Human Resources Contribution Tool

Staff contribution is fundamental. Without an effective and motivated human resource an organisation cannot efficiently produce the goods or services for which it exists. Underpinning the staff contribution are HR practices which provide a cohesive framework in which the firm works. Get these wrong, or fail to manage them as well as you might and you waste benefit and hence your firm does not get the most from its staff.

This Human Resources Contribution Tool has been developed based on the work of Watson Wyatt (2009). Their research shows that firms can gain benefit from getting HR right. By using this tool you can see for yourself how effective these practices are in your firm. Your results will show you the areas of HR management that you might like to think about improving. The output generated by the tool is based on information provided by you. It does not constitute an HR strategy, but should provide you food for thought. Follow this link for more information on the five parameters of the tool and the original research by Watson Wyatt.

Click this link to use the tool.

How to use this tool

Simply read the questions which will be revealed upon clicking the link below and decide which comment matches your organisation best. Once you run the "Get My Results" at the bottom of the questionnaire you will generate a page showing the areas on which you may want to work. This can then be printed out.

This summary report has been developed to help you consider how to move your organisation forward. By using the tool you have indicated your interest in reviewing how you measure up. It is then up to you to decide if you consider this to be an interesting aside, or a basis for driving your business forward. Whatever your thoughts why not bookmark the website since there will be more tools, white papers and podcasts over the next year. They are all designed to give you information to stimulate thought on how you can ensure optimum contribution to your bottom line.

Review how you measure up by clicking this link.

Bender R & Ward K (2008) Corporate Financial Strategy (3rd ed), Oxford, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 17

Watson Wyatt (2009) Ideas and Research; http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-488&page=3 (accessed 4 November 2009)