Germany: SAP aims to revive employee appraisals with ‘Winning Culture’

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An article by Thomas Schnee

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11 December 2023 à 10h24

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Publication: 11 December 2023 à 10h24

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The leadership of SAP, the German enterprise IT solutions producer, wants to restore its employees "taste for performance". To achieve this, it is negotiating the introduction of a "dynamic" appraisal system, coupled with a return to more frequent attendance on site.

An article by Thomas Schnee

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11 December 2023 à 10h24

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Publication: 11 December 2023 à 10h24

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SAP employees are not showing a sufficient “taste for performance” in the view of group chief executive Christian Klein, as reported at the end of last week by both Handelsblatt and Süddeutsche Zeitung. The company is therefore about to introduce a new appraisal system called ‘Winning Culture’, in which managers will rate their staff. The management of SAP, which has 105,000 employees, is yet to make any official announcement on the matter, but managers and trade unionists have confirmed...

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