BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau

Dealing with children, junior managers
learn how their behaviour and management
styles can affect their colleagues.
Management is child’s play Learning by experience for junior managers
The participants spent 4½ days in the Vorarlberg Children’s Village in a somewhat
different management role. The task was to set up an event on the theme
of “Kronhalde Children’s Village 2010 – a clean place to live, which we preserve
with our use of our environment and resources”. The staff available to the participants
were 15 children from the Children’s Village.
“I knew about the
directness and honesty
of feedback you get
from children. What
made an impression
on me was how the techniques of striking
up relationships with the children
could be transferred into the everyday
activities of management. The authentic
intensive experience will ensure I exercise
appropriate sensitivity in similar
situations. An event that will remain
with me for a long time!“
Ulrich Forster, Planning – Estimating
“Implementing a
project based on the
method of learning by
experience helped me
explore my physical
and emotional limits. The most beautiful
aspect was the happy faces of the
children and the way our team grew
together as a group. I can recommend
this style of learning because the
knowledge gained is transferable to
other fields.“
Daniela Berkmann, Personnel Accounting
TIMETABLE
• Morning: Theory and planning
• Afternoon: Preparation of the presentation
with the children
• Evening: Reflection on the day’s events
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the workshop was to make
junior managers more aware and conscious
of their roles and to give them an insight into
how their behaviour and attitude can affect
colleagues – with children acting as colleagues
to provide very direct feedback!
PROJECT BASIS
This management triangle acts as a leitmotiv for
the participants:
• Provide structure: Staff need structure and
boundaries to achieve their goals
• Give meaning: Motivation stems from having
a vision and objectives
• Promote self-esteem: Staff need
self-esteem
Comings and goings Changes in the personnel team
Sandra Stadelmann has been a welcome
addition to our personnel team
since February. She assists Jürgen
Jussel and supplies valuable support
to the rest of the team.
After two periods of maternity leave,
Bettina Längle returned in July 2009
to boost our personnel accounting
team (60%). She is responsible for
keeping the accounts of the work of
railway engineering company staff.
Bettina comes into the office for 2
half-days a week and with the help of
her teleworking station she can do the
rest of her work at home and achieve
the optimum balance between work
and family life. Bettina takes over the
duties of Andrea Mennel, who left
the company in August to seek new
career challenges.
Building and maintaining networks Career fairs at technical colleges & universities
Especially in these turbulent times,
it is becoming more difficult to find
qualified employees. We are making
particular efforts to strengthen our
networking with technical colleges and
universities to further raise Rhomberg’s
profile, with an international
focus. This year we again attended
several company exhibitions including
Biberach, Dornbirn, Innsbruck, Munich,
Stuttgart and Vienna.
Karin Hubalek
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