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HR Report 2010/2011 - Deutsche Telekom AG

Abbreviations and key HR terms.

The Great Experience 7 When “Doc Oliver” speaks of South Africa, his eyes light up: “The country, the culture, the animal world, the light – South Africa is impressive, proud, black, and simply different! It’s a vast experience that you don’t forget.” Doc Oliver, as the locals knew him, is actually Dr. Oliver Lange, took a doctorate in business administration and worked as CFO for T-Systems in South Africa. > Continued on page 8 “What counts is the person, not their diploma.” South Africa Around 50 million inhabitants Capitals: administrative: Pretoria, legislative: Cape Town, judiciary: Bloemfontein Official languages: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga Around 2,200 employees “Low German and Afrikaans, the language spoken by most white South Africans, are very similar. Many of my colleagues were amazed that I could follow their conversation and then answer – in English.” Perspectives