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Flexible working time concept
It is almost 50 years since Christel Kammerer invented flexible working time concept. With the rapid pace other management concepts have been adopted, it is quite perplexing to note the slow up take of flexible working time in our region. Maybe the answer lies in our...
Competence building tools besides training
This week’s article is about coaching and mentoring as competence building tools in organisations. It is important to realise that training is not the only tool to improve or promote employee learning and development. Organisations may get confused about the...
Causes and management of stress at work
Stress is perceived as pressure from the environment which makes a strain within a person. It is the result of the interaction between a situation and an individual which has both psychological and physical effects. Stress is also viewed as a normal reaction that...
Managing millennials
In this week’s article we share some information about the young and old generation of employees and how to get maximum value from them. Millennial is a name given to a generation also known as the Generation Y, whose dates of birth are generally between 1982 and...
Current nature of employment relations
At the heart of most effective professional organisations are a handful of best practices for managing the professional intellect. As leaders recruiting the best is a leverage of intellect that is so great that a few topflight professionals can create a successful...
The most effective way of introducing change
The primary difference between winners and losers in business today is their ability to respond to the pace of change. Businesses are trying to make a fundamental change in the way they operate. The pace of change keeps accelerating and organisations keep pouring all...
Attributes of a 21st Century Leader
It is imperative that leaders in the 21st century should radiate certain attributes if they are to flourish, let alone survive in their organisation. Paradoxically, the key to becoming successful is to become faster, smoother and smarter in running operations but...
Gender Pay Gap
It is now a common practice by most countries world over to adopt measures that promote an increase in women’s representation on corporate boards as well as other leadership positions. Empirically, it has been proven that there is a strong economic rationale for...
The importance of trust in work relationships
Today’s dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Because managers are always under pressure to improve productivity, they have had to embrace innovative tools like reengineering, reorganisations, system...
Recognizing employee achievements in organizations
In today’s business world, senior managers are under continuous competitive pressure to boost company performance. Leaders, is it key to note that while so many questions are being asked to improve business, the answer may also lie in recognising achievements towards...