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