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Enterprise Development in Consulting Engineering
Presented by:
Shamiso KumbiraiKulani EC
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Energy Built Environment
Advisory Mining
Water & Wastewater
Transport
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❏ Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) of engineers in South Africa
❏ AIM: Determine EO of engineers in SA as a factor contributing to economic growth
❏ LITERATURE: EO has 5 dimensions – innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness,
competitive aggressiveness, & autonomy
❏ METHODOLOGY: Compares EO of
○ engineers in employment (non-entrepreneurial engineers) &
○ engineers in self-employment (entrepreneurial engineers)
Study by A.J. Antonites and B.T. Nonyane-Mathebula (GIBS, 2010)
ENGINEERS AS ENTREPRENEURS - a study
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ENGINEERS AS ENTREPRENEURS - findings
FACTORS CONSIDERED ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERSNON-ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERS
AGE50% → 30 – 40yr14%→ 20 – 30yr
50% → 30 – 40yr24.8% → 20 – 30yr
BUSINESS-RELATED QUALIFICATION
60% with qualification 47% with qualification
GENDER90% Males10% Females
79% Males21% Females
RACE
48% Black46% White0% Coloured6% Asian
55% Black38% White1% Coloured6% Asian
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2018/19 CESA MEMBERSHIP No. %
> = 51% BLACK-OWNED 308
GEN > = R25 mil & < R50 mil 52 17%
QSE > = R6 mil and < R25 mil 129 42%
EME < R6 mil 127 41%
NOT BLACK-OWNED 299
GEN > = R25 mil 128 43%
QSE > = R6 mil and < R25 mil 46 15%
EME < R6 mil 125 42%
> = 35% BLACK WOMEN OWNED 15
GEN > = R25 mil & < R50 mil 1 6%
QSE > = R6 mil and < R25 mil 10 67%
EME < R6 mil 4 27%
FACING THE NUMBERS - CESA
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Situational factors hindering entrepreneurial entry amongst non-entrepreneurial engineers
❏ Inability to access financing
❏ Inability to take risk
❏ Perceived lack of business acumen
ENGINEERS AS ENTREPRENEURS - situational factors
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The act of investing time and capital
in helping establish, expand or
improve businesses.
source: https://trialogueknowledgehub.co.za
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
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❏ Business skills deficiencies of small entrepreneurs
❏ Gap between the objectives of enterprise development and their application
❏ Lack of measurement frameworks to monitor the impact of enterprise development
programmes
The Impact Amplifier Report (2013)
ED CHALLENGES
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2 Forms of ED
1) Investment in black owned and black empowered
enterprises AND/OR
2) Joint ventures with black owner and black empowered
enterprises that result in substantive skills transfer.
South Africa's Economic Transformation: A Strategy for Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (2003:22)
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
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2 Phases of ED
1) Investment in black owned and black empowered
enterprises THEN
2) Joint ventures with black owner and black empowered
enterprises that result in substantive skills transfer.
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
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❏ 4 year ED relationship
❏ From Investment to project collaboration
■ 2015-2018 Investment years
■ 2019 start of joint ventures
HOW IT STARTED?
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❏ Technical project delivery
❏ HR support
❏ Financial advice
❏ Operational support
❏ My ED experience:
■ Hot desking for cost-effectiveness
■ A distinct realisation of the benefits of ED
■ Open communication & mutual respect
ED BENEFITS TO SMME’S
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❏ Capacitating for strengthened JV partnerships
❏ Inexpensive B-BBEE scorecard
❏ Accountability for SMME development, job creation and poverty reduction
❏ Entrepreneurial Innovation
❏ Emerging Professionals training and interaction
ED BENEFITS TO CONTRIBUTOR COMPANIES
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Invest to strengthen. Partner for growth.
COMMITMENT TO ED IN CONSULTING ENGINEERING
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Continued study to:
❏ Measure the impact of ED agreements for both parties
WAY FORWARD...
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THANK YOU!
Presented by:Shamiso Kumbirai
Kulani EC