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HR PERSPECTIVE: Developing a strategy document is not enough

A number of senior managers have been involved in strategy formulation for a while. Unfortunately, that is where it ends; strategy formulation. The real trouble starts when it comes to implementing the agreed plans. (more…)

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November 9, 2017

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CABINET FILES: Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes

Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer democracies on the continent chiefs will be playing their crucial traditional role in our…

November 2, 2017

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LETTER FROM AMERICA: Breaking news! Jesse Jackson ‘outed’

THIS is really “big stuff” as Americans call it. A young researcher says he has found evidence from recently released archival materials that the Reverend Jesse Jackson, an acolyte of Dr Martin Luther King, was in communication with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Memphis Police, in…

November 2, 2017

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HR PERSPECTIVE: The best way to identify talented employees

HOW many times have you realised after promoting or recruiting an employee that they do not have the level of potential you require to deliver on the job? The biggest challenge is that most of the companies want to go against what scientific evidence says about employee potential…

November 2, 2017

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CABINET FILES: I am a natural goodwill ambassador, Cdes

Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, I have never felt as insulted in my whole long, fruitful and satisfying life as I felt this week when some skunks in the West arm-twisted the leadership of the World Health Organisation into illegally rescinding my appointment as the body’s global…

October 26, 2017

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LETTER FROM AMERICA: Is it Sister Oprah Winfrey

I RECENTLY returned from a County Convention of the Democratic Party. The state chairperson was in to strengthen the troops. (more…)

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October 26, 2017

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HR PERSPECTIVE: Is your organisation ready to face the changing economic environment?

A brief review of organisational performance over the past five years indicates lack of consistency in business performance. Considering the number of organisations now finding themselves in non-viable positions we are forced to conclude that earlier reported successes were probably due more to chance factors than to capable…

October 26, 2017

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CABINET FILES: Extraordinary congress beckons, Cdes

Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, when we tell you that ours is the most democratic of all the parties around, some of you doubt it. It is most likely because of familiarity that gets most of you to take our democratic credentials for granted. (more…)

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October 19, 2017

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LETTER FROM AMERICA: Progressives caught in their own conceit!

PROGRESSIVES are the vanguard, which fights on the side of the Democratic Party. Since Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election to a white businessman, they are on a warpath. (more…)

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October 19, 2017

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HR PERSPECTIVE: Employee confidence drops again

IN the third quarter of 2017, we undertook a national employee confidence survey. The aim of this particular research was to monitor four key indicators of employee confidence: job market optimism, salary expectations, job security and business outlook optimism. (more…)

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