PRESS ROUNDTABLE: EIU COMPETING ON TALENT SAPPHIRE ORLANDO 2008

As part of the Global Communications program at SAPPHIRE Orlando 2008, Executive Board member Claus E. Heinrich was joined by Bernd-Michael Rumpf, head of Global Field Services, representatives from SAP partners Accenture and Yoh Services, and a representative from the University Alliances program for a roundtable discussion focusing on the global competition for talent.

The discussion was based on the trends reported in an SAP-commissioned study by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), "Talent Wars: The Struggle for Tomorrow’s Workforce."

Roundtable Topics

I. Overview: Talent Wars: The Struggle for Tomorrow’s Workforce Roundtable (0:27)
Jim Dever Director, Corporate Reputation Management, SAP AG	Watch the Webcast

II. Creating exciting jobs for SAP Ecosystem professionals (0:28)
Claus E. Heinrich Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG	Watch the Webcast

III. Finding—and training—people with a range of management skills is priority one (1:18)

Jim Dever
Director, Corporate Reputation Management, SAP AG

Mark Willford
Accenture, Managing Director for SAP business, USA

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IV. Skills for a new age (2:51)

Bernd-Michael Rumpf
Global Head of Field Services, SAP AG

Bill Yoh
CEO, Yoh Services

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V. The importance of collaboration and integration (0:59)
Bill Yoh CEO, Yoh Services	Watch the Webcast

VI. Talent management is too important to be the focus of HR only (2:02)

Claus E. Heinrich
Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG

Jason Corsello
Vice President of the Center of Excellence, Knowledge Infusion

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VII. Career opportunities in the SAP Ecosystem (2:13)
Bernd-Michael Rumpf Global Head of Field Services, SAP AG	Watch the Webcast

VIII. University Alliances to create the next generation of SAP professionals (1:50)
Simha Magal Grand Valley State University, Seidman School of Business. University Alliances member insights	Watch the Webcast