Strategic human resource management system development and standardization services

Optimize the organization – Standardize personnel – Improve performance

CDLAF partners with businesses design, implement and refine strategic human resource management systems, ensuring a lean operational structure, a well-balanced organizational framework, professionally developed personnel and transparent performance measurement.

This service focuses on the core pillars of modern HR management:

  • Organizational structure & departmental functions: Develop an optimized organizational chart, define clear roles and responsibilities, ensure strong interdepartmental linkage, and support long term business objectives.

  • Competency framework & career development roadmap: Set competency standards for each position, establish promotion paths and succession plans, ensuring continuity and the growth of strategic talent.

  • Recruitment process design: Create a recruitment process from request intake, screening, interviewing and assessment to contract signing, optimizing hiring time and improving the quality of new hires.

  • Training policy & training agreement: Develop internal and external training mechanisms, standard training agreements and reimbursement policies, enabling effective investment in talent development.

  • Performance evaluation process & KPIs/OKRs: Standardize performance assessment systems, design position specific metrics and link evaluation results to compensation, bonuses, and personal development plans.

How does this service benefit businesses?

  • Build a lean structure- operate efficiently: Help businesses establish a well-organized structure, optimize resource allocation, eliminate overlapping functions between departments and ensure fast and smooth flow of information and tasks.

  • Standardize HR processes- Reduce legal risks: All HR processes policies, and forms are developed in compliance with legal regulations minimizing the risk of labor disputes and penalties from regulatory authorities.

  • Improve recruitment quality & retain key talent: A structured recruitment process attracts high quality candidates; clear career paths and transparent performance evaluation systems foster long term employee engagement and reduce turnover rates.

  • Lay the foundation for long term HR strategy: Competency frameworks KPIs/OKRs and development roadmaps enable businesses to measure performance, identify training needs and prepare succession plans for strategic positions.

  • Increase transparency- enhance credibility: clear, fair and transparent HR policies help build a professional image in the eyes of employees, partners, customers and investors.

With extensive experience in implementing HR systems for diverse businesses, CDLAF ensures your human resource management system is not only legally compliant but also consistent, transparent and effective.

Scope of CDLAF Services

Content

Detailed description
Diagram and structure

Company Organizational Structure Chart and Department Functions

This document outlines the company’s organizational model, designed to ensure clarity in authority delegation, role assignment and optimization of management efficiency and interdepartmental coordination. It includes:

  • Overall Organizational Structure Chart: Developed based on the company’s management model, showing the Board of Directors’ delegation of authority to functional departments (as specified in the Board’s official delegation decision) The delegation may be organized by region or by departmental function adapted to the specific characteristics of each business.

  • Board of Directors Delegation Decision (assignment of department management to individual board members) specifies which board member manages which department. The CEO / General Director is the highest authority; the chart illustrates the hierarchy reporting lines, management levels and operational teams.

  • Operational Regulations of Functional Departments: Defines departmental functions, responsibilities, organizational chart, job descriptions for all positions (including duties, authority, relationships, reporting lines, position requirements and job performance KPIs)

  • Departmental Standard Operating Procedures: Each department develops and documents its SOPs for relevant business operations, which are reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors

  • Internal Document Management system: Establish a standardized internal document software system for consistent application company wide. This serves as a foundational resource for onboarding new employees, compliance inspections and long-term resource planning.

Competency Framework

Competency Framework & Career Development Roadmap

These documents define the required knowledge, skills, and behaviors for each position, while establishing a clear career development path for employees within the organization. It includes:

  • Competency framework by job title: Categorizes professional competencies, core competencies, and managerial competencies

  • Competency assessment criteria: Defines levels from basic to proficient, serving as a foundation for training and performance evaluation.

  • Career development roadmap by employee group: Outlines promotion levels and competency requirements at each stage.

  • Integration with training, evaluation, salary and promotion policies: Ensures sustainable and fair talent development

  • Application in workforce planning and succession planning supports preparation for key positions in the organization

  • Accompanying templates: Competency maps, competency tracking sheets and individual development plans

Recruitment process

Recruitment process

A document providing detailed guidance for each step in the recruitment process, ensuring that candidate selection is carried out correctly, within approved headcount, with quality hires, and on schedule. In includes:

  • Recruitment steps: From submitting recruitment requests, posting job openings, screening applicants, interviewing, applying evaluation criteria, to making hiring decisions.

  • Assignment of responsibilities: Specifies roles of HR, functional managers, and director approval at each stage

  • Candidate processing and response timelines: Defines response times at each stage to enhance candidate experience and ensure recruitment progress.

  • Required candidate documents: Personal records, diplomas, application letters, evaluation forms, test results

  • Accompanying templates: Recruitment request forms, interview score sheets, job offer letters, onboarding checklists, etc.

  • Recruitment storage and reporting mechanism: Procedures for record keeping and periodic reporting to monitor effectiveness and optimize costs.

  • Supporting templates: All forms used throughout the recruitment process

This document establishes the steps to be followed in recruitment activities, the personnel responsible, candidate response timelines, and the documents to be collected from applicants.

Training Regulations

Training policy and training agreement with accompanying templates

These documents define the principles and commitments related to training activities within the organization including:

 

  • Training formats: Internal training external training, on the job training, orientation training promotion related training, etc

  • Criteria for selecting training participants: Based on job requirements, performance evaluation results, and HR planning.

  • Cost support and approval process: Specifies who approves, and the maximum budget according to position/ level

  • Post training commitments: Defines minimum service periods after training and binding terms based on the training value

  • Training cost reimbursement: Rules for repayment in cases of early resignation, breach of commitment of failure to meet training requirements.

  • Penalties for violations: Specifies penalty amounts, repayment timelines and methods of cost recovery

  • Post training reporting, evaluation and monitoring: Includes templates for learning reports, application of knowledge and effectiveness surveys.

Competency Assessment

Performance Evaluation Process and Evaluation Metrics

These documetns definie the system of criteria used to measure employee and departmental performance, including:

  • Key performance Indicators by position: Output, quality, timeliness, efficiency, error rates, task completion levels etc.

  • Objectives and Key results by level: Individual department and companywide objectives to align daily activities with strategic goals.

  • Scoring methodology: Weight of each criterion pass/fail thresholds and formula for calculating total scores

  • Evaluation period and process: Monthly, quarterly or annual evaluations; identifies evaluators, feedback providers, and result reporting procedures

  • Link to compensation, rewards and promotion: Serves as a basis for salary increases, bonuses, promotion proposals and job rotations

  • Evaluation templates: Customized for different employee groups (office staff, production staff, filed staff/ driver, etc.)

Why choose us?

Specialized Expertise in Labor Law

CDLAF’s team of Lawyers and HR experts has successfully advised on and implemented hundreds of labor management system projects for corporations, FDI enterprises, and large-scale Vietnamese companies.

Integrated Solutions – From Legal to Operational

We don’t just draft documents in line with the law—we also design procedures, templates, and practical implementation guidelines to ensure the system is easy to apply and delivers long-term effectiveness.

Deep Understanding of Industry-Specific Needs

CDLAF analyzes legal requirements and operational conditions for each sector (manufacturing, construction, trade, services, technology, etc.), building systems that are practical and minimize industry-specific risks.

Commitment to Legality & Feasibility

Every regulation, policy, and process is legally vetted and designed for immediate application by HR teams and managers—never just for show.

Absolute Business Confidentiality

We implement strict confidentiality protocols to safeguard your company’s HR information, management strategies, and internal data.