At year-end 2015, BI Norwegian Business School had 845 employees, including 441 administrative staff and 404 faculty members.
The figures equal 764 full-time equivalents (FTE), an increase of 30 FTE from year-end 2014. The vast majority of this is an increase of approx. 25 FTE in the administration that now counts 428 FTE. The total of faculty FTE stands at 336. The number of professors at BI has increased by 12 to 123 by the end of 2015, and the share of international faculty has risen from 28 % in 2014 to 29 % in 2015. In addition to permanent faculty, BI engaged 421 part-time lecturers in 2015.
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. BI has placed particular emphasis on increasing the percentage of female professors and the share of women in management and governing bodies. At year-end 2015, BI had 22 female professors, the same as in 2014, and the percentage is stable at 20%. The total share of female faculty was 28.5 %. Women currently make up 25 % of the senior management team and 38 % of department heads/deans, down from 42 % in 2014. Women currently constitute 50 % of all directors at BI. The proportion of men in administrative positions was 32 %. The Board of Trustees currently comprises 50 % women, whereas the share of women in the Senate is 36 %.
Building organizational and management capacity to facilitate strategy implementation was a main goal in 2015. Building a common understanding for BI’s strategic goals and developing operative tools for strategic execution and coordination were key activities. Increasing interaction across organizational boundaries is a key component in these efforts. Leadership development has focused mainly on building collective leadership capacity through development of efficient leadership teams. A main objective has been to reduce organizational complexity. Establishing shared procedures in basic organizational work-processes to reduce variance and increase efficiency has been a main activity. Digitalization of administrative processes another, as well as focus on continuous improvement through leadership training in change management. Furthermore, emphasis has been on developing an organizational culture that facilitates interaction and strengthens strategic implementation. The project “Code of Conduct” aims to establish a common understanding and definition of the kind of organizational behavior that boosts strategic achievement, enhances organizational effectiveness and builds an inclusive working environment.
BI’s campus in Kristiansand was phased out summer 2015. In addition to the head office in Oslo, BI has regional campuses in Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. BI also cooperates with and is present on campus at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
BI’s primary job-related health risks are stress and interaction challenges as well as musculoskeletal strain. BI’s offer of psychosocial counselling for all employees has contributed towards preventing absence due to illness and conflicts, and has helped reinforce conflict handling, stress management and a more rapid return to active work in the event of illness. In addition, BI’s occupational health service assists BI in the follow up of absence due to illness. BI’s overall absence due to illness was 2.09 % in 2015, down from 2.41 % in 2014.
BI works actively to reduce its carbon footprint, and does not pollute the external environment.
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