Siemens Case Study
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Motivation within a creative environment
Introduction
Siemens is the engineering group that is behind many of the products and services people take for granted in their daily lives. The list of products designed and manufactured by Siemens is almost endless. It includes traffic lights, gas turbines, superconducting magnets in medical scanners, wind generators, automated factories as well as domestic appliances like kettles and fridges. It generates about 40% of the UK’s wind energy and it hosts, supports and maintains the BBC’s website including the development of the BBC iPlayer. The company has been operating in the UK since 1843 and employs more than 18,000 people. Across the world Siemens employs over 427,000 people. Engineers use scientific principles to develop products or systems to solve real life problems. Much of engineering is about innovation rather than invention. This means that engineers transform creative ideas into improved products, services, technologies or processes. A career within the field of engineering is exciting and varied as the work is constantly changing. Becoming an engineer at Siemens is about using energy, ideas and passion. It requires a range of skills and abilities that are needed across the whole business.
CURRICULUM TOPICS • Motivation • Scientific management • Hierarchy of needs • Satisfiers/dissatisfiers
GLOSSARY Innovation: adding new ideas that improve on existing ones, e.g. in the development of products or processes. Apprenticeships: individuals taken on by a business, which agrees to train them for a particular trade or role, to gain a recognised qualification within that industry. Culture: the typical pattern of doing things in an organisation.
enquiring mind
logical thought
self motivation
Skills necessary for an engineer
eye for detail
organised approach problem solving
communications
Siemens provides opportunities for young people at all levels to enter the world
Motivation within a creative environment
Introduction
Siemens is the engineering group that is behind many of the products and services people take for granted in their daily lives. The list of products designed and manufactured by Siemens is almost endless. It includes traffic lights, gas turbines, superconducting magnets in medical scanners, wind generators, automated factories as well as domestic appliances like kettles and fridges. It generates about 40% of the UK’s wind energy and it hosts, supports and maintains the BBC’s website including the development of the BBC iPlayer. The company has been operating in the UK since 1843 and employs more than 18,000 people. Across the world Siemens employs over 427,000 people. Engineers use scientific principles to develop products or systems to solve real life problems. Much of engineering is about innovation rather than invention. This means that engineers transform creative ideas into improved products, services, technologies or processes. A career within the field of engineering is exciting and varied as the work is constantly changing. Becoming an engineer at Siemens is about using energy, ideas and passion. It requires a range of skills and abilities that are needed across the whole business.
CURRICULUM TOPICS • Motivation • Scientific management • Hierarchy of needs • Satisfiers/dissatisfiers
GLOSSARY Innovation: adding new ideas that improve on existing ones, e.g. in the development of products or processes. Apprenticeships: individuals taken on by a business, which agrees to train them for a particular trade or role, to gain a recognised qualification within that industry. Culture: the typical pattern of doing things in an organisation.
enquiring mind
logical thought
self motivation
Skills necessary for an engineer
eye for detail
organised approach problem solving
communications
Siemens provides opportunities for young people at all levels to enter the world