Karelia University of Applied Sciences

Mantas KATKUS

AGE MANAGEMENT AND DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Floranne LARGILLIERE

TEAM:

Ivo SILVA

Coline GILSONTachifra MAOULIDA Morad AMEZIANE

Purity MUCHIRI

Sanita GORBACOVA

Ines FELGUEIRA

Alex PUJOL BOTO

Elisa KIISKINEN

Content

1. Repetition of statistics about KUAS

2. Senior program:• Health care

• Working conditions

• Exchange

Opening of our suggestion box

• Statistics: - Staff: 400 (200 teachers + 200 admin.)- Age range: Average age is 53 years

(average age of Finland’s municipal employees 45.3 years)

Karelia University of Applied Sciences

20%

30%

50%

over 55 years 50 - 55 years under 50 years

Women54%

Men46%

Karelia University of Applied Sciences

Staff by employee

100

4047

16

105

33

83

14

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Teaching ProductDevelopment

Management Superior position

Men

Women

Karelia University of Applied Sciences

Teaching staff by level of education

78

6 4556 16

85

70

102030405060708090

Doctors Licentiates Master'sdegree

Bachelor'sdegree

Others

Men

Women

Senior Program

The management envisaged importance of age management, because of

• a need to control the age profile of workforces;

• well-being of older workers;

• ensure the exchange of accumulated;

• tacit knowledge from mature of younger workers;

Main goals of the senior program

• Boost the work ability and well-being of personnel (specially mature workers);

• Boost self-confidence and keep company spirit;

• Highlight the value of older workers' experience;

• Ensure the transfer of accumulated and tacit knowledge.

Health care

• One of the processes of senior program

• It is important to ensure:• a healthy body;• a healthy workplace;• a healthy community;• a healthy nation.

• The health care in the KAUS is very good.

SuggestionsHealth care

Massage chairs

Cooperation with health care faculty

Video of stretching muscles

Salary

  Women Men Pay gap %

Principal Lecturers/Full-time

4894,50€ 5135,50€ 4,9%

Lecturers/Full-time 4378,50€ 4533,30€ 3,5%Full-time Staff (includes also the salary of project workers and high command)

2746,20€ 3279,80€ 19,4%

• Average work hours: 8-9 per day• Opinion of the interviewed people:

“No discrimination about salary”

Vacation time

Legally 80 days of remunerated holydaysChanges not in the university

“MIXTOGETHER”

Incentive for put together all workers of the company

For strengthen the KUAS’s spirit and values

Efficient, Useful and Effective.

“Senior Program” – isn’t it a kind of discrimination?

Equality

Diversity

Solidarity

SuggestionsHealth care

Massage chairs

Cooperation with health care faculty

Working condition• salary

• vocation time• discrimination

Mixtogether

Video of stretching muscles

Exchange and Integrational program

• An exchange is to provide and receive goods or services of approximately equal value in return.

• Intergenerational is something where multiple generations of people intermingle or come together.

Advantages & Disadvantages

• Differences can bring strength to the group if it is valued and integrated into the group dynamics.

• It definitely takes effort to make cultural diversity a strength.

•Differences in interpretation of events can lead to mis-communication, awkwardness and hostilities if not addressed.

• Prejudices about people of different backgrounds can lead people to jump to conclusions and misinterpret actions and behaviors.

Ericsson, USA

Ericsson’s broad definition of diversity includes core and personal differences

• age, gender, race/ethnicity, personality, beliefs

differences based on experience:• education, work/functional background

situational differences • family status

and organizational differences • relate to function and position

Mentoring

• It is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool.

• It is an effective way of helping people to progress in their careers.

• It is a partnership between two people (mentor and mentee) normally working in a similar field or sharing similar experiences.

Junior Senior Program(Saxony, Germany)

• Young and old members of staff actively learn with and from each other.

• Older staff members pass on their experience • Younger employees provide an insight into new

technologies and methods.

Knowledge Management

SuggestionsHealth care

Massage chairs

Cooperation with health care faculty

Working condition• salary

• vocation time• discrimination

Mixtogether

Video of stretching musclesExchang

e

Give time to adjustPromote mentoring

Exchange employees

Encourage diversity and teach tolerance