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Gary,
1. Correct 2. Global tech drove and directed the PRC (performance review committee) for all of it's employees. Enron ranks all of it's employees 2 times a year. The employees are examined and given feedback on their performance. It is a very lengthy process but it is very fair and insures and identifies excellent performance. The criteria for the rankings comes from a person's accomplishments, characteristics and customer feedback from numerous sources. It is all on computer and when we discuss a persons performance and ranking, that feedback (primarily from the business unit) is a key driver. Plus, there are business unit reps on the PRC. 3. I guess the way i would describe it would be that on every major expenditure and project, the commercial people involved helped drive the process as well as our group looking at it the same way. An example would be that traditionally any IT group or technologist is in love this the latest and greatest technology. and could look at embedding a new system in the company because it is the latest technology and is very cool. I would ask what commercial function does it perform and how does it give us a competitive advantage. It was a very customer driven (internal and external customers) process. It was also a mind set and paradigm shift internally within the group because they started looking at themselves adding to the bottom line rather than simply a cost center. I hope that helps. Sincerely, Mike "Gary Anthes" <Gary_Anthes@computerworld.com< on 10/24/2000 03:09:48 PM To: Mike.McConnell@enron.com cc: Subject: Re: One more Hi Mike, three more questions. I hope I'm not wearing out my welcome. 1. Is Philippe Bibi spelled correctly? 2. You said, "When it came to the review process itself, Global Technology ranked all the employees and peers but the business unit had the greatest influence on where the person actually ranked and was rated." I may not have gotten this down correctly, but I don't quite understand it. Are you saying that IT basically just lists the people but the business units actually rate them? 3. When you refer to taking a "commercial" view of technology, what do you mean exactly and how is that new? Thanks again. Regards, Gary Anthes Gary H. Anthes, Editor at Large Computerworld (www.computerworld.com) 1331 Pensylvania Ave. NW; Suite 505 Washington, D.C. 20004 gary_anthes@computerworld.com ganthes@mba1974hbs.edu 202-347-0134 (voice) 202-347-2365 (fax)
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