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20Casalegno C. – Cerruti E. – Pellicelli M. / Economia Aziendale Online 2000 Web 4 (2009) 1-35dent Marco Boglione's advice – published a survey on the intranet company platformconcerning the effectiveness of some human resource practices13. The most importantfindings were:− about a third of the employees answered (which is quite a good result, if weconsider that the survey was not mandatory)− leadership development practices (communication, inclusiveness, supervisoryskills, executive skills, systems), along with learning capacity improvementpractices, are the most important practices in terms of obtaining the bestproductivity from every employee.− human capital is today considered one of the most important company assets.5.2 – BiesseThe Biesse Group (first place in the Top 20 TSR ranking) has a specialized CorporateSchool for training and education; the mission is to contribute to the group's successby developing skills and promoting good practices and company values.The school acts on behalf of the Biesse Group, designing and running educationalprograms in three main areas:− the development of management and leadership skills;− the reinforcement of technical competencies for the different professionalfamilies in the company;− continuous education of all group personnel in basic abilities such as English andcomputer skills.The school has rooms and infrastructure for on-site courses and a dedicated webplatform for distance e-learning; programs are designed by integrating the know-howdeveloped inside the company with the knowledge and the experiences of universities,consulting firms, and education professionals.Education is an important part of Biesse's structure; the Corporate School also operatesas an educational and vocational training center for the Marche Region and is involvedin different European Programs in partnership with educational agencies in Italyand abroad.Moreover, the Biesse Corporate School operates training courses in collaborationwith the educational system: among these are the Master in Business and InternationalManagement, organized in collaboration with Urbino University (Italy) and a group ofAmerican and European Business Schools.13 The data is from a 2007 human resource survey sent - by the author - to the biggest companies innorthwest Italy.