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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008
Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Employees / Workforce and management relations / Vocational training and development
Vocational training and professional
development
Vocational training and professional development are strategically important factors for sustained corporate
success. Accordingly, Daimler promotes lifelong learning for its employees worldwide. In 2006, as part of a
company agreement, the Group began offering a package of qualification and educational measures for all
employees in Germany, with the exclusion of executive managers. Among other things, this agreement defines
how an employee’s qualification requirements are to be determined in meetings with supervisors. One element
of the system allows employees to leave the company for up to three years to pursue specific education and
qualification goals, and then return to the Group once these have been achieved.
Daimler AG invested € 213 million in training and qualification measures in Germany in 2007 (2006: € 212
million). At the end of 2007, the Group had 9,300 trainees worldwide. We also gave jobs to about 2,600 trainees
in Germany in 2007. The trainee hiring figure thus remained at the same high level as in the prior year. Daimler
currently trains more young people than it needs within its own divisions in order to help meet the strong
demand for traineeships in Germany. Last year, our “CAReer” program offered approximately 650 young people
worldwide – including candidates who directly joined the company without completing a training program – a
firstclass start to their professional careers at Daimler.
The Group’s DAS training system, which will be launched initially in Germany at the end of 2008, will help
improve training quality and reduce the differences between the various locations. DAS will cover aspects such
as the selection and eventual hiring of trainees, the various career profiles to be made available, and training
content and structure. The system will also provide instructors with online access to training concepts and all
required data and media.
Daimler Corporate Academy. The new Daimler Corporate Academy, which was created between 2006 and 2007,
combines the programs offered by the Leadership Academy (leadership and management qualification at all
levels worldwide) and the Business Academy (specialist qualification in the corporate functions of Finance, Global
Procurement, and Global Human Resources and Compliance, as well as interdisciplinary qualifications in
Germany). It has thus become possible for the first time to provide education and training to employees around
the world using efficient teaching architectures based on uniform Daimler standards. The consolidation of all
activities in the Daimler Corporate Academy also expands the range of programs on offer, while significantly
reducing the outlay required for external service providers.
Some 1,800 managers at more than 60 locations participated in Leadership Academy programs in 2007, and
more than 12,000 employees attended the Business Academy. In addition, in 2007, some 2,500 interdisciplinary
qualification events attracted more than 25,000 participants.
In 2008, the Daimler Corporate Academy will continue to focus on helping the divisions and corporate functions
handle the change processes resulting from the Daimler Excellence process.