WORKING IN EUROPE- SKILLS FOR SUCCESS ERASMUS + 2015-2017
CRITERIA FOR A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY
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WORKING IN EUROPE SKILLS FOR SUCCESS (QUESTIONARIE ABOUT THE COMPANY PROFILE) CONFIDENTIAL COMMON CRITERIA OF SUCCESS IN COMPANIES PRESENTED BY ALL PARTNERS STEPS FOR SUCCESS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
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REDACȚIE Poștovei Cătălina Ileana Ilie Cătălina Mirea Mihaela
Partners: Berufskolleg Wirtschaft und Verwaltung Ahaus/ Gremania- coordinator Colegiul Economic Buzău/ Romania Lycée Jules Mousseron/ Franţa Profesionalna gimnazia po ikonomika "G.S.Rakovsky"/ Bulgaria Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria Nosa Señora dos Ollos Grandes/ Spania EKONOMSKA SKOLA BRACA RADIC/ Croatia. The booklet contains the personal details of participants which were edited with the consent of their parents under the condition that it cannot be used for public purposes
Project financed by European Union
‘This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.’
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WORKING IN EUROPE - SKILLS FOR SUCCESS Period: 2015-2017 Programme: Erasmus+ KA2 Partners:Berufskolleg Wirtschaft und Verwaltung Ahaus/ Germania – coordinator;Colegiul Economic Buzău/ Romania;Lycée Jules Mousseron/ Franţa;Profesionalna Gimnazia po Ikonomika "G.S.Rakovsky"/ Bulgaria;Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria Nosa Señora dos Ollos Grandes/ Spania;EKONOMSKA SKOLA BRACA RADIC/ Croatia In our project about the WORKPLACE IN EUROPE, we want to analyse the development of workplaces in Europe, proceeding from the examples of six participating countries, find out together what makes companies successful and enhance our students ' chances of SUCCESSFUL JOB APPLICATIONS within the EU and beyond by identifying and practicing the SKILLS REQUIRED. The project addresses one of the main CHALLLENGES in most participating European countries - that of YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT. The OBJECTIVES: *to make the young participants, our main target group, understand the impact of technological and other developments on the workplace •to help them realize the necessity of keeping abreast of developments so as to qualify for a job in the modern world •to help them improve their DIGITAL COMPETENCES through work on TwinSpace and other tools * to improve LANGUAGE SKILLS, especially in French and English, by communicating with each other in these languages •to improve INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES by getting to know rules of social conduct in other parts of Europe •to reinforce their EUROPEAN IDENTITY, e.g. by making use of tools like EUROPASS
* to increase the young people's MOBILITY through meetings abroad
•to broaden their horizon towards other parts of Europe (East - West), to help them OVERCOME PREJUDICES and stereotypes •to train young people's ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS by making them aware that a spirit of innovation is necessary •to bring together the world of business and the world of secondary education by cooperating closely with associated business partners every school has, especially during the teaching/learning activites carried out.
Results: Vocabulary booklets relating to jobs and to job applications
Questionnaires for evaluation purposes
Files about steps of creating a business and about criteria of successful companies
Sheets for diagnosis of a company's prospects
An e-book with exercises to enhance professional skills
Twinspace, facebook group, Facebook page
A film in which students give advice for successful job application
Brochures about our project for dissemination purposes
A calendar of planned events
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Main activities FIRST YEAR: SUCCEEDING IN BUSINESS PAST AND PRESENT FIRST PROJECT MEETING in Germany September 2015 THE FIRST LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITY: France November 2015 THE SECOND LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITY will take place in Croatia in Spring 2016. THE SECOND PROJECT MEETING in Bulgaria in summer 2016 SECOND YEAR: SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION - SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEES OF THE FUTURE THE THIRD LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITY will take place in Spain in fall 2016. THE FOURTH LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITY will take place in Germany in Spring 2017. THE THIRD PROJECT MEETING will take place in Romania in early summer 2017. The expected impact on the participating STUDENTS:
A new type of economic thinking adequate to modern labour market conditions Enhanced awareness of working situations in Europe, of structural developments
Augmented selfconfidence
Improved communicative skills in foreign languages
Enhanced intercultural competence
Practice of creativity- and team skills
Insight into innovative entrepreneurshi p
Easier transition between school and the world of work
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Participating TEACHERS:
