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The business operating environment is ever-changing. It is the Volatility, the Uncertainty, the Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) of the business environment that is challenging and even threatening the existence of business organizations. The business planning horizons...

My experience in the Corporate Sector suggests that often employees wonder what the leadership would have considered to promote an employee to managerial level. What is true is that there are varied reasons which may impel an employee to be considered for appointment...

CFO: What if we train them and they leave? CEO: What if we don't train them and they stay? Whose role is it to develop skills? Should organizations invest in employee development or is that best left to the individual employees to enhance their own capabilities? For a...

There are various attributes Employers look for in potential employees especially at the hiring stage. One Chief Executive Officer once remarked whenwe were in an interview “A successful candidate should be able to market him /herself to me.” He further commented that...

The notion of work life balance is a concept which is defined differently by various authors. Defined by some as a satisfactory level of involvement or fit between the multi – roles in a person’s life (Hudson 2005). Other authors opt for terms that more accurately...

Motivation can be described as an enthusiasm or a drive in a person to accomplish activities related to work. In the case of Mother Theresa of Calcutta now canonized (made Saint) by the Catholic Church, motivation on her part meant dedication to the neediest. It is...

In the first part of this article we dealt with the issue of the alleged victimization of staff through the premature and arbitrary termination of employment. It goes without saying that victimization of this nature has long term social and psychological effects on...

“Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless” Morris Chang Many organizations the world over invest heavily in the process of strategic planning every year. Some organizations adopt a basic approach to strategic planning; others have...

It is a generally accepted principle that in today’s business environment, organizational culture is regarded as the real competitive advantage that enables businesses to remain unique. It is that one aspect of the organization that is so difficult to imitate....

Job design refers to an articulate process of arranging work in an organization; that is, crafting job content, methods of execution as well as the relationship between and among different jobs in order to meet organizational requirements. It is a process that...