15%
of Russian companies discuss personnel issues at every management meeting.
Another 46% of companies report speaking about staff issues quite often, if not at every meeting. This happens more frequently at successful companies than at those companies whose market position is not as strong.
Prosperous companies mainly discuss personnel recruitment, labour costs, staff assessment and training activities. Less successful companies, on the other hand, often focus on solving problems of personnel shortage and employee discipline.
These data were obtained during a survey of 1,000 representatives from small, medium and large businesses in six major sectors of the economy. The survey was conducted as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO) study carried out by the Higher School of Economics in collaboration with the Levada Center*. A newsletter on the research has been published in Russian on the website of the monitoring study (in Russian).
* Решением Минюста РФ Levada Analytical Center (Левада-Центр) включён в реестр некоммерческих организаций, выполняющих функции иностранного агента.
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What Drives Innovation in Russian Companies
As part of the Management session of the XX April International Conference, Carl F. Fey from Aalto University School of Business, Finland, presented his paper on Facilitating Innovation in Companies in Russia: The Role of Organizational Culture. In his talk, Professor Fey spoke about the results of three studies he has been conducting with his team.
53%
of Russian families with children believe that children with disabilities should study with non-disabled children.
1.5
is the number of times by which the salary of teachers in Moscow professional and technical schools must be raised to recruit the ‘ideal teacher’ according to the heads of these institutions.
13%
of full-time students at Russian universities in 2014 had intentions of studying abroad. A year earlier, the figure was 20%.
31%
of professional and vocational schools in Russia are currently not enrolling students for professional education programmes due to a lack of demand.
1.5
is how many times more likely major Russian companies are to change managing directors during a crisis in comparison to calmer times.
16
was the increase in the number of working hours per week for teachers at Russian universities in 2014 in comparison with 2013.