What kind of globalization programs does SA have now for hiring?
A. I can’t say we have any formal globalization program. We do recognize that when it comes to the way we develop our employees, particularly our leadership employees, the way we pay them, the way we communicate with them and the way we generally indoctrinate them into the company is going to have to change. We’re basically an Atlanta-based company and all of our facilities have historically been in Atlanta. We have factories in Juarez, Mexico; Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada; and major offices in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sidney. We’d like to have over 50 percent of our revenue generated by international sales by the year 2000. Currently, 37 percent comes from international sales. Q. What will have to change for Scientific-Atlanta to become a truly global company? A. We need senior management leadership that has lived and worked internationally. There’s no substitute for experience so we’re going to have to recruit internationally. Well have to develop our own global experience
