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Businesses continue struggling with the growing competition by introducing improvements into every aspect of their business. They strive to make themselves learning organisations by bringing fundamental changes but rarely achieving the desired results. Have we as...

Management by Wandering About (MBWA), also known as Management by Walking Around is a widely adopted technique by managers where they directly observe employees working. MBWA is generally perceived as an effective method to achieve organisational goals. This...

Performance appraisals have been an old age corporate tradition to evaluate employees at least once a year. These known appraisals usually run top-down. However, Subordinate Appraisals of managers, acronym (SAMs) are increasingly becoming a very useful tool in...

“A society that does not establish pathways to leadership for all its citizens is a society that is denying itself a possibility of excellence.” I have been inspired to write this article following some engagements I had with my professional women colleagues who are...

When certain employees choose to leave an organisation, it is sometimes a disappointment to others, while for some it is indeed good riddance. For the organisation, this trend should be more than just the ordinary ebb and flow of business. Is it not worth knowing why...

Leadership provides a pivotal role in organisation set ups. It is that ability to portray a great vision and our acknowledgement of followers that helps in maximising performance. Our followers are inspired by us and would aim at achieving beyond their expectations...

Today’s businesses are faced with a challenge to either innovate or fall behind. This is how simple the competitive imperative for all businesses is today. The primary difference between losers and winners in business will be the ability to respond to the pace of...

Although gender diversity has been a hot topic in the workplace and a corporate priority for many years, women participation in the labour market has not significantly increased. The same can also be said about women inclusion in formal economic activities. In...

Unemployment is on the rise in most African countries. In the case of Zimbabwe, the country experienced some unprecedented economic challenges in the 2000’s which resulted in a massive external brain drain i.e qualified and experienced employees emigrating to...

According to the HR Dictionary, in simple terms, job evaluation is the method of relative valuation of jobs to determine the appropriate value or worth of a job and preparing an appropriate pay structure in the organization. It is a concept in HR that encompasses a...