ANNUAL REPORT 2001 Group Profile and Core Values Transformation Strategy Financial Highlights Segmental Analysis Chairman's Statement Chief Executive's Report to Stakeholders Group Directorate and Executive Corporate Governance Risk Management Share Performance Financial Performance Analysis of Shareholders Annual Financial Statements Picture Gallery
 
These are the challenges we are now engaging to ensure sustainable earnings growth and value creation into the future.

Extend the cultural transformation throughout the group
  The Rebuilding Murray & Roberts strategy has been widely communicated throughout the group and case studies have been developed to show practical implementation of key elements of the strategy. This process is strengthened by the new organisational framework.

A programme of targeted leadership mentoring and personal coaching has been introduced to assist key executives through the challenge brought about by the significant strategic and transformation process that has been imposed on group leadership and operating company management.
   
Establish targets that stretch our performance
  We have implemented a rigorous budgeting process which involves testing all business plans against the Rebuilding Murray & Roberts strategy, reviewing capital expenditure relative to investment returns, re-visiting operations that are not meeting our expectations and intervening where necessary. Corporate executives are engaging intensively and on a regular basis with the operations and operational management teams will be constantly reviewed to ensure that they are able to deliver on target.

A series of corporate-driven intervention projects have been implemented during the year to unlock the inherent potential in the group. Some of these interventions will continue in 2002.
   
Embrace risk management within our culture
  Risk management has become a central driver of performance culture and now forms a key element of business reporting and conduct.
   
Enhance our business model for leverage
  The central market arena for Murray & Roberts is defined by the intersection of two value chains,
the extraction, beneficiation and industrialisation of natural resources and the construction economy. Our primary focus for value is world class fulfilment of projects.