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While benefits exist for both the standardization and customization of HR programs, HR must find a balance that ensures alignment with organizational objectives and regional needs.
When HR programs are misaligned, there is a risk of long-term organizational and people impacts, such as inefficient use of resources, failure to meet organizational goals, and employee disengagement.

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Critical Insight

Workforce needs are not universal across regions. Strategically customizing HR programs to align with organizational objectives and regional requirements ensures meaningful employee experiences are shared by all.

Impact and Result

Identify where HR program customization will be most impactful, using insights from an environmental scan of external factors and an internal review of diverse employee perspectives across regions.
Modify selected HR programs, using standardization where useful and customization where required, to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and regional needs.
Implement customized HR programs, accounting for nuances affecting change management at the regional level.

Customize HR Programs for a Global Workforce Research & Tools

1. Determine the need for customization

Shortlist HR programs for customization decisions and select where customization will be most impactful.

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2. Customize selected HR programs

Explore common factors that apply to HR program customization, review implications for customized program design, and prepare to customize selected programs.

3. Implement customized HR programs

Review regional nuances of change management, determine the rollout approach for each customized HR program, and plan to evaluate and iterate as needed.

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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.

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Guided Implementation 1: Determine the need for customization.

Call 1: Establish guiding principles for customization and identify key players to participate in customization decisions.
Call 2: Review HR programs shortlisted for customization and insights from the environmental scan to inform the degree of customization required and anticipated impact.
Call 3: Discuss the selection of HR programs that will move forward for customization.

Guided Implementation 2: Customize selected HR programs.

Call 1: Explore common factors that apply to HR program customization and review implications for customized HR program design.
Call 2: Prepare to customize selected HR programs, including appointing a project team and selecting metrics to track program success.

Guided Implementation 3: Implement customized HR programs.

Call 1: Review regional nuances of change management.
Call 2: Discuss the appropriate rollout approach that aligns with regional needs and prepare to evaluate and iterate customized HR programs.

Contributors

Meg Audette, Chief Organizational Effectiveness Officer, ChildFund International
Bomi Awesu, Head, Global HR, CUSO International
Anita Boey, PhD, Assistant Professor, Trent University
Mariya Chetyrkina, Managing Director, Devex Talent Solutions
Lorraine Dias, Director, HR & Administration, MEDA Tanzania
Marie Helene Granger, Project Manager Health Information Technology, Niagara Health
Eva Huang, Assistant Professor, OB/HRM, Wilfrid Laurier University
Laraine Kaminsky, President, GlobalLK
Mila Lazarova, William Saywell Professor of International Business, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
Chris Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Downtown

Search Code: 103810
Last Revised: February 29, 2024

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