The British Library Business and IP Centre.

This place is famous in the UK as well as all around the world, thanks to the extensive collection of books, newspapers, sound recordings and a lot more. Furthermore, there are numerous exhibitions that are both rare and amazing. The library is worth being called "the world`s knowledge keeper and promoter".

There were two reasons for us to visit The British Library Business and IP Centre. Firstly, the Library has its own Business and IP Centre, which provides all people aged 16 and older with a business idea with advice, support and mentoring. The second reason was the established relationship with Neil Infield, who already helped us a lot and inspired to initiate the project for the Centre for Entrepreneurship a year ago.

We would like to thank Neil Infield for his support and advice. Besides we got positive response from Nigel Spenser, Research & Business Development Manager at The British Library. Now we will do our best to keep our relations and report on the progress with our Centre.

Schlumberger

Being interested in the development of benchmarking principles of selecting hardworking and motivated staff our group visited a company world-famous for its employment system – Schlumberger. The visit was held by Natalia Smirnova, Personnel Manager in the Headquarters of the company, who provided structured and most relevant information about corporate culture aspects and company’s policy relating to employees. Schlumberger pays great attention to problems of employees’ mobility and job satisfaction. One of the most impressive things we found there was a special network, which allows everyone to see information about their colleagues, top managers and other employees.

Moreover, the company collaborates with universities and finds a lot of potential specialists there. Unfortunately FINEC is not a technical university, so (to tell the truth) some of us were a little bit disappointed of the fact that our graduates are not the target audience for Schlumberger. Still, we got important information on how our University graduates, specialists in finance and marketing, etc., can find their way to the company. It is necessary to mention that the company prefers its own specialists, supports them, develops their skills and provides them with a lot of career opportunities.

One can say that this visit didn’t relate directly to the target of our internship, but it made our vision wider and reminded us to focus on the staff of our center. We realised how much corporate culture and social responsibility matter. And these notions are important disregarding the size or profile of business. That was a great pleasure for us to listen to Natalia and we would like to express our gratitude to her.

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 885