Presenter: Volodja Vorobey Organisation: AIESEC International

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ECOLEADPVC in HR Management for AIESEC
AlumniAIESEC Demonstration Scenario/ WP4
Presenter Volodja VorobeyOrganisation AIESEC
International volodja_at_ai.aiesec.org
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AGENDA

• AIESEC profile
• Demonstration Scenario
• Current Situation
• To-Be State
• Specific Challenges

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AIESEC Profile
AIESEC, the world's largest student
organization, is the international platform for
young people to discover and develop their
potential so as to have a positive impact on
society. In addition to providing over 5,000
leadership positions and delivering over 350
conferences, AIESEC also runs an exchange program
that enables over 3,500 students and recent
graduates the opportunity to live and work in
another country.
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Demonstration Scenario
AIESEC demonstration activity within ECOLEAD
project will concern creation of PVC in the area
of Human Resource Management and Development
(HRMD) with membership drawn from AIESEC alumni
currently working full-time in a related field or
having strong interest in the field.
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Current Situation

• www.aiesec.net
• Collaboration and learning platform (50.000
  users, 200 communities, 10 years, av. 50
  concurrent users)
• Features (files, forums, profiles, search,
  surveys, control panel etc.)
• Open source

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Current Situation

• www.aiesec.net/connect
• System for alumni technically integrated with
  www.aiesec.net (20.000 users, 3 years)
• Features (files, forums, profiles, search,
  surveys, control panel etc.) plus business and
  social networking module and country portals
• Open source

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Current Situation

• AIESEC HRM population
• Current members of the organization (students)
  with formal positions at local and national level
  in the area of HRMD, incl. members of the
  dedicated global community for HRD at
  www.aiesec.net
• Dedicated People Development Unit
• Alumni with interest in HRD connected via
  personal contacts, semi-formal groups at the
  level of alumni clubs, groups, etc.
• A large part of alumni are registered with
  AIESEConnect. Good historical memory of using the
  system while in AIESEC.
• Many informal HRM-related social networks (not
  institutionalized, informal).

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ECOLEAD PVC Model
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Social Dimension in the PVC

• There is formal PVC with clearly defined
  governance structures, which is actively engaging
  in regular activities, with a particular number
  of participants. A dedicated coordinator is
  driving activities of the community.
• The PVC is relying heavily on support provided by
  specialized PVC software, e.g. SBN (Social
  Business networking) module, knowledge
  management systems.
• Community has clear information policy, which
  reminds members of the PVC to adhere to their
  corporate policies in regards to information
  provision unless they provide opinion on personal
  capacity.
• The PVC becomes a center of social links
  development enriching existing informal contacts
  and widening reach to new ones. PVC does not
  become a formal structure to replace the informal
  groups or links but becomes a breeding
  environment for more cross-generational links.

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Knowledge Dimension in the PVC

• There are formal structures and mechanisms in
  place to stimulate creation of new knowledge,
  e.g. via physical events on certain topics, which
  are then continued via virtual discussions
  resulting in final report being produced by a
  virtual team and distributed widely in the PVC
  and beyond.
• Community has clear information policy, which
  reminds members of the PVC to adhere to their
  corporate policies in regards to information
  provision unless they provide opinion on personal
  capacity.

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Business Dimension in the PVC

• Involving partner organizations of AIESEC, esp.
  alumni working for AIESEC partner companies.
  Potential tools - business case competitions or
  online debates.
• Consulting current AIESEC committees on their HR
  issues
• Encouraging cultivation of business ideas
  organized by members of the PVC, e.g.
  experimental projects, commercial reports, joint
  applications to external sources of funding etc.
• The expertise of the PVC members is visualized
  and constantly updated in the system to enable
  matching between different members with similar
  interests in a seamless way.

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Specific challenges

• Set-up of PVC based on AIESEC alumni population
  (channels, generations, geographies, HRM
  preferences etc.)
• Conflict of interests among AIESEC and PVC
  entities (business model)
• Generalization of demonstration outcomes
• Linking community system and BSN module at all
  levels