Annual Report 2004

Sound Expert
Knowledge — A Major
Success Factor
The OeNBÕs staff members make a
decisive contribution to fulfilling AustriaÕs
demanding tasks within the
ESCB/Eurosystem and to coping
with a business environment that is
changing at an ever greater pace. Adjusted
for employees on secondment
or leave (such as maternity and parental
leave), the average number of staff
working in the OeNBÕs core business
areas (expressed in full-time equivalents)
came to 957.3 in 2004. 37.3%
of OeNB staff held university degrees,
which represented a year-onyear
rise by five percentage points.
As an enterprise that strongly relies
on the expertise of its employees,
the OeNB places particular emphasis
on the training and education of its
staff. In training its new staff members,
the OeNB increasingly resorted
to e-learning methods in 2004. Elearning
allows new employees to familiarize
themselves with the OeNBÕs
and ESCBÕs main tasks on an individual,
unscheduled basis. In 2004 more
than 65% of OeNB staff members
participated in at least one educational
activity. Knowledge exchange
within the OeNB as well as between
the OeNB and the ECB or other
NCBs is additionally promoted
through job rotation programs. In
the reporting year, 46 staff members
took advantage of job rotations to
learn more about other functions
and institutions. The number of job
rotations thus went up by 31% year
on year.
Through its participation in the
Steering Committee for training activities
in the ESCB/Eurosystem, the
OeNBÕs Personnel Division is actively
involved in preparing projects for
joint human resources development
measures. Within the ESCB/Eurosys-
The OeNB — An Innovative,
Dynamic and Cost-Efficient Enterprise
tem training activities in specific
fields are, for example, being harmonized:
International seminars for
new staff members and managers as
well as for language training were organized
under this heading in 2004.
The OeNB is involved in both the
planning and implementation of these
educational measures. In addition to
the training opportunities outlined
above, the OeNB and the Deutsche
Bundesbank organized specialist
seminars on Basel II-related topics
in Vienna, which were open to all
25 NCBs within the ESCB.
The exchange of know-how
among the individual NCBs is of crucial
importance within the ESCB.
Thus, in 2004, the OeNBÕs Personnel
Division pioneered a meeting with
central bank representatives from
AustriaÕs neighbors (the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia)
to intensify relations in the field
of human resources management.
The OeNB is an equal opportunity
employer and lays great store
by a healthy work-life balance. In
the reporting year the percentage of
women in total headcount was 40%.
Among the many measures taken to
improve the compatibility of work
and family, the various part-time
schemes (50% to 80%) the OeNB offers
stand out in particular. Moreover,
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