Corporate Culture
Preventing fraud in the SA workplace
- Published on 27 Jan 2014
- Jenny Reid
Employing the right people makes a productive and healthy company, and goes a long way to preventing larceny and fraud. Corporate South Africa is becoming more aware of the risks and dangers of corruption often lurking inside its own ranks. No matter the size of your company, managing security systems and removing people risk from business is a strategic imperative if you don’t want internal swindlers to cut into your bottom line!
Welcome to the knowledge revolution
- Published on 17 Jan 2014
- Peter Townshend
Wi-Fi. A desk. A computer. A telephone. Designing a functional workspace is easy, really. However, creating an office environment that maximises efficiency, increases satisfaction, inspires, and – (on top of it all) is environmentally friendly - is no simple task. As workspaces come under increasing scrutiny, companies are looking to ensure that their workspaces are providing maximum employee support - and are indeed working as hard as their employees to enhance profitability. How can you get this right?
What does game theory have to do with HR?
- Published on 14 Jan 2014
- Lindi Cawdry
South African companies are going through a very difficult period that could arguably be likened to a ‘perfect storm’ as many industries are struggling to create sustainable growth because of, for example, increasing and aggressive labour unrest as well as fractures between unions and labour. For HR professionals to impact these issues and become key players in delivering on primary business objectives, a new type of thinking will need to be born. This needs to be one that combines science and humanities. Game theory is an approach that, if used correctly, will achieve this and significantly increase the likelihood of success.
How to enable women to get higher positions
- Published on 9 Dec 2013
- Portia Moyo
Considering that having women in the workplace has been a common occurrence since at least the 1960s, why do we still harp on about the issue? As long as women at all levels continue to express their dissatisfaction with working conditions, South African companies will have to address the issue of what they should do to make their workplaces more attractive to the fairer sex because, in short, is that it makes economic sense: research has shown that companies with more women on their boards consistently outperform those with fewer women.
Can Gen Y employees be the catalysts for the change we’ve been looking for?
- Published on 13 Nov 2013
- Nicola Columbine
Today, young people across the world are faced with more challenges than ever before. This generation is more connected and conscious, and is more predisposed to “putting their money where their mouths are” than previous generations. While they don’t hold the reigns to power in government and business, these young people have a voice that mattes and needs to be heard.
