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The
Professional School
has been established to sustain
the development and transfer of the technical knowledge
and skills that underpin the Group's market leadership.
Activities focus on four areas:
• Research and Development: this training programme,
delivered by Group experts, seeks to develop
technical skills in the areas of innovation and product
development;
• Operations and Production management: this
programme develops individuals from industrial sectors
who wish to take managerial roles, with a focus on
building skills in the areas of production and logistics;
• Business Control: these highly specialised courses
develop skills in the areas of Business Control, Finance
and Sales;
• Sales and Marketing: these courses consolidate and
develop technical-commercial skills relating to the
various business segments.
Talent and Succession Management
is a process designed
to improve the management of key people. The specific
objective is to identify, develop and retain talent in order
to sustain the growth of the business over the long term,
and develop and protect critical know-how. This comprises
the essential knowledge and skills of individuals needed to
assure the constant improvement of product quality, the
expansion of markets, the management of customers and
the acquisition of new business. In particular, the following
actions and processes have been put in place:
• assessment of performance and management
potential;
• succession management, a process designed to
establish a series of special measures that ensure
smooth leadership succession for the Company;
• talent scouting, an internal process initiated with the
aim of promoting young talent.
Performance Management
, a programme leading to the
gradual introduction of performance appraisals. A pilot
project for implementation of the new performance
appraisal system, known as Prysmian People Performance
(P3), was launched during the year. Full roll-out will take
place during 2013. The new process, backed by a specific
on-line system, is intended to disseminate a Group
culture based on the importance of constructive feedback,
two-way communications with immediate superiors,
the development of individuals and the recognition of
merit based on objective criteria. In addition, P3 may be
an important motivational tool, as the appraisal process
