Professional Services
Organisation Design for Professional Services
Structure, reporting lines and who is allowed to decide what.
What this looks like in professional services
The parts of organisation design that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Firm Structure and Practice Areas
Partners, practices and who owns the person.
What this coversHide
Firm Structure and Practice Areas
Partners, practices and who owns the person.
What this coversHide- Firm structure
- Practice area structure
- Partner and director layer
- Manager layer
- Associate and trainee layer
- Support functions
- Reporting vs engagement supervision
- Approval matrix
The general method — what organisation design covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the organisation design page. What is above is the part that differs for professional services.
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for professional services, or another industry.