Northern Telecom employees on tour
Article Abstract:
Northern Telecom Canada Ltd (Toronto) sends employees around the world to observe the company's competitors, suppliers and subsidiaries to gain a clearer understanding of Northern Telecom's place in the market. The program is part of VISION 2000, the company's effort to become the world's top telecommunications supplier by the year 2000. Started in 1987, the President's Council on Competition, the program's formal name, spends $8,000-10,000 per employee per trip. Tours have taken employees to the US, Korea, Japan, Singapore and elsewhere in Canada, visiting companies such as Hyundai Motors, the Oki Electric Co and Fujitsu Microelectronics. After their return, employees present their observations to coworkers and managers. They are also given the opportunity to make formal recommendations as to improvements that Northern Telecom could make.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1989
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Adversity becomes an ally in a corporate relocation
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When the Sunbeam Appliance Corporation relocated its headquarters (from Oak Brook to Downer's Grove, Illinois), the company minimized the disruption caused by keeping the employees informed of the construction at the new site and including the employees in the design process of the new offices. When the company moved into its new headquarters, the employees were given an orientation package, and the opening of the facility was treated as a celebration, with catered food and a raffle. The employees were encouraged to show their families around the new offices.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1987
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Associates at Odetics never have to ask 'are we having fun yet?' (Odetics, Inc.) (column)
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The morning sock hops, the presence of alligators, the confidential messages circulated office-wide as carrot-grams and the flying dog houses evidence the open and creative work environment at the high tech firm of Odetics Inc. There is also ample evidence that such zaniness is effective. With just 420 employees, the firm produced revenues of $31.5 million in 1985 and had a turnover rate of just 9 percent, 12 percent less than the industry average.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1986
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