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Apparently, they are different universes that intersect in times of pandemic. The DST Group, which brings together a group of several companies related to construction, began a Philosophical Training course, taught by the Catholic University of Braga, with its workers. The initiative is aimed at 350 senior officials and will last for two academic years.
“We are committed to training the skills of our people, through an approach that contributes to a better understanding of the changes and transformations that we live in our time, providing them with tools that stimulate reflection on complex issues, an aspect that is highly valued in this market increasingly competitive, ”said José Teixeira, Chairman of the Board of Directors of dstgroup, in a statement.
With one class per week, the training is compulsory and has a total duration of 70 hours. “It will be a journey through the most representative authors and philosophers in the History of Philosophy, a trip from Heraclitus to Sartre with stations in more than 30 philosophers among which are Parmenides of Eleia, Plato, Aristotle, Marco Aurélio, Saint Augustine, Descartes, Rousseau, Marx, Nietsche and Popper, ”says the group’s statement.
The idea for the training came from José Teixeira himself, who launched the challenge to the oldest philosophical school in the region, the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Braga. “The hope for the project is great, on the part of the academy and the company. New alliances will surely emerge, which may be a sign of a world somewhat different from the one we are used to ”, said João Manuel Duque, president of the Catholic University in Braga. “The labor dimension also needs to rediscover the philosophical tradition, which can only be beneficial in the development of its staff and in improving its own labor relations.”
“An unprecedented audacity”
For the president of the group’s Board of Directors, the initiative is “a blow to the wing in terms of qualification” of human resources. “This training will allow us to build a floor to escape the foam of the days, the emptiness, the ephemeral and the ugly and because it is the shortest way to increase our competitiveness”, he concluded. Considering “an unprecedented audacity for the academic and business environment”, José Manuel Lopes, director of the Faculty of Philosophy, considers that the initiative is “full of potential”.
“The philosophy has not earned, by the different organizations, companies and institutions, the welcome that it should be given. The Company can have more quality in its being and doing, being more responsible and contributing to a more sustainable and beautiful world, if it has employees and decision makers who train reflection, thought and action in a more systematic and informed way. , more critical, more demanding “.
Born in the 40s, dstgroup develops its main activity in the field of engineering and construction, a sector that gave rise to it and in which it is one of the national reference groups. It has about 1800 employees and extensive work throughout the country and abroad. This year, the company closed the deal for the construction of Epic Sana Marquês – for € 10 million – in a conversion work of the old Sana, which involves three dstgroup companies: Dst sa, – constructora, dte – special facilities – and bysteel fs, a company specialized in the design, engineering and execution of architectural facades and envelopes for buildings. It also signed the construction of another hotel unit of the Group “The Beautique Hotels” in Lisbon, in the block of Avenida Almirante Reis and Rua Maria Andrade, in a project of 5.4 million euros.
The group is also closely linked to patronage and support for culture. During the pandemic, for example, in addition to other ongoing social support, it secured the salaries of the 14 workers of the Braga Theater Company for three months, with the subsidy and multi-year support that it has been providing for almost 40 years. In a solidarity initiative, it offered 50 computers and an internet service to underprivileged students from the Sá de Miranda School Group.
The company was also awarded this year for the construction of the Longchamp Paris Racecourse. It won two categories in the European Steel Design Awards, the most important competition in the steel sector that rewards developers, architects and builders, responsible for the construction of the most emblematic metal structure works in Europe. The project, with the intervention of bysteel, a dstgroup company, obtained the “Merit Award 2019” and also the “Audience Award”.
