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© CPA Geo-Information 2008

OECD/German Workshop Advancing innovation: human resources, education and training . Dr.-Ing. Christoph Averdung averdung @supportgis.de. © CPA Geo-Information 2008. CPA Geo-Information. Company profile: Founded in 1993 Ambition: software development based on my PhD thesis

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  1. OECD/German Workshop Advancing innovation: human resources, education and training Dr.-Ing. Christoph Averdung averdung@supportgis.de © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  2. CPA Geo-Information • Company profile: • Founded in 1993 • Ambition: software development based on my PhD thesis • Place of business: Siegburg / Sankt Augustin (NRW) • Research and development for different kinds of tasks: • 3D-City- and landscape models • municipality administrations • Real estate regulation • Editing military geodata • Land register management © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  3. Scope of business . . . • … primarily specialized in applications inside the • the market segment of Geoinformation • - • and their realisation! © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  4. CPA Geo-Information • Staff members: • Graduates from national universities and universities of applied science • Number of employees: 16 (11 ♂ / 5 ♀ ) • Tertiary education: • Graduate geodesist (university) (5) • Graduate information scientist (university) (2) • Graduate geographer (university) (3) • Graduate survey engineer (university of a.s.) (3) • Graduate information scientist (university of a.s.) (1) • Graduate cartographer (university of a.s.) (1) • State certified IT assistant (1) © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  5. CPA Geo-Information • Management qualification: • Founder and Owner of the company: • Doctor‘s degree and postdoctoral lecture qualification • venia legendi (geoinformation und cartography) • private lecturer (University of Bonn) • Executive management • 2 employees with doctor‘s degree • supported by the company • Project management and head of software development • 2 employees with doctor‘s degree • supported by the company • The primary objects are … • promotion of career by external education measures • having intensive contact to universities … • to continue education and training and • to recruit new academical staff © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  6. CPA Geo-Information • Factors of Success • Essential demands on the employees: • well educated • self-acting without supervision • creativity and motivation • Education and advanced training: • tasks are highly specialized • projects are often unique – job training is necessary • at the most only specification of general conditions • development of innovative solutions – therefore „right to mistake“ • employee is free for individual research • In the future: individual of-the-job training • Result: • Highly qualified employees with a high market potential © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  7. Summary • Conclusions • The strategic and operational orientation of the company needs an intensive in-house training of the employees • The management of the company is highly qualified and well prepared to support and to teach the employees • Essential demands on the employees • well educated (from an university or university of applied science) • self-acting, creativity and invidality • non-conformistic working style © CPA Geo-Information 2008

  8. Contact: CPA Geo-Information: Dr.-Ing. habil. Christoph Averdung E-Mail: averdung@supportgis.de Telefon: +49(0)2241/2594-0 © CPA Geo-Information 2008

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