Organisational Capability

Applied Research

Conducting robust applied research is becoming increasingly important for an organisation to identify potential risk and develop practical solutions. OPRA is committed to conducting research that has a positive impact on client organisations, including:

Evaluation

Evaluation is the assessment of merit, worth, and overall significance of any human resource intervention that your organisation may implement. Using international proven evaluation methodologies, OPRA is able to determine:

Culture Surveying

Organisational culture represents a common perception held by employees that gives an organisation its distinct personality. When we talk about culture, we are referring to the organisation's dominant culture; that is, the values shared by most of its members.

A culture survey is an effective way to gauge employee buy-in and support of the organisational culture, as well as provide insight into any areas of interaction between employees and the organisation that needs attention. To read more about OPRA's approach to culture surveying, please visit Culture Survey.

Organisational Well-being

If organisations really understand the cost to their business of employee pressure, they would invest much more time and resource in managing staff well-being. Recent high profile cases in New Zealand have highlighted some of the commercial costs of employee stress.

What people often overlook, however, is the invisible cost of stress to an organisation in terms of lost morale, creativity, employee goodwill and discretionary effort. To read more about how you can proactively manage the well-being of staff, and support organisational functioning, please visit Pressure Management Indicator.