Corporate Health Assessment / What is it ?

For anyone to succeed in life, he / she needs to be more healthy. Hence Master Health Checkup (MHC) is emphasized. Even those, who feel that they are very healthy, should take up MHC every year to confirm their good health and also to know the problems, if any, in the early stage itself. It is a very good practice to maintain ones health and to improve quality of life.

Similarly a company, whether small or big, needs to be very healthy in order to make a reasonable profit and grow reasonably every year. To ensure corporate health, companies must have more systems, best practices and effective strategies. In other words, companies are to be run more professionally and with more teamwork.

Corporate Health Assessment (CHA) is a systematic and extensive study of the style of functioning of the management, systems / practices followed in the company, employees morale / loyalty / commitment to company, management - employee relations, issues / problems at every level, policies, changes needed, profitability, growth, etc.

With a firm conviction, Prof.VGK is doing CHA, as his professional social responsibility and as the first step in OD work for 30 years. In India, only a few Consultants offer proper CHA.

 Why should Companies consider CHA?

• Corporate Health Assessment (CHA) is like Master Health Check up and every company must do it at least once a year.
• It can indicate problems in early stage and areas needing immediate attention.
• More than corrections, preventive measures are possible.
• Process of CHA can improve achievement motivation of employees
• It can be a major turning point for every company.
• It can serve as an orientation for re- engineering the company.
• Process of CHA can help improve management –employee relations.
• An external expert can get more and even delicate information from all sections of employees
• Companies may or may not have strong feedback system. Employees may not be comfortable to reveal delicate information to management and may not take initiative even or official opportunities may be less.
• CHA can eye open the management on policies, priorities, strategies etc..
• CHA can reveal employees perceptions, loyalty to organization, job satisfaction, problems, feelings etc.
• CHA can indicate organizational climate and culture clearly.
• CHA can help develop a critical positive attitude to all employees in the company 

Who should consider CHA immediately?

All companies need CHA for business development, particularly companies having one or more of the following problems:

• Business turn over is less to the potentials of the company.
• Companies set reasonable goals but can’t achieve even 60%.
• Business comes down in spite of all efforts.
• Profit is less to the volume of business done.
• Production department can’t cope with orders brought by marketing.
• Marketing department can’t get enough orders to keep production busy.
• Companies are run unprofessionally & without proper systems.
• Companies with annual growth less than 20%.
• Companies having more basic problems, prolonged & unresolved.
• Everything is good but employee morale and team work are poor.

Even companies doing well, need CHA to sustain & develop business.

Regular Organizational Studies - Crucial for Org. Development

Regular organizational studies are vital for organizational health & development.

Companies can consider the following studies to improve organizational effectiveness further:

• Organizational Climate / Behavior Study
• Organizational Strengths / Limitations survey
• Employee Perception Survey
• Employee Satisfaction Survey
• Loyalty & Commitment  (Employee) Survey
• Management - Employee Relations Survey
• Training & development needs Analysis
• Problems & blockages survey
• Failure Analysis
• Productivity Audit
• Best Practices Audit
• Team Work Audit
• Second Line Audit
• MIS Audit
• Problem Management Audit
• Recognition Systems Audit
• Salary Structure Audit
• Recruitment Systems Audit
• Customer wise Business Analysis
• Quality Systems Audit
• Manpower Audit
• Leadership Audit
• Strategies Audit
• Skills Set Audit
• Vendor Audit
• Marketing Strategies Audit
• Performance Audit
• Roles Audit
• Goals Audit
• Value analysis
• Customer / dealer Satisfaction Survey
• Cost / wastage control Audit
• Systems Audit
• Policies Audit
• Profitability Audit
• Departmental Audit