Uncertainty is driving large effects on firms’ management approaches, organizational structures, and HR practices, leading to organizational changes. Given the inextricable connection between people and context, reorgs are both technical and human processes; nonetheless, current methods tend to focus on firms’ goals, which are deficient and ineffective. Therefore, a design approach can help bring the human to the center of the transformation process. HR has already pursued this path by designing work around human experience, considering behavior, mindset, and motivation, but leaving the attitude-behavior gap unsolved. Generally, employees feel lost during change, and stress and uncertainty make them self-questioning. Taking as project’s requirement the user’s freedom of choice, the thesis project aims to nurture the conditions that allow employees to raise their self-awareness and take ownership of their behaviors; thus, the investigation focuses on helping them align with the new organizational structure by enabling them to become aware of how others perceive them compared to their self-perception. The thesis follows a typical Design Research process: it opens with a theoretical examination of the realms under consideration. Afterward, a qualitative analysis of existing solutions, markets, and trends is conducted, joined by Bluesky Research, to define the following steps: the design challenge with a dedicated user analysis and the service to prototype. An overview of the business structure is provided. The result is Echo: a service ecosystem to help workers align their voice (self-perception) and echo (how others perceive them). It encompasses a digital guide that leads them to gain awareness of the two perspectives, following the Employee Experience Pyramid, relying on behavioral models. Then, the realignment of the two angles is achieved through the support of mentors and teams of loving critics. The steps are introduced by events held by the company and HR staff trained by the consultancy offering the service. Employees could stop self-doubting and be more confident, while organizations can foster talent retention and rely on more agile and autonomous workers.
L'incertezza sta portando a conseguenze sostanziali negli approcci gestionali, nelle strutture organizzative e nelle pratiche di gestione dell’HR delle aziende e sta portando a numerosi cambiamenti organizzativi. Data l'inestricabile connessione tra persone e contesto, le riorganizzazioni sono processi sia tecnici che umani, tuttavia i metodi attuali tendono a concentrarsi solo su obiettivi aziendali, risultando carenti e inefficaci. È quindi necessario un approccio progettuale che porti l'uomo al centro del progetto. Le HR hanno già cercato di percorrere questa strada progettando il lavoro intorno all'esperienza umana, considerando il comportamento, la mentalità e la motivazione, ma lasciando irrisolto il divario tra atteggiamento e comportamento. In genere, i dipendenti si sentono smarriti durante il cambiamento e lo stress e l'incertezza li portano a interrogarsi su se stessi. Avendo come requisito di progetto la libertà di scelta dell'utente, la tesi vuole creare le condizioni per permettere ai dipendenti di aumentare la propria consapevolezza, sia quella personale, sia di come gli altri li percepiscono, e di appropriarsi dei loro comportamenti, al fine di aiutarli ad allinearsi con la nuova struttura organizzativa. La tesi è si base sulla ricerca teorica degli ambiti indagati, da un’analisi qualitativa di soluzioni, mercati e tendenze per definire i passi successivi, le personas e l'ecosistema da prototipare e da una panoramica panoramica della struttura economica. Il risultato è un ecosistema con l'obiettivo di aiutare i lavoratori ad allineare la loro voce (percezione di sé) e l'eco (come gli altri li percepiscono). Il servizio è suddiviso in due fasi principali: l’acquisizione di consapevolezza delle due prospettive e il riallineamento di esse. I principali touchpoint utilizzati sono una figura guida digitale, mentori, loving critics, eventi e stampati. Il percorso di crescita fa leva su modelli di design comportamentale, funnel, e piramide dell’Employee Experience. Il servizio consentirà ai dipendenti di smettere di dubitare di sé ed essere più sicuri, mentre le aziende potranno favorire la talent retention e contare su lavoratori più agili e autonomi.
Echo, a service to support employees in aligning with organizational change - Bringing internal and external self-awareness to light
Firmo, Tea
2022/2023
Abstract
Uncertainty is driving large effects on firms’ management approaches, organizational structures, and HR practices, leading to organizational changes. Given the inextricable connection between people and context, reorgs are both technical and human processes; nonetheless, current methods tend to focus on firms’ goals, which are deficient and ineffective. Therefore, a design approach can help bring the human to the center of the transformation process. HR has already pursued this path by designing work around human experience, considering behavior, mindset, and motivation, but leaving the attitude-behavior gap unsolved. Generally, employees feel lost during change, and stress and uncertainty make them self-questioning. Taking as project’s requirement the user’s freedom of choice, the thesis project aims to nurture the conditions that allow employees to raise their self-awareness and take ownership of their behaviors; thus, the investigation focuses on helping them align with the new organizational structure by enabling them to become aware of how others perceive them compared to their self-perception. The thesis follows a typical Design Research process: it opens with a theoretical examination of the realms under consideration. Afterward, a qualitative analysis of existing solutions, markets, and trends is conducted, joined by Bluesky Research, to define the following steps: the design challenge with a dedicated user analysis and the service to prototype. An overview of the business structure is provided. The result is Echo: a service ecosystem to help workers align their voice (self-perception) and echo (how others perceive them). It encompasses a digital guide that leads them to gain awareness of the two perspectives, following the Employee Experience Pyramid, relying on behavioral models. Then, the realignment of the two angles is achieved through the support of mentors and teams of loving critics. The steps are introduced by events held by the company and HR staff trained by the consultancy offering the service. Employees could stop self-doubting and be more confident, while organizations can foster talent retention and rely on more agile and autonomous workers.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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