January 15, 2025
HR Perspective The topic of productivity measurement in Zimbabwe has been under discussion for as long as 25 years now. Government, employers’ associations and labour unions at some stage discussed this very important topic. However, up to now no concrete framework is in place to implement this model…
Monica Mutuma As a marketer you are probably familiar with the concept of market segmentation. This is when you break up your mass audience into the different niches. It is important to segment your market so as to address the right groups with your messages. (more…)
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Bradwell Mhonderwa “Each generation wasted a little more of the future with greed and lust for riches”, said Don Marquis in 1950. Indeed, it is heartening to note that some organisations in the country now appreciate the strategic value of business ethics, and are subsequently appointing ethics officers…
HARARE’S central business district (CBD) is now a jungle, with visible signs of a local authority lost in planning. The downtown environment is a mess, with no discernible hint of any thought being given to the increasing vehicular traffic and the poor road network that has been compounded…
Bradwell Mhonderwa While no nation can guarantee that it has impeccable corruption mitigating measures, the value of such measures in any society cannot be over emphasized. The world over, nations are employing a number of means to fight corruption which indeed has become a global challenge. Corruption manifests…
I have heard a lot senior managers complaining about people they trusted and promoted failing in higher level jobs. The reason for this failure is,in many organisations people are promoted to a higher level without being trained to handle higher level responsibilities. As you go up the ladder…
BY this time next week, Zimbabweans will have known which among the political parties participating in today’s election would have won the right to run the country’s affairs for the next five years.From this crucial election a new political dispensation will emerge — a dispensation totally different from…
Letter from AmericaA scandal of the first order is brewing in Washington.All top administrators, including the President are accused of being complicit in torture, false imprisonment, disallowing prisoners from group Islamic worship, carrying on abductions and kidnappings abroad and disrespecting human rights of prisoners. This is a tall…
IN our Companies & Markets section of last week’s edition, we reported that power utility, ZESA Holdings, is being restructured “to improve efficiency and reliability of supplies”.ZESA is one of the parastatals that have been a huge disappointment. It has not been contributing anything to the fiscus, and…
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Last week we discussed one side of looking after relatives and touched on what one needs to be aware of and come to terms with when they take on the tall order of extending themselves and their resources to the well-being,…
