The Company That Breathes : Every Job Has a Customer

§16§Gaining more employment needs the customer - while markets are changing fast. Volkswagen will achieve stable employment through customer satisfaction: Every working place has its customer. The title The Company that Breathes stands for a new general strategy of Volkswagen AG. The company and the employees had to adopt this strategy. In this book the author, Director and Member of the Board of Volkswagen AG, describes this strategy with all details of flexibility in time and staff management. Although the systems vary worldwide, this strategy can be looked at as a revolution in work management for European and US companies. §04§Foreword.- The new concept of acceptability.- The company that breathes.- M4 - the workforce as a source of competitive advantage.- Coaching - the route to top performance.- The variability of the employment relationship.- The Volkswagen Week.- The new life-curve.- The Volkswagen World.- The future.