2008/09/25

Headquarters functions

Headquarters functions

Group control model to determine the key functions of the headquarters. As the group of domestic enterprises in the management of the emergence of a very short time, the group's headquarters is more a function of new problems. Headquarters Group, the basic function is to what? Group headquarters should be how? This is a group of companies to achieve effective control of a key issue.

Usually the Group to achieve the functions of the headquarters focus on strategic management, risk control, operations coordination, to support the functions of the four areas, mainly to resolve the strategic management of the Group's overall development and competitiveness of the core issues of training, risk control is to address a group of Sustainability and improve the quality of life group, to coordinate operations of the main settlement of the whole group of co-operation of various issues through the creation of a unique group of co-parent advantage, to achieve the maximization of the value of the business group, mainly through the support of the functions of the Group Headquarters The functions of sharing and sharing of business groups to achieve operational efficiency, these support functions, including human resources, information systems, financial systems. In a different mode of control under the Headquarters of the Group's role is different. If the financial-control group, the low level of centralized headquarters; used to operate the control-group, and its headquarters on the high degree of centralization of power. But no matter how centralized headquarters, the goal should be reasonable for the group as a whole to create added value for the group as a whole to achieve the goal of playing an active role. As a result, the functions of the headquarters location for the group as a whole is to provide added value. If the headquarters location unreasonable, will not only bring added value, but they will also bring the value of damage. For example: Group management structure is not complete, general manager of the lack of supervision led to the general manager and made serious mistakes in decision-making; Group unreasonable structure, headquarters, as well as between various departments and enterprises under the wrangling between; multi-level management Operating decision-making bureaucracy and waste opportunities; headquarters can not be subordinate to the business unit to provide the necessary technical support and expert guidance; performance indicators for one-sided, misleading business unit operations, and so on, these are common problems.

Defined the functions of the headquarters, headquarters and subordinate relationship between the company and the division of responsibilities more easily rationalized. Followed by a specific group of companies control the choice of model, the organizational form of identification, organization departments of the functions of the position and responsibilities of the division of work, and so on have a clear basis. At the same time, support for the establishment and improvement of the system also can be a matter of course. For example, in human resources management system, the most basic - and set up job description of the responsibilities, to assess the value of work, and will have a basis in order to be able to build on this basis, starting salary, performance, capacity, recruitment, And a series of training management system. Another example is the control model of clarity has made on this basis to carry out the work of the design process and optimize the scientific basis, thus ensuring the company's overall work flow of high-performance run. For another example, in the control group as a whole system of clear and rational basis to build up a management information system can help organizations to further improve their efficiency, to guard against operational risks and improve decision-making more scientific. As a result, the headquarters of the group is to determine the function of the control model of a "key link" in its control mode to determine Gangjumuzhang played a key role.

However, the functions of the headquarters is not set in stone. Company headquarters will feature the following changes: First, the headquarters of a large number of outsourcing service functions will be to improve the cost efficiency of the Headquarters; second part of the headquarters will be even more enhanced features, such as the selection of senior staff And training, exchange of experience and strategic planning; Third, the weakening in the research and development, quality, marketing so as to make it closer to the market; through four integrated internal and external resources to subordinate enterprises to provide more services; Fifth, strengthen Headquarters influence, that is headquarters to raise the overall level of management, should be subordinate to bring more added value. Overall, the Group's headquarters functions more and more from the "control" oriented to the role of "providing value-added" role-oriented change.