A service segment of the Other Workforce Solutions Industry, HR Consulting is a specialist form of management consulting, HR Consultancies are hired by organizations in order to achieve a better outcome for their human resources-related activities. It differs from HR Outsourcing in that clients pay for an advisory/consulting recommendation rather for a specific HR-related service. HR Consulting firms can advise clients on important strategic issues such as performance management and alignment, HR technology selection/implementation, HR transformation (i.e. Mergers & Acquisitions, redundancy programs), talent management, and staff analytics. HR Consultancies perform needs assessments or audits and make recommendations or proposals, coordinate the creation and implementation of an action or corrective plan, and when required, organize and coordinate cross-functional HR teams to assist with developing and implementing performance improvement corrective plans, programs or processes.