Leaders of Industry 2006/7 Survey - Key Theme Only

The European Institute for Industrial Leadership was established as a result of its first Leaders of Industry survey in summer 2003. This fourth survey into the leadership development trends amongst European manufacturing and technology-led industry will provide useful information to its members and partners across Europe.
1. Information about you and your company
Name
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Company Name & Address
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Country in which you are situated
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If you have chosen other, please specify which country
Job Title or Position
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Contact Telephone Number
Email Address
Company Activity
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Size of Company(Turnover)
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Size of Company(Number of Employees)
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Size of Business Unit for which you are Responsible(Turnover/Budget) in Euro
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Size of Business Unit for which you are Responsible(No. of Employees)
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Size of Business Unit for which you are Responsible
(No. of Engineers/Scientists/Technologists)
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10. LEADERS OF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE 2007 - Key Theme

Each year the EIIL asks for the opinion of 'leaders of industry' on a key question or trend
which is of interest to the EIIL stakeholder community & which we as Europeans should
be addressing.

The 2007 Leaders of Industry Conference is to be held in Brussels on March 19th and will
address the key themed question of this survey:

Given the projected shortage of engineers and technical professionals in Europe in the
coming decade, what is industry’s position on the impact of this on European competitiveness
and what are it’s actions and responsibility to address this?

At the conference guest speakers from international high schools, universities, government
representation, professional associations and industry leaders will illustrate and identify what
each can do to stimulate the numbers of engineers and technical professionals entering the
professions in order to drive the innovative solutions to European and global challenges
of the next generation.

The preliminary conclusions in response to the following questions will be presented at
the conference.
Projected Shortage of engineers, Scientists and Technical Professionals

"Local, National and Regional Governments across Europe have identified a decline in
entrants to degree courses for technical subjects such as engineering, mathematics and
sciences. This is projected to exacerbate the current shortage of European engineers and
technical professionals. I consider this to be a major threat to future European
competitiveness in global markets."
Do you agree / disagree with this statement?
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Please support your view. How will this affect your organisation?
Who should have the primary responsibility for addressing this problem?
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What should be done to reverse this decline?
Please rate in order of importance which of the following can have the most positive impact
on young people making university career choices:(1 being most important)
1. School teachers can make maths and science subjects interesting and demonstrate their
relevance to today's and tomorrow's world
2. Universities should promote, in schools, science and engineering degree courses in a
more appealing and relevant way, and should demonstrate the range and value to
society of future careers available to science graduates
3. Industry leaders should promote, in schools, their achievements, and those of others in
their companies, providing exciting role models for future engineering, science and
technical graduates
4. Engineering and scientific professional associations and institutions should promote,
in schools, the wide range of career choices available to members of their professions,
demonstrating the relevance and value to society of each.
5. Government bodies should actively take part in lobbying professionals associations to
promote the wide range of career choices available to members of their professions,
demonstrating the relevance and value to society of each
My company has taken pro-active steps to ensure its supply of future technology
leaders is secure
If so, how?
If not, why?
The EIIL feels that Industry must provide inspirational role models to attract future
leaders into the technical disciplines.
Could you identify an engineer, scientist or technologist in your company in a general or
operations management position whose career and current role would provide an
inspirational role model to a prospective university entrant today? Please provide contact
details below
Thank you for your time and support for our survey
Please tell us how you heard about the EIIL LOI Survey?
If you heard through an EIIL partner/sponsor or support organisation please provide its name
In return for your time in completeing this survey we would like to offer you free
membership of the EIIL.
As an EIIL Individual Member you will be entitled to Member rate participation in all EIIL
workshops for you and your immediate team. You will also receive by email our Quarterly
News Bulletin, and a Monthly lookahead of workshops and events at the Institute.
If you would like to become an EIIL member please check this box.
If you would like further information on the EIIL Leaders of Industry Survey & Results
Conference 2007 please tick this box
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