA Journal Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research Jeecar 2 1 doi 10 15549 jeecar v2i1 70 Retrieved 24 August 2016 Hay Group Employee Engagement Practice Retrieved 18 August 2016 Towers Watson Rewards Practice Retrieved 18 August 2016 Aon Hewitt Performance Management Service Retrieved 18 August 2016 Towers Watson Retrieved 20 August 2016 Towers Watson Health and Group Benefits Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mercer Benefits Consulting and Brokerage Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mercer Retirement services Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mercer M amp A HR DD Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mercer Post Merger Integration Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mercer M amp A Project Management Retrieved 18 August 2016 Mobility Mercer Retrieved 20 August 2016 Yale PDF Retrieved 25 August 2016 Christensen Jens Digital Business p 172 Vault com 2017 Best Consulting Firms in Each Practice Area Retrieved 25 January 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Human resource consulting amp oldid 1136419095, 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