2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
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2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<br />
COMMITTED TO AND ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES<br />
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Training<br />
2009 saw the implementation of the Group’s 3E program to foster<br />
optimal skills development. It involves relevant work experience<br />
(Experience), managerial coaching and feedback structures<br />
(Exposure) and appropriate training investment (Education).<br />
The Group’s aim is to give all employees the opportunity to draw up<br />
a personalised skills and career development plan in collaboration<br />
with their managers.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> offers its employees up-to-date training facilities:<br />
leadership programs at <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> University and through<br />
partnerships with prestigious universities and schools, including<br />
Harvard Business School, France’s HEC, etc. Employees also have<br />
access to training in specifi c skill-sets through courses offered<br />
by the Group’s global skill centers (marketing and sales, human<br />
resources, fi nance, industrial operations, logistics, energy solutions<br />
and management) as well as other general training courses.<br />
All of this training is offered through a combination of class room<br />
and e-learning facilities. All training modules are assessed by the<br />
participants on the quality of the content, the teachers, the format<br />
and related logistics.<br />
Six group campuses worldwide are dedicated to employee training:<br />
the US (Chicago and Boston), France (Rueil-Malmaison and<br />
Grenoble), China (Beijing), India (Bangalore).<br />
As part of the One Team initiative, customised e-learning modules<br />
were launched in 2009 to provide employees and managers with<br />
training-on-demand for such strategic topics as energy effi ciency,<br />
5 Diversity<br />
Diversity drives performance at <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>. By promoting<br />
the integration of new talent and a wide range of skills, diversity<br />
represents a source of innovation, performance and competitiveness.<br />
Over and above this observation, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> intends to move<br />
beyond its simple promotion to take a pragmatic approach to the<br />
management of diversity day by day.<br />
In its diversity policy, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> lays particular emphasis<br />
on equal employment opportunity for men and women as the best<br />
means to develop the values and skills required to meet the economic<br />
and societal challenges of the 21st Century. <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> shares<br />
the conviction that gender differences in the workplace (leadership<br />
style and personality amongst others) complement each other, foster<br />
innovation and provide a wealth of benefi ts to our customers.<br />
Diversity and equal employment opportunity are enshrined in the<br />
Company’s One program, with two primary objectives:<br />
• strengthen the role of managers in rolling out the Group’s gender<br />
diversity strategy;<br />
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the Group’s values, gender diversity, health and safety, talent<br />
management and more. With one such module, the Group was able<br />
to develop the energy effi ciency knowledge of 10,000 employees.<br />
Unique to the organisation, these modules represent a strong<br />
addition to an e-learning offering of more than 100 courses, all of<br />
which are adapted to the Group’s specifi c needs.<br />
In 2010 over 55,000 employees consulted these e-learning modules.<br />
Main Plans of Action 2010<br />
As part of the Planet & Society Barometer, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
set a target for 2009-2011 to train 2,000 employees in energy<br />
management solutions.<br />
At the end of 2010, 239 employees had received certifi cation of<br />
training in energy management solutions.<br />
Training developments in 2010:<br />
• a training course in leadership skills (One leadership) was rolled<br />
out group-wide involving several skill enhancement modules. By<br />
the end of 2010, over 3,000 managers from all countries had<br />
participated;<br />
• all of the main training programs include an effi ciency rating<br />
module for the participants;<br />
• all of the training provided as part of the <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
University was assembled under a single Group intranet portal<br />
accessible to all employees.<br />
• consolidate the place of equal employment opportunity in HR<br />
management practices.<br />
From an operational point of view, the strategy consists of:<br />
• substantially increasing the recruitment of women;<br />
• ensuring equal access to training and developing the conditions<br />
for genuine diversity in the workplace;<br />
• curtailing average wage differentials by allocating a specifi c<br />
annual budget;<br />
• promoting women in positions of key responsibility;<br />
• creating favorable working conditions for both men and women<br />
by adopting measures designed to enhance work-life balance.