At year-end 2013, BI Norwegian Business School had a total of 831 employees. The total figures include 412 administrative staff and 419 faculty members.
BI Norwegian Business School had 740 full-time equivalents at the end of 2013, an increase of 2.6 full-time equivalents from 2012. The number of faculty full-time equivalents has increased by two to 345.2 full-time equivalents in 2013. Of these, 29 % had an international background. The number of professors increased to 115 in 2013. The number of full-time equivalents in the administration was reduced by 5.6 full-time equivalents to 394.1. On top of that, about 447 lecturers were associated with BI in 2013.
BI’s plan for diversity and equality states that all employees shall have the same rights, duties and opportunities irrespective of gender, age and national/ethnic background.
Women currently make up 25 % of the senior management, 50 % of department heads and 58 % of directors at BI.
BI has maintained a special focus on increasing the percentage of women among professors and directors and in management and governing bodies over the last eight years.
Among professors, 21 % were women in 2013, while the percentage was 10 in 2007. By year-end 2013, women represented 28 % of faculty full-time equivalents at BI. The proportion of men in administrative positions was 31 %, which is the same as last year. Women currently make up 25 % of the senior management, 50 % of department heads and 58 % of directors at BI. The proportion of women in BI's board was 50 %, whereas the proportion is 29 % in the Senate.
Through the IA agreement and BI’s senior policy, BI is committed to working actively to encourage employees to remain in their positions until retirement age. In 2013, BI initiated an effort to harmonise the retirement ages for administrative and faculty positions to 70. BI facilitates for older employees and has specified several measures for employees above the age of 60. Furthermore, BI is committed to adapting the working environment for employees with a reduced working capacity. BI is recruiting more and more international employees and focuses actively on creating a welcoming environment for international employees.
BI’s occupational health risk is primarily associated with psycho-social issues such as interaction, conflict handling, achievement and stress, as well as various strain injuries to the musculoskeletal system. The main focus of our company health service is to prevent work-related health problems and absence due to illness. BI therefore has contracts with a company health service and Psykologbistand A/S. Absence due to illness at BI has been stable at 3–3.5 % over the last few years, and amounted to 2.64 % in 2013. One occupational injury was registered in 2013.
Employees at BI's campuses in Kristiansand and Drammen received special follow-up in 2013 in connection with these campuses being closed down. As of 31 December 2013, six employees have chosen to keep working for BI, whereas the others have accepted severance packages. At year-end 2013, BI Kristiansand moved its activities to others premises at UiA.
Through various “Work smarter” projects, BI has focussed on continuous improvement of work processes across the business. In 2013, this work has included processes associated with explanation of grades, increased sales focus, academic resource allocation, applications/admissions and communication with alumni. A number of major digitisation project have also been carried out. Overall, this has been demanding for the organisation's employees and has resulted in a need for somewhat increased administrative resources.
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