It has been called shaky, wobbly, tottering, ailing, dysfunctional and even doomed — all terms that suggest only one thing — that it is far from being the panacea to the Zimbabwean crisis that we all hoped it would be.What is becoming increasingly clear to every right thinking…

 The need for teamwork at all levels of the organisation cannot be over emphasised. For organisations to achieve superior performance, employees need to work together. However getting people to work together towards achieving a common goal is a challenging assignment for all managers. What is a team? There…

 Many of those who had converted to Millerism went back to their original churches but others chose to soldier-on.For about 20 years, the Adventist movement was a rather unorganised group of people who held to this message. Those that remained among them were Joseph Bates, Ellen Harmon and…

Unlike in other parts of the world such as Asia and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries where ageing is profoundly affecting the size of the job market, a country like Zimbabwe is experiencing a growing population and this will continue to swell the ranks of…

 Is the company’s position statement outlining its remuneration philosophy and what it aims to achieve through it?The policy should outline how the organisation uses total rewards to attract, retain, motivate, and reward employees. It should also outline the link between remuneration and business strategies. Most organisations require multiple…

 Spirit mediums have made their own predictions about the return of ancestors to fight generational wars and problems be-devilling survivors. Many of the predicted dates have come and gone without anything significant happening. From William Miller to spirit medium Nongqawuse, to Charles T Russell to Ben Hinn, all…

Of late, it has become fashionable for various business entities to invite bids from suppliers of goods and services for prequalification and registration on their databases. This article does not concern itself so much with the business case behind this practice. Where the motive for doing so is…

This mainly stems from the fact that, by their very nature, small firms are widely spread geographically, labour intensive, efficient, better at nurturing entrepreneurs and more equitable in the distribution of generated income than their large counterparts.However, these businesses continue to encounter prohibitive regulatory and financial barricades especially…

There are three dominos in the air for President Barack Obama; the economy has remained “south” as they say, the Israeli-Palestinian talks begin on September 2, and the Afghan war is intensifying. He needs to keep two of these dominos in the air in order to win a…

In the runup to the summit, there was a lot of speculation in the media about what Cde Zuma and SADC were going to do to “deal” with me…I laughed my lungs out! SADC — which is my own brainchild — dealing with me? Ever heard of that?…