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Atos Origin implements new global tool for employees' career progression
 
 Atos Origin has rolled
out a Global Capability
Model (GCM) that
provides a standardised,
transparent employee
framework for its 46,000
staff across 40
countries.
   The GCM matrix lets
its staff plot their own
career path within the
company, comparing their
current skills and
competencies with those
of a desired position.
This enables them to see
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 progression. Once these
skills are identified,
employees can request
the appropriate training
from the HR department
to bridge the skills gap
and progress in his or
her career.
   Every IT role in the
company has been
categorised using the
Industry Structure Model
version 3 (ISM-3)
standard, meaning Atos
Origin can instantly
compare the skills of
 
 all its employees,
across all divisions and
each of the 40 countries
in which it operates.
This allows the company
to quickly assign the
right people to the
right customer project.
Part of this process has
been to align job
descriptions across all
countries, taking into
account cultural
differences that dictate
varied job titles.
   The GCM also
 
 highlights to Atos
Origin any gaps in its
skills base and where
they should recruit
accordingly, ensuring
the company can always
match appropriately
skilled people to
customer projects. The
model covers both IT
roles and non IT roles,
such as HR, finance,
marketing
communications, and
administration.
  
 
 what opportunities are
open to them across the
company in their area of
expertise.
   The GCM also helps
employees further their
careers within the
company by highlighting
the skills needed for
 
 
PA Consulting Group and 3i to sell part of UbiNetics
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 transaction in which CSR
Plc, a leading provider
of Bluetooth and WLAN
single chip solutions,
will purchase UbiNetics'
VPT (Volume Product
Technology)business for
$48m.
   UbiNetics is a world
 
 leader in next
generation multimode
2G/3G/HSDPA cellular
software and technology.
UbiNetics was founded in
1999 as an independent
venture company, born
out of the Wireless
Technology Practice of
 
 PA Consulting.
   "The sale this year
of both parts of
UbiNetics VPT and
UbiNetics' Test and
Measurement business has
resulted in a healthy
return on investment and
is in line with PA's
 
 policy to realise our
ventures when the timing
is right," said Jon
Moynihan, Chairman of
UbiNetics and Executive
Chairman of PA
Consulting.
 
 PA Consulting Group and
3i have signed a
 
 
Mercer to buy Watson Wyatt's New Zealand business
 
 Mercer Human Resource
Consulting has signed an
agreement to acquire the
shares of Watson Wyatt
New Zealand Limited.
   The deal follows
Mercer HR Consulting's
acquisition of the
Australian operations of
 
 Mellon Human Resources &
Investor Solutions and
its subsidiaries on 29
April, 2005.
   "The acquisition is
an excellent fit for our
business and is
consistent with Mercer's
global growth strategy,"
 
 said Brian Storms, Chief
Executive Officer and
President of Mercer
Human Resource
Consulting.
   Tim Jenkins, Mercer
New Zealand head, will
assume leadership of the
acquired business and
 
 will manage the
transition process.
   On finalization,
which is expected to be
during September 2005 by
way of share transfer,
the acquired business
will be renamed Mercer
Human Resource
 
 Consulting (NZ) Ltd,
trading under Mercer
Human Resource
Consulting.
  
 
 
T-Systems bid for Atos Origin rumoured
 
 Deutsche Telekom is
considering a take over
bid of Atos Origin via
its T-Systems unit,
according to German
daily Handelsblatt.
   The board of Deutsche
Telekom's T-Systems unit
had discussed buying
 
 Atos, the paper
reported, without naming
its sources.
   Both T-Systems and
Atos have declined to
comment.
   Atos, Europe's
fourth-biggest IT
services provider, had
 
 2004 sales of 5.3
billion euros and
operating profit of 385
million euros.
   Deutsche Telekom,
which agreed to buy
Austrian mobile operator
Tele.ring for 1.3
billion euros earlier
 
 this month, has a cash
flow of more than 8
billion euros and is
often the target of
merger speculation.
   Acquiring Atos Origin
would allow T-Systems,
which makes almost 90
percent of its 13
 
 billion euros annual
revenue in Germany, to
expand its presence in
France and the
Netherlands.
  
 
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