A specialist form of management consulting and a service segment of other Workforce Solutions Industries. They are supposed to achieve a better outcome for the company's HR-related activities. Such firms can advise clients on important strategic issues like performance management-alignment, HR technology selection-implementation, HR transformation, talent management, as well as for analytics. They are required to perform assessments and audits to make recommendations or proposals and coordinate the creation and implementation of an action/corrective plan. And when required, they must organize and coordinate cross-functional HR teams to assist with developing and implementing performance improvement plans, programs, and processes.