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53
By working together with the world’s largest student organization,AIESEC
(Association internationale des étudiants en sciences économiques et commer-
ciales) we can offer internships on every continent. In 2001, we responded to
the increase in demand for internships from students in Germany and the rest
of the world,and we now offer around 250 placements on our internship market-
place. The most successful interns are then included in a talent pool; we help
them choose a topic for their thesis or dissertation and offer them specialist
support.
During the year under review, 20 people of both sexes took part in our grad-
uate-trainee program. Using a combination of demanding project work and
training, we specifically prepare college and university graduates to assume execu-
tive positions within the Group.
Management policy
The purpose of our executive development program is to discover and promote
existing management qualities within our own ranks. As part of this, in 2001
we harmonized and bundled our Group-wide activities. In future, our execu-
tive development program will consist of three steps; the first step is the annual
review of potential by direct supervisors, which is then followed by a session at
an assessment center and interviews in order to obtain a more objective opin-
ion. This process culminates in measures for individual development and – for
particularly suitable candidates – admission to special talent groups.
Group-wide succession planning for executives helps us to promote employ-
ees and to determine our recruitment requirements.
For senior executives,this involved combining all our development measures
in the Deutsche Post University, an important platform for Group integration.
Working together with leading business schools such as the Wharton Business
School, we prepared business-oriented development programs. The concept is
highly practical in nature thanks to the close integration with Board of Manage-
ment project requirements. The first complex tackled is the topic of “value-based
management”.
The increasing internationalization of our Group means that the demand for
employee mobility is also growing. To help with the planning of international
staff deployment, we have created a central human resources office that helps
executives when switching between Group companies.
The Group
Employees