Created in 1999, the Bouygues Management Institute (IMB) provides training and information to 500 senior executives from the Bouygues group. 

It has three goals:

• promote common values among senior executives from the Group's various businesses;
• broaden senior executives' horizons and help them take stock of their management practices;
• help them establish networks Group-wide.
   

Functioning

The IMB offers several programmes:

IMB international cycle

The IMB international cycle, organised in conjunction with a major business (currently HEC), helps senior executives broaden their horizons and take stock of their management practices. Each year, 24 Bouygues managers do the 12-month international cycle, which includes a study trip to tap new ideas in business. In 2010, the group went to Japan.

The Bouygues Management Committee assigns the participants major issues to tackle, which give them the opportunity to demonstrate their interpersonal and professional skills when drafting reports and presenting recommendations.

• Some 242 managers have taken part in the programme since its inception.

The Development of Bouygues Values seminar

The Development of Bouygues Values seminar regularly brings together a group of 18 senior executives over three days to inform them about the Group's ethics policy. It is also an opportunity for Martin Bouygues to answer employees' questions on the subject. The seminar was first held in 2002.

• Since its creation, the Group's 617 senior executives will have all attended one of the 39 seminars.
   

The Respect & Performance seminar

The Respect & Performance seminar, launched in 2005, aims to raise managers' awareness of respect for persons, a core Bouygues value. It seeks to develop a style of management conducive to exchange and teamwork. The two-day IMB seminar is rounded out by one-day training sessions dispensed by the business areas for all management staff.

• Since its creation, more than 3,000 staff members have attended the seminar, including 350 senior executives.

The Responsibility seminar

The Responsibility seminar in complex structures was created in 2010. The seminar enables managers to discuss solutions to be found in response to the increased difficulty of assuming all their responsibilities in structures where they are confronted with many different challenges and risks. Since these structures resort to an increasing number of specialists, the human relations are more complex and are no longer exclusively forged on hierarchical ties.

• A test seminar was held in October 2010, for implementation from 2011.

The Social and Environmental Responsibility seminar

The Social and Environmental Responsibility seminar kicked off in 2006. During one-day sessions, a group of 12 to 15 managers discuss relevant issues and best practices. Entertaining and interactive content is used to introduce participants to the complexities of sustainable development and how it is incorporated into company procedures.

• Since its creation, more than 301 senior executives have attended the seminar.
   

Bouygues group universities

In addition to the Bouygues Management Institute, training courses tailored to the individual careers of managers are developed by the Group's subsidiaries. Each business has its own corporate university - Bouygues Construction University, the Colas Campus and the Bouygues Immobilier University.

To assist employees with potential for advancement within the Group, programmes have been developed that will help them:

• become better known in the Group beyond their own sphere of activity and create a personal network,
• share ideas and information, which will allow them to improve their individual and collective performance,
• develop the management values necessary for career success at Bouygues.

(Updated: March 2011)