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WORKING IN EUROPE SKILLS FOR SUCCESS (QUESTIONARIE ABOUT THE COMPANY PROFILE) CONFIDENTIAL The purpose of this questionaire is to collect general information about your company which will not be spread out of this project. Weask you to fill in the questionarie and attach all necessary documentation. Person filling in questionarie: Date: Name and position in the company: Signature and stamp:
1. General information about the company The name of the company: VAT number(identification number) Placeof registration: Year of the registration: Tax certificate number of the company: Address (street, town, post code, country): Date of foundation: The name of bank: Contact person: Tel: Fax E-mail: Web site: 2. Organization Organization scheme General or executive manager: Total number of employees: Number of permanently employed persons: Number of temporary employed persons:
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3. Commercial aspects Are anual reports for last three years available? The most important figures in last three years: 2012. 2013. Annual gross income Annual gros profit Annual gross earnings Currency most freequently used in your company
Euro $
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HRK Tick/mark the correct answer
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4. The company profile What is the main activity of your company? (mark applicable) Producer Distributor Service provider Tourism Mainteinance and instalation Consulting and councelling Transport Other If your company is producer or distributor, please name the key products you produce or deliver and attach the necessary documents (brochures, catalogues, leaflets):
If your company is service provider, please answer the following question: What kind of service do you provide? (transport, tourism, consulting and councelling etc.)
5. System of quality management and Social aspects 5.1. System of quality management: QUESTIONS QUALITY Is there signed and valid management policy of your Yes company No Is your company certified by some management system Yes (For example: ISO 9001:2008) other If your company is not certified, is there a formal Yes management system? No
5.2. Social aspects and policies Do you have policy and procedure to ensure compatibility with the basic conventions of International Work Organization referring to level of incomes, payment, working hours, children's work, hard labour, non-discrimination and freedom of association. Can you insure that your suppliers and sub-contractors are alined with the basic conventions of International Work Organization considering those items. Do you estimate that your company is compatible with standards determined by social regulations in your country? Does your company employ temporary workers and/or refugees?
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6. References Name some of your main customers and type of the products or services you sell: Customer Products/services
7. Insurance Do you have insurance from combined general responsibility? Do you have insurance from employer's responsibility? Do you have insuance covering product responsibility?
8. Logistics and finances Do you use e-payment (do you have necessary equipment to apply it)? Do you use „pro forma“ payment?
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What is the percentage of on time delivery to your customers? Do you measure performances of your suppliers (quality, delivery)? Accessability of your company Road highway River harbour Airport Do you have any experience in exporting your products and with packaging for export? Does your copany have any restrictions refering to export and import?
Train Sea harbour Yes No Yes No
9. Services and capacities How much of your potentials is exploited at the moment? Do you have documented programme of education for your employees? Can you offer some or all of your services in different parts of the world?
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10. Corporate social responsibility Do you have signed and dated policy for health protection and safety at work (H&S)? Do yo have signed and dated policy for environment protection? Do you plan to improve your effectiveness regarding health protection and safety at work? Do you plan to improve your effectiveness regarding the environment protection??
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Do you have system of management of health protection and safety at work? Do you have system of management of health protection and safety at work which is certified in accordance to some norm recognized by issuing house? Do you have system of management of environment protection? Are roles and responsibilities regarding health protection and safety at work clearly defined? Are roles and responsibilities regarding environment protection clearly defined Did your employees gained documented education about safety at work wich corresponds to task they were supposed to do? Did your employees get documented education about environment protection which is in accordance to task they were supposed to do?i Do you keep records and investigate accidents which happen in your company? Do you have determined procedure and premises for the cases of emergencesImate li postupke i objekt and evacuation?
