Shared Services

don't know if you have seen this...
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From: Jeffrey A Shankman 20/09/2000 12:37

To: Brent A Price/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Shared Services

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---------------------- Forwarded by Jeffrey A Shankman/HOU/ECT on 09/20/2000
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John Sherriff
09/20/2000 03:32 AM
Sent by: Lauren Urquhart
To: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jeffrey A Shankman/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jeffrey
McMahon/HOU/ECT@ECT, Raymond Bowen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Steve Elliott/Enron
Communications@Enron Communications, Matthew Scrimshaw/LON/ECT@ECT, Richard
Causey/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Greg Whalley/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Michael R Brown/LON/ECT@ECT, Mark Frevert/NA/Enron@Enron, Lauren
Urquhart/LON/ECT@ECT
Subject: Shared Services

I am asking my assistant, Lauren to set up a video conference to discuss the
support services that Enron Europe is providing and how we
should move forward to make these more responsive to your needs, as well as
more efficient. We will have a number of classic "centralized versus
decentralized" matters to resolve and I doubt if one size will fit all. Keep
in mind that we have no desire to expand our empire. In fact, from our
perspective if our non-commerical headcount got smaller it would be a great
outcome. But the way it is has been going lately, we have been adding
non-commerical headcount at a record pace at the same time that each of us is
trying to massively expand our commercial business.

We put a freeze on non-commerical hires earlier this week while we try and
assess our space limitations and plan for the 2001 budge, so this is
important that we get your perspective soon on what will work for you.

Global Markets has already moved some of these services under Brent Price in
Houston but there are many other services which we need to consider as well
such as:
IT development
IT infrastructure
RAC
Credit
Risk Management
Legal
Accounts Payable
Tax
Building Services
Analyst & Associate recruiting
Senior recruiting
Expat services
Other HR
PR
Governmental Relations
SFA relations
Finance

I hate to think that we will need to form a committee to work this issue, but
that is a possibility. If you have any suggestions for a process for working
these issues through, please send them out to this group or bring them to our
upcoming meeting.

John