Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, last week we launched two key projects that fall under the infrastructural development cluster of our Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset) programme. (more…)

ORGANISATIONAL structures can be a source of inefficiency that impacts on the ability of the organisation to deliver its mandate. If the process of how structures are designed is not managed properly, and allows for self-interest to dominate, it may encourage managers to engage in empire building. (more…)

  Dear Cabinet  and Politburo members COMRADES, I am really disappointed that one of our best ministers, Cde Walter, was rigged out of the secretary generals’ position of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at the body’s congress held in Madrid, Spain last week. (more…)

WE decided two months ago that the “heavy political news” coming out of the United States since Donald Trump’s electoral victory in November has gone too far. So we opted for “lighter news,” which we had ignored for some time. (more…)

A SKILLS audit is a process of taking stock of what skills are within the organisation versus what is expected. The skills audit should always cover the following, and this is in order of priority: Cognitive ability; organisation specific competencies; technical competencies (specific to each job family or…

Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, just a year before we go into another election, yet another survey has revealed the obvious … that a preponderating majority of our people trust us. (more…)

MY favourite educator and publisher is the late CD Heath of California. California, of course is the mother of all crazy ideas. Heath was in the forefront, going where no man had gone before. (more…)

MANAGERS and employees always face a dilemma when it comes to expressing their differences at work. Bosses also feel uncomfortable expressing their differences with subordinates. Subordinates feel the pressure to keep silent with their bosses. (more…)

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SINCE we decided to take a holiday from the heavy news coming from Washington, DC, we have warned our readers to choose a safe sitting space before reading the column.  (more…)