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Enterprise Competitiveness, Corporate Citizenship, Employment in the 21st Century: These are the big challenges facing the business world today. Enterprise Forum 99 invites participants to share insights with people who shape business strategies in the world today and carry back some ideas about how to be the best.
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New Challenges and New Opportunities for the World of Work
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In light of the success of Enterprise Forum 96, the ILO is more than ever convinced that social progress and enterprise competitiveness are n ot conly compatible but support one another. |
The process of globalization is creating new challenges and new opportunities for rthe world of work, requiring an in-depth reflection on ways in which to deal with this situation. |
Globalization has given rise to a new
spirit of enterprise
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One thing is certain: there is a need to situate both the enterprise and the human being at the centre of any economic activity. |
Enterprise Forum 1999 will present the most up-to-date thinking by those at the cutting edge of enterprise development. |
World class speakers will share their unique visions about the place of business in the world and in the community, and describe key competitive realities |
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Participants will take away a fresh perspective and new ideas about how to handle the social dimensions of business today. |
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Did you know... |
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Corporations and individuals alike earn the right to be trusted. Loyalty is worth money. One way for a corporation to build loyalty is to respect fundamental principles. The key assets of business are people. Disloyalty from employees, investors and customers can stunt performance and productivity by up to 50%. |
Good human resource management is essential for successful enterprise development and re-engineering. Companies with quality human resources are often able to maintain their competitive advantage, despite a highly competitive and turbulent environment, with few negative impacts on employment and quality of jobs. |
Successful enterprises observe minimal standards of corporate social policy and build business practices which lead not only to commercial success but also embrace basic international labour standards. |
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More than half of the new start-ups in the service sector in Europe and America are the work of women. Women often perfect their skills in larger corporations, but leave when their career ambitions are not fulfilled. A new and dynamic partnership is needed to make use of this potential. |
