PracticeForecasting: An effective resource planning technique
- Resource Planning
- Published on 25 Jun 2012
- Frew Murdoch
JONCORP HOLDINGS* is dependent on resource planning for the organisational functioning of the company. The key factor is being able to predict future staff supply and demands as the company is highly labour dependent. Like all companies talent is in short supply - planning is essential for survival.
The costs of workplace mobbing
- Resource Planning
- Published on 19 Jun 2012
- Alison Eloff
Beth has just started a job as an Investment Analyst at a bank. During her first week on the job, she overhears co-workers compare the organisation to a reality TV show, as rumour has it, the previous manager of department was recently "pushed out" due to office politics.
Accelerating performance
- Resource Planning
- Published on 19 Jun 2012
- Riaan Steenberg
Maureen is responsible for release of materials – a specialist resource in a thriving organisation. She used to work with one project manager, but, together with other people around her, now has to do a lot more. Her project managers do not have time to give advice and she is increasingly working with project managers all over the world, receiving limited instructions and having to push out more. Maureen is struggling because she finds that sometimes she has no work and sometimes she is overloaded.
Maximising return on your sales force investment – the key to accelerating revenue growth
- Resource Planning
- Published on 19 Jun 2012
- Paul Connolly
According to newspaper headlines, the recession is over. Yet many companies are still experiencing sluggish revenue growth and finding it difficult to expand their market share. While it may be true that economic conditions remain challenging, and competitors don’t relinquish market share easily, now is the time to bring your company out of the slump. The sales team often appears to have ticked all the right boxes, implemented customer management plans and invested in new technology, such as CRM, yet expected growth remains elusive.
What’s up with the Organisation Development network?
- Organisational Development
- Published on 1 Jul 2012
- Craig Yeatman
It has fallen to the South African Board of People Practice (SABPP) to serve as the statutory quality and standards body for the people profession. Under the leadership of CEO, Marius Meyer, this small group of people is setting out to prove Margaret Mead right when she says that we should, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
