BAM Abbreviated Annual Report 2011 - Siteseeing in the world of ...

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2011
In November 2011, a successful BAM In-House Day was
organised for the third time for approximately
250 selected students from courses that are relevant to
BAM’s activities. Every year, a number of young business
graduates from academic courses take part in a strict
selection procedure to gain entry to the Group’s trainee
programme where they have the opportunity to
familiarise themselves with various operating
companies. A number of promising business
professionals were once again selected as trainees and
inducted into the programme in 2011.
Performance management and talent management
employee involvement at Royal BAM Group is enhanced
by performance management, in which the
consequences of formulated commercial goals are
translated in terms of individual positions. Performance
management also includes career development paths for
more successful job performance. A third mainstay of
performance management is assisting employees to
achieve their career aims. The further development of
essential professional qualities and competences plays
an important part in this respect.
With this in mind, BAM introduced the ‘Career Navigator’
in the Netherlands in 2008. The Career Navigator was
developed by BAM in cooperation with a number of third
parties and is used to advise employees on their career
choices, including areas for further career development.
2011 saw the deployment of the ‘Group-Wide in the
Netherlands’ career advice scheme in close collaboration
between the operating companies’ HR departments and
BAM Business School.
BAM Business School also introduced new training
programmes during 2011 on the subjects of safety and
corporate social responsibility, as well as launching a
number of new programmes as part of ‘permanent
education’ for financials and lean construction
management. BAM Business School now organises a
‘lean community’ day every quarter.
The BAM training centre BAM Vakschool at the Lelystad
site was fully occupied once again in 2011. More than 130
groups of employees went to BAM Vakschool for
practical courses and training sessions, themed days and
workshops. Approximately 3,250 employees took part.
BAM operates the BAM Female Empowerment
Programme for female employees in job group 10 and
above with the growth potential to eventually take up
senior positions within the Group. The participants are
selected by the chairmen of the operating company
management teams.
Employee satisfaction surveys
There was a follow-up on the employee satisfaction
surveys in 2011 when various operating companies
conducted a survey among their employees to ask how
they feel about their responsibilities and development
opportunities, how involved they are in corporate
objectives and the extent to which they are inspired to
achieve these objectives.
The medium-term intention is for all operating
companies in the Netherlands to conduct a similar survey
once every two to three years to improve the working
atmosphere and ensure that everyone learns from each
other. An initial assessment will be made in 2012.