Training gives our employees the opportunity to develop their careers and reach their full potential. It helps maximise their contribution to the company.
We offer a range of training opportunities, including:
Virtual University
The BAE Systems Virtual University runs 3,000 e-learning courses covering three areas – leadership, professional competencies and personal effectiveness. Some of these are provided directly by the company and others by partner colleges and universities. Over 18,500 employees are now registered and, on average, 27,000 courses are taken each year. Online training saves travel time and enables each employee to learn at the time, place and pace that suits them best.
Developing You
Engineering Developing You (EDY) is a portfolio of online and classroom-based training courses for our engineers, who complete a competency profile with their managers to identify the training they need. Similar portfolios exist for project managers, finance, HR and graduates within the business.
Learning Resource Centres
We have learning resource centres at many of our sites where employees can undertake computer-based training programmes.
Leadership
Our leadership programme for executive employees is called Performance Centred Leadership (PCL). This helps us maximise their potential, identify high flyers early in their careers and strengthen management skills. PCL covers the five key elements of leadership: Achieving High Performance; Focusing on the Customer; Developing Others; Continuously Improving; and Working Together. Performance in each area is assessed through peer reviews and Personal Development Reviews to set salary and bonus levels and make recommendations for promotion. Similar programmes are in place in both our Australia and North American businesses.
New Start
BAE Systems offers all employees the opportunity to take part in a re-skilling programme to help employees progress within the company. Our business is changing and its future depends on people being given the opportunity to develop their full potential by being equipped with new skills that are in short supply. New start is designed to identify the skill changes required to support the business and help people within BAE Systems to learn the new skills required.
Chairman’s Awards for Innovation
Our Chairman's Award Scheme has been running since 1996. To date we have made over 9,500 awards from over 26,500 nominations involving more than 55,000 people. Our scheme recognises employees and those of our partners whose ideas, actions and behaviours bring our values to life and make BAE Systems a better company.
Over 3,500 nominations were received for the 2007 awards. From those, 6 gold, 54 silver and 1,200 bronze awards were awarded across the three categories of Innovation, Transferring Best Practice, and Enhancing Customer Performance.
