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Issue March 2008 CAS Software among the best employers in the SME sectorWorking at CAS Software is a pleasure
Karlsruhe/Germany,
26th January 2008. CAS Software AG is one of the 100 best employers among
Germany's small and medium-sized On this occasion the mentor of the Top Job initiative will be recognising CAS's achievements in the categories Leadership & Vision, Motivation & Dynamism, Culture & Communication, Staff Development & Prospects, Family & Social Awareness, and Internal Entrepreneurship. The company which is a leading specialist in customer relationship management, scored particularly well in the Motivation & Dynamism category where it was among the top ten entrants. The firm's strategic HR management policy makes it an exemplary employer for its workforce of 151. Flat hierarchies and short information paths ensure communications are direct. Consequently, the workforce is always kept up to date about the company's financial and strategic performance.
The company, which was established in 1986, sees its role as a training enterprise. Its in-house academy offers a wide range of professional development schemes, from training courses to conflict management and specialist software development methods. Employees' high level of motivation is not only a result of the training and educational resources at their disposal, but also of the encouragement and development opportunities provided by management. Feedback is provided on a regular basis because CAS Software knows that a purposeful HR policy with a long-term perspective is a key component in its success.
To qualify for the award, the software house had to undergo a stringent, three-stage process devised by the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. In the first stage, the HR experts working under Professor Heike Bruch, the Institute's director, captured the company's key performance indicators in a questionnaire. The second stage was to conduct a detailed online staff survey. Finally, the team from St. Gallen reviewed the HR management tools used by the company. In such a competitive environment, CAS Software is even prouder of its high ranking, as director Martin Hubschneider confirms, "We are now one of the best SME employers in Germany. This award will make us even more attractive to highly qualified workers in future." All 100 Top Job companies are featured in the book published by Bruch and Clement entitled "Top Job – the 100 best employers in Germany's SME sector". Further details about the companies are presented on the website at www.topjob.de. The project is organised by compamedia GmbH, Überlingen, Germany. The application process for the next Top Job competition commences in February 2008; the closing date is 30 April 2008. Mentor and partnersThe project's mentor is Wolfgang Clement, Germany's former economics minister. Its partners are AGP – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Partnerschaft in der Wirtschaft e. V., Akademie für Führungskräfte der Wirtschaft GmbH, Gallup Deutschland GmbH, GESAMTMETALL Gesamtverband der Arbeitgeberverbände der Metall- und Elektro-Industrie e. V., HRblue AG, Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH and Schindlerhof Klaus Kobjoll GmbH. Its media partner is the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
Project managementThe Top Job project is managed by Dr Heike Bruch, professor and director of the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St. Gallen. She has earned a prominent reputation, particularly in the fields of change management and leadership. Organiser: compamedia GmbH
compamedia specialises in organising benchmarking projects and creating networks
for small and medium-sized enterprises. It concentrates on promoting its
projects in the media, leaving technical implementation to its specialist
partners. In addition to the Top Job employer-benchmarking competition,
compamedia coordinates two other prestigious projects that highlight the
achievements of Germany's SME sector: the Top 100 innovation project under the
mentorship of Lothar Späth, and Ethics in Business with Ulrich Wickert as patron.
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enterprises (SMEs) according to the results of
the latest Top Job survey, a nationwide, cross-sectoral corporate benchmarking
competition. This accolade has been awarded for the past six years to mid-sized
firms for their outstanding HR management policies. CAS Software AG was awarded
the prestigious Top Job seal of approval this Friday evening at a ceremony in
Duisburg-Nord Industrial Landscape Park. The award was presented by Germany's
former economics minister Wolfgang Clement.