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Chose points 1 – 5 regarding the statement your company referes to Brief diagnosis of the company The company is not sensible to 1 2 3 4 5 The company is oriented to knowledge knowledge Our market The company is not market 1 2 3 4 5 Demands of customers are oriented diferentiated, We offer standard products 1 2 3 4 5 Lower prices of standard products, market rewards complete solutions slow innovations and long life 1 2 3 4 5 very fast innovations and short cycle life cyclei Our solutions for problems of customers Working and capital intensity 1 2 3 4 5 Intensified by knowledge, hard is easy to imitate to imitate Our capital suppliers Interested in short-term 1 2 3 4 5 Interested in steady increase of profit company wavue Knowledge and learning Information equals to 1 2 3 4 5 Knowledge evolves from information knowledge We learn slowly from other 1 2 3 4 5 We learn fast from other companies companies We transfer knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 Efficient transfer of knowledge within slowly and not efficiently in the company our company knowledge is not 1 2 3 4 5 We create transparency through 9
transparent and visible We do not make enough 1 2 3 4 5 effort to ensure knowledge Education and development 1 2 3 4 5 are oriented to individual not to collective process of learning Associates are sent to 1 2 education Without collocutor for 1 2 development and transfer of knowledge Offices and and other 1 2 premises separate people Organization frame conditions Live values of our company 1 2 encourage disbelief, scepticism towrds new things, adaptability and formality The aims of the company 1 2 are not connected with aims of knowledge. Reports contain only financial indicators.
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yellowpages, maps of knowledge, and skill profiles We systematically care about not losing our knowledge Education and development ensure cooperation and transfer of knowledge over the borders of bizobrazbom i usavrĹĄavanjem se osusiness cooperation Associates actively invest by themselves in learning process. Development and transfer of knowledge are follower by persons in charge offices and other premises foster cooperation
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Live values of our organization encourage trust, openness to new things, authencity, informal contacts
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Leading image of the company emphasisesthe importance of knowledge for professional success. Our reports pay attention to non financial indicators (customers, associates) Position of leaders and experts are eqally rewarded.
Position of leaders are 1 2 3 4 5 more paid than position of experts. Information and communication technology Our systems are not avnaĹĄi 1 2 3 4 5 our systems connect all sustavi ne stoje na members of our company. raspolagailable to all associates Our systems are 1 2 3 4 5 There are connections with exclusively company relevant customers, suppliers oriented and knowledge holders Stored pieces of 1 2 3 4 5 We have access to information are incomplete contemporary information at and not up-to-date. any time. There are no forums for 1 2 3 4 5 Internet forums are used for discussion supporting discussion and transfer of network knowledge.
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COMMON CRITERIA OF SUCCESS IN COMPANIES PRESENTED BY ALL PARTNERS France Romania Croatia Bulgaria Germany Spain MLACO ANCONA HEMCO Orthodox CRNOVCOMME Philantropy CHEMICAL ANKAMA RCE TOBIT FINSA Association PRODUCTS METEOR Berca Ä?AKOVAÄŒKA VINA GRUBE - Creative -Being able -Clearly defined -Recycling -Constant -Drawing to have goals as future innovatio Respect -Technical innovative -Readiness to which n toward and ideas take risk creates new -Market employ computer -Never stop -Love for work product and research ees and investing in -Constant new and care for Teamwork new learning and custommers adapting them resources professional -Production to Profession -Services devlopment of energy changes Defined alism offered: -Guick efficient -Instinct goals -Adapt to adapted to adaptability to systems for different the market changes on -Production launching Motivat media -High quality market of ecological new ion for of the -Ic technology and products bussine Communic services -Knowledge of environment -Keep ss ation offered foreign ally friendly pace with - Able to -Flexibility languages products technolog Quality diversify -Good -Care for -Innovations y - Use communicati employees and Invest different on with -Sacrifice constant Multifunct ment in software people -Team work investment ional inovati - Imagine -Believe in -Desire to in new premise on and different people and succeedd ecological which can researc senarios help the products be used h - Develop ones in need for network Developmen different Variety - Manage t of purposes of servers technology product - Foreign for saving adaptabili s langages energy ty -Care - Create -Own design -Constant of special -Sustainable introducti enviro events developmen on of new ment - Share t trends and experience -High commu s quality nity - Explain equipmen the work t which Corpor 11
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follows new trends -The most upto-date ways of paymentthe simple way of booking and paying Availabilit y to all age groups Convenie nt market cost
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STEPS FOR SUCCESS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Become aare of one's own strenghts Change oneself( take the advantages of own qualities and skills) Determine the aim Plan Be aware of risks Have one's own vision Choose the right moment Make decision Be recognizable by quality Be informed and follow trends Resposibility to employees and business partners Analyze the achieved results Accept the feedback Not give up when it becomes hard Seek for better solution Believe in success
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