Management and Organisational Consultancy
TRA has extensive experience of working with public sector organisations, in particular local government, in all aspects of management, structure, organisation and efficiency improvements. Clients include authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
We are able to provide a bespoke service tailored to needs of individual authorities/departments. We work closely with clients in order to investigate and resolve management and organisational issues, make recommendations for improvements and, where necessary, provide support during the process of implementing organisational changes or modifying working procedures/practices.
Our experience includes:
- Change management
- Staff, team and organisational structure assessment
- Team development/improvement
- Performance management
- Internal communications
- Officer/member relationships.
A typical assignment
Each assignment is different but our general approach is as follows:
- discussing potential requirements on a no-commitment basis, usually via telephone and email, very occasionally on a face to face basis, prior to agreeing a brief and fee
- obtaining and considering advance documentary information relevant to the assignment
- a preliminary visit and meetings with key personnel
- a mixture of site visits, information gathering and analytical work
- reporting our conclusions and recommendations in an agreed format, depending on the nature of the project
- follow up work as required, sometimes to assist with implementation, more usually to provide focus for a review of progress some time after delivery of the recommendations.
TRA works closely with staff (and if appropriate with members) of client authorities, usually in the form of structured but informal discussion sessions. On occasions, training formats and techniques are used, so that the organisational and personal dimensions of change and development can be handled jointly (in this respect TRA’s consultancy and training services reinforce one another).
Contact
Please contact Penny O'Shea, Principal Director, on a no-commitment basis if you would like further information.
