• Job Descriptions and Job Evaluation
• Recruitment and Selection
• Performance Management
• Individual Development and Training
• Organizational Development
• Compensation
•Industrial Relations

• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

Personal development plans
Competencies established by Akçansa for its employees and the individual knowledge, talent and interests of our employees are all administered during the “Personal Development Plan” phase, as a guide for our employees. The employees get together with their managers in this phase, where all our employees are held responsible before else for their personal development. The individual strength of each employee and their improvement areas are defined; development objectives are determined and development activities to be implemented throughout the year are planned.

Not only in-house or external training activities but also various experimental activities can be planned in personal development plans, in line with the principle of “gaining experience and learning while practicing a task”. In the meantime, the managers are expected to share the responsibility arising in connection with the realization of these plans with the employee and the company, and to assist the employee by guiding/developing him/her with a coaching approach.

Training Activities
Various training activities are planned on the fields and subjects as necessitated by Akçansa employees so as to contribute to the Company’s goals and objectives, and these plans are monitored by the Human resourcess function throughout the year.

Orientation Training: This is a short training program in which the newly recruited employee is provided with general information about Akçansa and a presentation of the department he/she will be working in and the linked departments.

On-the-job Training: This is a training activity in which the newly recruited or relocated employee is provided with basic information during his/her first week at the subject post, on the job he/she will be carrying out, by his/her supervisor.

Vocational Trainings: These are training programs aimed at increasing the knowledge and skills of our employees on the jobs they are responsible for.

Personal Development Trainings: These are training activities aimed at developing the individual skills and competencies of our employees, in line with the Company’s objectives.

Management System Training: These are training programs in which standards’ requirements for Quality (ISO 9001), Environment (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSAS 18001) are explained in connection with the trainees’ job descriptions.

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
All Akçansa employees are entitled to participate in the Management Development Program (MDP) implemented by the Sabanci Holding Human resources Department that aims to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of all employees of our shareholder Sabanci Holding, with the intention that they become more effective in their jobs. Furthermore, participants are designated among Akçansa employees each year for the management development programs namely, Management Candidate Program (MCP), Talent Pool (TP) and SALT (Sabanci Leader Team Program) organized by Sabanci Holding and IMCP (International Management Candidate Program) organized by HeidelbergCement.