development: organization and management development

"The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization." Ken Blanchard

Organization and Management Development is based on the understanding that individuals, teams and organizations are systems with infinite potential. Realizing this potential requires an alignment between the values and capabilities of the individual, team or organization and the demands of the environment, including policy makers, donors and other stakeholders, in which they operate.

Program and Project Management

Strategic Planning

HR Development

Gender Integration and Mainstreaming

Program and Project Management

i&b Consulting’s approach to program and project management focuses on achieving outcomes and outputs within specified timelines, implementing performance measurement, managing teams, learning and changing, and adhering to donor reporting timelines. It is results-based and integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency, and accountability, with a goal to ensure project and programme sustainability.

Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is particularly useful when projects and programs are embarking on new phases of project and program cycles. Various participatory methodologies are used to take the organization through exercises such as analyzing problems and visualizing an ideal case scenario based upon which they then identify priority areas of focus and develop a clear, cogent plan, complete with indicators and a Log Frame Matrix to help them implement it.

HR Development

1. Development and Review of HR policies, a process of examining policies, procedures, documentation, systems, and practices with respect to an organization’s HR functions

2. Performance appraisals, including 360-degree appraisals, a process in which employees evaluate themselves on a set of criteria, their manager evaluates them, as do their peers and direct reports

3. HR Audit, a diagnostic tool to assess whether the HR function is delivering its mandate and roles. Its purpose is to evolve the HR function to a level where its full potential to support the organization’s mission and objectives can be realized

4. Questionnaires and Surveys - i&b conducts surveys across different departments or as an organization-wide exercise to enable objective analysis, reporting and appropriate action plans

   • Organizational Climate Survey facilitates organizational change by assessing, benchmarking and improving overall performance. The goal of the survey is to solicit employee opinions in order to assess the general working climate, particularly in the area of management and employee relations, and to identify non-salary ways to improve the working climate.
   • Training Needs Analysis considers the organizational context of the training requirement, users of the training, and the suitability of training to resolve the identified organizational/performance needs

Gender Integration and Mainstreaming

Most development agencies today require that gender be integrated as a cross cutting theme across programs and projects. In order to achieve this goal, it is essential that all staff, at all levels, be sensitized to gender issues and achieve understanding on the critical role of gender in development. i&b Consulting’s gender integration and mainstreaming strategies rely on their consultants’ expertise in gender and are adapted from various tools developed by UN agencies and local and international organizations.