According to the latest Hays Quarterly Report, organisations will remain focused on retention and recognise the importance of holding on to the best people as the market picks up. Therefore, HR professionals who specialise in organisational development will also be in demand in the first quarter of 2010. (http://www.humanresourcesmagazine.com.au/articles/14/0C066714.asp?Type=59&Category=917)
Organisational development / change management is a tricky subject. It involves a huge range of factors internal and external to the organisation. Quantitative factors obviously form a staple for analysis such as company and competitor statistical data. However it's the qualitative factors which can be much harder to pin down and change or even define which are equally as important. Issues of culture; organisational or otherwise, generational shifts, social norms and tacitly upheld values - all of these and many more hold tight grips on how an organisation functions and sees itself. It is these issues which I believe if effectively engaged with separate true organisational transformers from change catalysts.
You can check out current salary trends here; just search for change management.
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