Detail Keeping Your Senior Staffers   Oleh:  Kimes, Mina Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: Fortune vol. 160 no. 2 (Jul. 2009), page 86. Topik: BASF; Shortage of Engineers; Workers Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: FF16.40 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel With layoffs rampant, holding on to workers ought to be the least of a company's worries -- unless those employees are scientists and engineers. According to the National Science Foundation, nearly 40% of these skilled workers in the U.S. are more than 50 years old, and the pipeline of talent to replace them is shrinking. IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates predicts a 7% to 11% shortage of experienced engineers in 2011. America is not alone; industrial powerhouses Germany and Japan face similar demographic challenges. BASF, the German chemical giant, which makes, among other products, ammonia, fertilizer, and plastics, says it has found a way to beat the crunch. The $91-billion-a-year company has been around for more than a century, and its skilled workforce of production managers, scientists, and engineers, while not quite that old, have decades of experience under their belts. By 2020 the majority of BASF's German employees will be 50 to 65 years old. "It's become apparent that we're going to hit a wall," says CFO Kurt Bock, himself a sprightly 50. BASF's demographic problem is bigger than most because it mainly operates in Germany, Japan, and the U.S., where the elderly make up an increasingly large chunk of the population. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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