Working for NATO
Video interview
with Catherine Vendat
Deputy Assistant Secretary General
for Human and Financial Resources
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In this video interview, Ms. Vendat, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for
Human and Financial Resources, talks about how NATO
is improving the working conditions for its staff, what qualities are
needed
to be
a member
of NATO staff, loyalty to the Organization and ones nation, and how
managers' approach to human resource is changing at NATO.
| Interview |
| Questions: |
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| How many people are actually on the NATO payroll? |
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| What are the main objectives of the current reforms at
NATO regarding recruitment policy,
contracts, working
conditions? |
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| The staff at NATO is a mixture of people employed by the
organization, and those seconded by their government. And yet they
are all supposed to owe their loyalty to NATO itself, not to their
governments.
Does this not cause
problems? |
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| What
are the most important qualities needed to be a member
of the NATO staff? |
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| Will
there be an increase in the size of the staff as NATO enlarges and
takes on new missions? |
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| It
seems to be fashionable these days to talk about human
resources instead of personnel or staff. Does this new
terminology actually change anything in terms of how managers
view employees? |
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| Quel
a été votre réaction comme femme française, lorsque vous
avez appris que vous étiez sélectionnés pour être à la
tête de ce département de
l'OTAN? |
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Transcript of
the interview - Audio version: .MP3/3547Kb
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