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Managing People According To Their Personalities
Employees are any business’ most important assets – they are the human resources that create products, provide services and keep the business going. But all people have unique personalities, worldviews, habits and motivations – they don’t always work well together or create the results that the business wants. The key to eliminating these problems is [...]
The Ideal Project Manager
Project managers are unique people with a very specialised set of skills and a tailored attitude honed through years of experience. Though anyone can potentially manage projects, there are certain traits that you can develop to make the process easier and more effective. The ideal project manager has four essential skills.
Anna Malczyk is a member [...]
How To Come Up With Your New Business Idea: Four Vital Tips
Employment opportunities are few and far between these days, and those that are available rarely tick all the boxes. In response, South Africans of all shapes and colours are starting their own businesses – by all accounts, 97% of all local businesses are self-started small, medium and micro enterprises.
While running your own business certainly [...]
Your Learning Resolutions For 2012
The beginning of the year is the time to make resolutions that will start you off on a good foot and ensure that 2012 is your best year to date. If you’re not sure what you want to achieve – or even if you have a few goals in mind – consider adding continuous learning [...]
The Importance Of A Business Plan
If 2012 is the year you plan to start your own business, best be sure you have a good business plan in place before you get started. A comprehensive business plan can mean the difference between seeing your new business flourish and having it fail before it’s even really started.
A business plan has two core [...]
4 Ways Cloud Computing Will Revolutionise Small Business
“Cloud computing” is a technical term for something that most internet users are already familiar with and using on a daily basis. Basically, it means computing services and tools are housed on the internet (in the cloud) rather than locally on physical hardware. It’s a revolutionary idea because everything is stored and processed on the [...]
How HR Is Influencing Business Success In A Changing Environment
Human resource management (HRM) has been a misunderstood and under utilised business resource for many years – but modern organisations are waking up to the potential and competitive advantage that a strong HR team can offer.
HR staff used to be seen as the administrative enforcers of the business’ management team – executive-centric and reactive, [...]
The Power Of Design And User-Experience To Your Business
Design is an invisible force that surrounds us everywhere we go – it’s in the cars we drive, the programs we watch, the homes we live in and the breakfast cereals we eat. Since Cape Town has won its bid to be the Design Capital of the world in 2014, South Africans are going to [...]
How To Become A Feature Writer
Writing feature articles can be a great hobby or an exciting career choice. Feature articles can either be published on your own blog, or be sold to a magazine or website. As a freelance feature writer, you have the freedom to work at your own pace and choose your own projects.
What is feature writing?
While a [...]
Internet tools – it’s all about the target market
Businesses and marketers everywhere are rushing to put their brands online to capitalise on online marketing trends. Web tools like social networks, PPC and email have great appeal because they are affordable, customisable, measureable and wide ranging.
At the same time, they are deceptive – because they seem so easy and cheap to use, many [...]
