Introduction
The culture of an organization is a way of describing the typical way in which that organization operates. It is something that is created over time by the organization and the people that work for it. Siemens is built on a high performance culture. This means that everyone share one shares the same vision and, values and busts each other's contribution.
Siemens is a global electronics business with a turnover of around £60 billion a year. Its global headquarters are based in Germany but has sites around the world including around 100 in the UK with its UK HQ in Berkshire. Siemens products touch all our ranging from kitchen equipment to power generation and from traffic lights to hospital scanners.
HR development
Siemens is committed to helping its employees to develop and fulfill themselves at work. They may want more training, more interesting jobs or just a better work-life balance. Siemens knows that to maintain and develop the excellent workforce that, it has Good people management. It believes that its human resources should be actively involved (called 'engagement') in its activities. This is a key plank of Siemens' business strategy.
People Excellence
This is the name given to the part of the strategy that relates to people management. It consists of four main elements:
* achieving a high performance culture
* increasing the global talent pool
* strengthening expert careers
* Siemens Leadership Excellence Programmer (SLE).
At its heart is the building of a high performance culture. Employees know that they are valued and busted and this helps to motivate them. Siemens uses a number of ways to make sure that it shows its appreciation of employees. This all helps them to feel part of a successful team and helps Siemens compete more effectively.
Creating the culture
The high performance culture is based on teamwork. Targets are set for the business and these are related to