The Company
Wyeth employs more than 43,000 people worldwide, each one committed to improving the health of people around the world. Diverse and talented people who work at Wyeth bring to the company a range of talent in research, marketing, sales and manufacturing.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ vision is to lead the way to a healthier world as a result of their commitment to quality, integrity and excellence. Through recruitment, development and motivation of the best people, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are continually growing and improving their business. They are acknowledged as a leader in innovation by linking pharmaceutical, biotechnology and vaccine technologies.
Training And Development
Training Top 125 No. 5: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' Rx for Excellence
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' learning and development team is a shot in the arm to the organization, keeping it up to date on needed skills, and growing future leaders.
For Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, learning and development means ensuring its systems and controls for delivering quality medications and health products are foolproof.
"It's intended as a train-the-trainer so people can go back to their work sites and implement a business continuity program," says Associate Director, Business Continuity Program Roberta LaRocca. ."
Wyeth’s learning management system - “Learning Excellence Centre”
In addition, those trained to lead continuity efforts at their work site are taught how to write, implement, and sustain plans that would address the impact of the disaster. Many companies have disaster recovery training in place, but to successfully teach its work site leaders these skills, Wyeth took a slightly different approach. "Typically, vendors certify individuals to do business continuity planning," says LaRocca, "and we went through the training, but we thought we could do a better job internally in terms of the content and how it relates to Wyeth."
The company also decided to tie the