Swiss squad organization

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Swiss management organization SKO
Association suisse des cadres ASC
Associazione svizzera dei quadri ASQ
(SKO ASC ASQ)
legal form society
Seat Zurich, Switzerland
founding 1893

president Thomas Weibel
executive Director Juerg Eggenberger
Members approx. 12,000
Website SKO homepage

The Swiss management organization SKO (French: Association suisse des cadres ASC ; Italian: Associazione svizzera dei quadri ASQ ; until 1988 Swiss Werkmeisterverband SWV ) is an association with around 12,000 members that supports the economic, political and social interests of executives and junior executives and represents experts from all sectors in Switzerland . Its purpose is to support the skills development and employability of its members and to promote suitable framework conditions for sustainable management work. The organization itself is politically independent. The SKO offers members legal, financial and insurance services as well as cadre-specific further training and career services. In addition, SKO members have access to a national and regional network of contacts and relationships.

history

The organization was founded in 1893 as the "Schweizerischer Werkmeister-Verband" (SWV). In contrast to other organizations of employees who concentrated on their common educational interests, the focus was on the common status - the socially precarious position of this group, which originated from the working class but was rising to the position of superiors. In the early 20th century, the SWV expanded its activities in a socio-political direction, like other similar Swiss associations. In 1918 the SWV was a founding member of the Association of Swiss Employees' Associations . The renaming from SWV to SKO took place in 1988. In December 2010, the Swiss management organization had 12,220 members who are networked in 23 regional groups and three national professional groups. Since 2009, SKO has been a full member of the CEC European Managers , the umbrella organization of all European management associations, based in Brussels .

organization

President of the SKO
1998-2011 Rolf Büttiker
2011 - today Thomas Weibel

The highest body is the national assembly of delegates . This elects the association management and the business audit committee . In addition, there is a presidential conference at which the boards of the grassroots groups are represented and which serves to provide information and advice on strategic issues. The operative business is handled by an office with offices in Zurich and Lausanne . The majority of the activities take place in basic groups. Its members can participate in regions (so-called Regios) or in the professional groups, whereby the respective Regios and professional groups are in turn led by a board.

The 3 national (sector-specific) professional groups are:

  • trainers association avch
  • Professional Association of Social Management in Switzerland bvsm and
  • Swiss construction manager organization SBO

The regios are:

Offers and activities

Forms of work

One of the goals of the association is the promotion of flexible forms of work. She has signed the charter for the design of flexible and location-independent work, which states that the work culture is changing and flexible forms of work are an opportunity for the Swiss economy. As a signatory to the charter, the SKO undertakes to measurably contribute to the following goals with measures:

  • Create motivating framework conditions for employees
  • Open up the job market better
  • Use resources and infrastructures smarter

further education

The SKO offers cadre-specific training courses in different formats.

  • LeaderTrainings: evening and half-day seminars on leadership topics such as management, social and personal skills
  • Management courses: Intensive and impact-oriented seminars lasting several days on the skills required by managers

Publications

The member magazine SKO Leader appears every two months: 4 times a year as a print edition and 2 times a year as a special electronic edition eLEADER. The edition is around 12,000 copies. In addition, around 11,000 members and interested parties receive the SKO eTicker every two weeks. The SKO also publishes various guides on management-related topics. Since 1994 there has also been a cooperation between SKO and the Handelszeitung publishing group.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mario König : Employee organizations. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 9, 2009 , accessed January 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Weibel becomes the new association president of the Swiss Kader Organization (SKO) . In: Handelszeitung . June 29, 2011 ( online [accessed January 21, 2016]).