Post its win at the GCC Human Resource Excellence Awards, Economic Zones World announced its implementation of 4 further excellence practices. The first is the implementation of a new competency model that will be used to evaluate all employees. The model focuses on 3 areas – developing a plan, working with teams and delivering results. In the criteria, there are a number of areas of assessment including creative thinking, entrepreneurial orientation, visionary outlook, teamwork and collaboration as well as speed of execution, among others.
The model was developed to conform to the highest standards of HR excellence worldwide. The system, created at EZW’s corporate office in Dubai, is being implemented for 2009 across the globe for all of EZW’s employees in its group companies of Jafza, Gazeley, TechnoPark and Dubai Auto Zone.
In July this year, EZW won the 3rd position out of around 100 GCC organizations in the “Employer of the Year Award 2009” category. Finalists in the category included large organisations like Saudi Chevron, Phillips Company, M.A.Al Kharafi and Sons, Dubai Airports Free Zone Authority, Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company, Acer Computers ME ltd, Emitac, LG Electronics, IBM Middle East, Glaxo Smithkline.
“We constantly strive to better ourselves in our quest to be the employer of choice,” said Adel bin Turkeya, Senior Vice President, Human Resources of EZW. “A key strategic goal here at EZW, is to ‘search, attract and retain the best people in the industry’ and we stay true to that.”
Further practices include 2 initiatives to empower and develop UAE Nationals. The first is the institution of the ‘Meshwar’ program, designed to equip newcomers with the skills that they need for their first job. And the second is the Corporate Development Program, designed to develop promising candidates for future leadership.
A final move in keeping with the commitment is the continuation of the Employee Satisfaction Survey that EZW runs each year, and this year is being done with Neilson. “This is the third consecutive year that we are running this exercise, and particularly in these challenging times, retaining valuable employees and constantly evolving as an organization that honours its responsibility as an employer become of tantamount importance.” Adel observes.
EZW has a total of 561 employees in 15 countries across the world. And through its Zones and Parks world over, creates further employment opportunities for more than 160,000 people.
