1. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Asian Institute of Technology
School of Management
International Human Ressource Management
Career Management
of Highfliers at Alcatel
November 1st, 2012 │ Lars Baier, Ariane Elverfeldt, Christophe
Ramamonjy-Ratrimo, Jush Shresta, Aroonlod Udomphol
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2. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
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3. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
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4. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Agenda
1 Background of Alcatel
2 Challenges Facing Alcatel
3 Alcatel selection methods
4 Conclusion & Recommends
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5. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Agenda
1 Background of Alcatel
2 Challenges Facing Alcatel
3 Alcatel selection methods
4 Conclusion & Recommends
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6. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Alcatel is a innovative French telecommunication company.
Company information: Recent awards:
 French company  MIT's Technology Review:
TR50 List of the World's Most
 Headquarters : Paris, France
Innovative Companies (Mar.
 Industry : Telecommunication 2012)
 Revenue: 15 billion Euro (2011)  Mobile World Congress: Best
Infrastructure Technology Award
 Employees :104,000 for the lightRadio Network
 Managers :45,000 (Mar./Feb. 2012)
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7. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Agenda
1 Background of Alcatel
2 Challenges Facing Alcatel
3 Alcatel selection methods
4 Conclusion & Recommends
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8. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Alcatel is facing the challenge of technological transformation in
the industry.
Telecommunication market
Mushrooming of international
telecommunications equipment market
New market patterns
Push for standardization
Investment in R&D
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9. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Alcatel is also facing the challenge of foreign subsidiaries
 Different corporate cultures at different
foreign subsidiaries
 Lack of integration between foreign
subsidiaries
 Bad performance by Alcatel SEL
 Each foreign subsidiary has its own national
specificity of the market
 Selection and training of Top Managers
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10. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Agenda
1 Background of Alcatel
2 Challenges Facing Alcatel
3 Alcatel selection methods
4 Conclusion & Recommends
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11. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Three types of model
1 2 3
The
The
Competitive The Feudal
Professional
Examination Model
Model
Model
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12. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
General Information about HIPO selection
 Selection and training of the top management has
become very important for the companies success
than ever before. There are several new methods
of HIPO Selection.
 As Alcatel has consciously allowed each business
unit to maintain its autonomy and national
characteristic, a diversity of models has emerged.
This decentralization of power has been a key
element in the high potential policy at Alcatel.
 Alcatel way of selection is a traditionally French in
which the profiles and selection criteria don’t
changed much.
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13. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
The Competitive Examination Model
1 2 3
 A process for selecting future leaders from only professional schools in France.
These highly competitive schools aren`t business schools, but are schools of
engineering public administration. Especially for Alcatel a degree from the
Polytechnique (or after that from HEC and ENA) is highly recommended to become a
top manager.
 It is also a helpful springboard to work a lengthy period before for the national
government. This type of career is the most common way to become a top Alcatel
manager
 The Competitive Examination Model works because you have success in an informal
test leads to membership in an influential group and the group helps his members so
succeed. The presence of so many engineering has a big influence in the corporate
culture and market approach. Maybe that’s the reason why especially Alcatel has its
focus in production, research and development and therefore forget other areas as
Marketing.
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14. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
The Feudal Model
1 2 3
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15. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
The Professional Model
1 2 3
 In this model informal co-opting Anyone who wants to
mechanism structure the climb to the top must
organization at the highest levels decipher, by interpreting
and networking within subsidiaries
is an important step in attaining
situational and personal
high management positions. cues, the true power
structure.
 Titles and job descriptions often
have little to do with the real
influence and power in within in the
company. There seems to be
almost no connection between the
formal hierarchical structure and
the relationships that exist within
the informal decision-making
bodies.
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16. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Agenda
1 Background of Alcatel
2 Challenges Facing Alcatel
3 Alcatel selection methods
4 Conclusion & Recommends
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17. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Conclusion
 When circumstances change ,the approach to
select and training need to be adapt in order
to be successful company.
 In this case, we support the Professional
Model to be the best “HIPO” or “High-Potential
employee” selection.
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18. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Recommendations
 To identify “HIPO” or “High-Potential employee”
Performance Appraisal
Using Assessment Center
In-basket training
Leaderless group discussions
 Training
Awareness building : Help employees appreciate
the benefits of diversity
Skill building : Provide KSAs for working with
people who are different
 Development
Mentoring : The executives and manager who
coach ,advice and encourage employees of
lesser rank are called “Mentor”
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19. IHRM │ Career Management of Highfliers at Alcatel
Asian Institute of Technology
School of Management
Thank you for your attention!
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