Though seldom spelled out on a formal organization chart, many businesses organize themselves around profit centers and cost centers. While the organization believes and claims that it takes everyone to work together and interdependently to help the business succeed, there continues to be a power inequity between profit centers and cost centers, with the latter being viewed as under dogs. Often this power difference impedes true cooperation and jeopardizes the morale in the workforce. HR function normally is seen a cost center, since it does not directly generate any revenue for the company, you have to ask yourselves specific questions as you relate to doing business today.
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Celia Young
global organizational development consultant
Celia Young & Associates
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Since 1986, Ms. Young and her associates have helped their clients develop vision and strategies and implement “change” in their businesses worldwide. They coach and develop globally competent and multiculturally versatile leaders on the individual and group basis in order to help mold a new organization that is nimble and flexible in order to meet its customers’ needs around the world. Ms. Young is a faculty member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Organization System Development Programs where she trains coaches in the theory, concept and application of Gestalt in the development of “Whole Person” leadership, teams and organization. She is an adjunct professor for Pepperdine University, School of Business. Ms. Young is also a professional speaker on Pacific Rim cultures, cross-cultural communication, organizational behavior, organizational change, multicultural leadership, diversity and creativity, and global business strategies. Ms. Young has a BA in Business Administration from Fu-Jen University in Taiwan, a MBA in Marketing from Michigan State University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from Pepperdine University.