SPOTLIGHT ON OUR BUSINESS
Integrated global enterprise
Local Level -
What is it? What do we need to do?
Stable, Reliable
Profitable
• A modern business philosophy, which will allow the
• Firstly, be strong, stable and financially reliable in all our
Entrepreneurial
organisation to operate effectively and consistently
regional businesses.
Pursuing Opportunities
across the world economy providing solutions globally
• We need to give priority to horizontal networking
and delivering locally.
and collaboration.
Why now?
• A network of operating centres each commanding a high
• We need to comply with consistent Scott Wilson reporting
degree of autonomy but with strong horizontal links.
standards and practices.
• A business model which facilitates the identification and
• We need to maintain the quality and consistency of
• This is now possible because Scott Wilson is now under
selection of clients who wish to operate globally and
our services.
a single ownership structure and more importantly under
provides them with a support framework.
• We need to understand and trust colleagues from a variety
one unified management structure.
• Centres of knowledge, technical excellence and production
of backgrounds and cultures.
• Consequently we are able to adopt a global strategy and
capability being shared across an enterprise primarily for
• Create strategic alliances with partners who are prepared
prepare an annual global business plan.
the collective benefit.
to share the vision.
• Increasingly, and at increasing pace, the world is becoming
• A model which allows us to deliver leading edge services
• Create business relationships, co-operation agreements
a single market place for our kind of services.
from our global capability on a local basis.
with key selected clients, alongside or as part of our
• Improved communication and knowledge sharing is
regional businesses.
encouraging enterprises to expand laterally in pursuit of
• Improve access to language skills.
resources, economic advantage, competitive edge and
Why does it suit Scott Wilson?
• Find/recruit suitable Project Leaders who are prepared to
ultimately growth and margin.
operate on global projects.
• More players are entering the global market both as clients
• Scott Wilson has a 60 year history of working
• Focus on improving communication and develop work
and service providers.
internationally; we have a strong brand in our sector and
sharing capability.
a significant market penetration in some of the
• Move key staff around the businesses.
How will the enterprise be managed?
world’s fastest growing economies (China, India,
• We need to take on a range of responsibilities at various
Europe, Middle East).
levels throughout the organisation. • The enterprise will be managed within the matrix
• We have a strong track record in each location
structure outlined.
and understand local culture, standards, practices
Corporate Level -
• Regional businesses will have a high degree of
and language.
Vision
management autonomy within a consistent Group
• It is a business model which is difficult for most of our
Strategic Direction
operating structure.
peers to emulate.
Cross Sector Collaboration
• Regional businesses will be structured where possible
• We have some outstanding senior staff in position who
Delivering Corporate Objectives
along market sector lines using the Group’s five sectors.
know how to operate this model.
Regional/Sector Level -
• Global strategy within each sector will be led in the first
• We have the Scott Wilson corporate value system to
Co-ordination of Interdependencies
instance by the UK Sector Managing Directors* but this
provide the glue to cement together a series of
Selection of Clients/Projects
responsibility can ultimately lie in any geographic region.
geographic businesses.
Linking Skills, Knowledge, Resources
• The global sector strategy will inform each business’s
• We are at our strongest as an organisation when we are
Maintaining Organisation Values
annual Business Plan.
collaborating as an integrated team.
Sharing projects
What does this mean to you?
Scott Wilson in the economic cycle
• The completion of the challenging transition towards a
Experience shows that during periods of market uncertainty, Scott Wilson can rely on a combination of the diversity of sector facing business
our markets, the transferability of our skills base and the flexibility of our staff. This equation provides us with the confidence • Clearer visibility of the structure of the business and how it
in our ability to address both the challenges and the opportunities we are bound to encounter in the current operates on a worldwide basis.
economic cycle. • Improvement in our global communication and
management systems to allow us to provide a consistent
client experience across the world
Assured Revenue
• Increased opportunities to collaborate on major projects
across our geographies whilst pursuing the widest possible
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Diversity + Flexibility
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