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8 HUMAN RESOURCES As part of the decentralization policy which Sogea embarked on two years ago, the Human Resources Department has taken a number of initiatives to increase the autonomy and accountability of employees working in the various profit centres. MOBILITY In May 1998 the Sogea Human Resources Manager set up an orientation program for young engineers and works managers. The approach is proactive and the focus is on inter-regional mobility and staff member exchanges. Each young person hired by a subsidiary will from now on take part in the 9 month program, spending 6 months on a construction site and 3 months in a design office, during which time he or she will be supported and tracked by a sponsor. Following the first 9 month period, new employees work with their HR manager and their sponsor to perform a first review. They are then required to move to another agency or region. Their new assignment is selected in accordance with Sogea’s in-house mobility rules and in coordination with the mobility Commission set up for this purpose. New employees then spend 12 months in their new assignment. During a five year period, their career within the company is regularly monitored by their subsidiary with head office support.
TRAINING Starting in March 1999 and throughout 2000, entrepreneurial training courses are being held for heads of profit centres. This training is given by company staff and addresses such diverse issues as contract management, human resources, IT tools, communications, customer relations, financial management and accident prevention. Similar training is given to works managers and site managers. As of June 1999, they have also been receiving training to improve their technical skills and potential in the framework of an overall approach to production resource excellence. PREVENTION Sogea has assigned safety specialists to each of its regional offices and expanded its head office-based prevention and team networking structures. The company has embarked on a new approach to prevention based on an analysis of the health problems experienced by workers and on studies of accidents in which they were injured. This approach is based on regular meetings bringing together approximately 15 workers and health and accident prevention specialists. The goal is to identify the behaviour of skilled workers in risk situations and to seek practical ways of raising awareness. In an approach similar to the one taken to quality, an international reference base on prevention and safety is currently under study. Sogea wishes to adopt this approach and is even anticipating the reference base by setting up a 12-point action plan listing concrete measures to be taken on construction sites. INTERNATIONAL In June 1998, the International Department introduced a training program for all its supervisory staff to provide them with the enhanced management and administrative skills they require for their jobs. Administration, management, human resources, negotiation, financing, contracts, prevention and quality are the major themes addressed. In Africa, activities to provide orientation, training, and mobility of local staff have been stepped up in order to achieve greater availability of local skills in all business lines. Finally, a study was conducted in 1999 on the implementation, from January 1, 2000, of uniform, updated expatriate staff regulations. 9
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