Jun 20, 2016
Payroll is one of the largest expenses for small and medium businesses and larger enterprises in West Africa, yet many organisations are neglecting the importance of managing the risk of fraud in this area of the business. That’s according to Magnus Nmonwu,...
Jun 14, 2016
Attracting and retaining the best talent is widely recognised to be an important success factor, if not the success factor, when it comes to achieving competitive advantage. “Unfortunately, too many companies continue to rely on poor information when it comes to...
Jun 13, 2016
Winning over and retaining the best talent has never easy, but employers today are finding it harder than ever to find people with the right skills to fill key vacancies, writes Ronnie Toerien, Oracle ECEMEA spokesperson for human capital management. If businesses are...
May 26, 2016
The amendments to the Skills Development Act have had far reaching consequences for training institutions, employees that seek to develop their skills, and the companies that employ them. Factor in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) point requirements, and...
May 24, 2016
In a market in which skills are in short supply and where millennials now dominate the new generation of South Africa’s workforce, it is critical that businesses manage the training and onboarding functions effectively. Failure to address key requirements and...
May 20, 2016
As technology gets smarter and takes over more and more of the work we typically deem “skilled”, are professionals like accountants at risk of being replaced? The short answer is “No”. The long answer is “It all depends on the...
