By defining both our corporate goals and our internal processes for the long term, we can make sure that our activities meet the needs of patients, employees, and third parties on a sustainable basis.
Our products provide optimum care for the severely and chronically ill. To the patients’ benefit, we are constantly striving to develop new therapies and to improve the performance of existing products.
Our employees are the foundation of our company’s success. We are committed to further the development of our employees through a wide range of measures and actively promote international and divisional cooperation.
Our processes conform to the highest quality and safety standards as well as the needs of environmental protection and thus the conservation of natural resources.
EMPLOYEES
The high qualification standards and commitment of our employees are the basis of our growth, evidenced by the wideranging opportunities offered to employees for assuming responsibility early in their careers. The Fresenius Group is a favored employer, not only for national and international university graduates, school leavers, and qualified specialists but also for internships and degree projects.
The successes achieved in our personnel activities have encouraged us to address other challenging projects. In addition to employee development and personnel marketing, we are also focusing on the management of demographic change. A distinctive impact of the demographic development is that fewer young employees will be available. So, an important strategic task is to prepare our staff for a longer working life and to offer even more attractive career opportunities for young employees.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONNEL MARKETING
Employee development at Fresenius aims to prepare employees for the dynamic business developments that lie ahead, and to support them in responding to changes and opportunities early on by accepting these as a positive challenge. Since needs in the various business segments differ, all employee development concepts are formulated and implemented according to specific requirements.
In the development of international top management executives, we again collaborated successfully in the past year with our longstanding partner, the INSEAD Business School, with locations in Fontainebleau, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. A special focus was on the international networking of the course participants. The resulting personal, strategic, and procedural challenges are part of the current program.
Another target is providing the various business segments and their employees with professional support when faced with growth-induced organizational changes. Organizational development measures can, for instance, build on segmentspecific employee surveys and analyze and form the basis for tailored concepts.
Fresenius also continuously supports its employees through a comprehensive range of training measures to enhance their professional, personal, and leadership skills, designed to develop and tap their individual strengths. The targeted, organized transfer of an employee’s know-how to a successor makes sure that the knowledge does not get lost.
