Privatisation HR
Poland
1995–1996
Poland
1995–1996
Posted in Europe, Human resources, ALL PROJECTS, businessprocess, crossborder, multinational, workforceplanning

Human resource consulting for the privatisation of a state-owned enterprise
Poland, 1995–1996
Sector: Human resources
Client: Multinational firm acquiring state-owned enterprise
Employer: Price Waterhouse
Project summary: Human resource consulting on the privatisation of a state-owned manufacturing enterprise
Position: Human resource consultant

Activities
- Reviewed relevant Polish employment law and regulations, and assessed socioeconomic impacts of the privatisation
- Analysed existing human resource capacity in the state-owned enterprise and identified related accounts, reports and procedures
- Assessed human resource management information systems and developed specifications for strengthened national and transnational systems
- Provided advice on organisation design and conducted organisation design workshops
- Analysed individual job specifications and grading and assisted in the revision of pay scales
- Developed training plans and conducted process re-engineering workshops
- Developed revised human resource processes and conducted training, and internal and external communications activities, to implement the new processes
- Collected and analysed baseline data on project impacts
- Conducted community consultations and managed negotiations with workers and unions on organisational changes, including the migration of personnel and tasks, and the relocation of production facilities