Sage Pastel integrates payroll, accounting
Accurate and easily available monthly income statements and balance sheets are critical for the success of any business. Most businesses separate their payroll and accounting departments but for ease of administration it makes good business sense to be able to...
Blended solutions best for e-learning
Online education specialists believe as the market continues to embrace technology to digitise the learning experience, there is an increasing need to consider the merits of combining e-learning with instructor-led training workshops. Richard Rayne is the MD of...
Addressing the technical skills shortage
There is an urgent and growing need to replenish available technical skills within the country’s ICT sector – and more is required to help those entering the field to establish a foothold within an ever-competitive market. This is the view of management at Ukuvuma...
Who manages company IT?
The reality of business networking today is that digital tools have advanced to the extent that processes take days instead of weeks, intricate data processing and algorithm checks are completed in seconds rather than minutes or hours. All good and well, say HR...
Data drives payroll in commerce
The advent of big data and big data analytics is changing business at bedrock level, and this will have an impact on the payroll environment. Business leaders are looking to a combination of in memory business intelligence and big data to empower them to offer what...
Using technology to network
In the fiercely competitive business arena, the acquisition and retention of skilled workers is paramount. The demand for skills, especially technical skills, and the need for job seekers to acquire practical experience, means that business relationships forged have...
Toyota Tsusho Africa implements Sage VIP
Toyota Tsusho Africa (TTAF) has successfully completed the implementation of Sage VIP’s Premier Payroll product in four African countries - Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. TTAF is a subsidiary of the Toyota Tsusho Corporation, which is one of the 18 Toyota Group...
Enticing employees to participate in ESN
An increasing amount of companies are investing in enterprise social networking (ESN), those internal platforms that are designed to foster collaboration, productivity, increase knowledge and encourage communication among employees. “The success of social networking...
Managing absenteeism benefits organisations
According to information supplied by Occupational Care South Africa (OCSA), employee absenteeism costs the South African economy between R12-billion and R16-billion per annum. “Absenteeism in the workplace needs to be addressed holistically and organisations need to...
Bytes announces Workforce Central 7
Bytes System Integration has announced the local availability of Kronos Workforce Central 7.0, the latest iteration of the market’s leading workforce management solution. Bytes Systems Integration is a Bytes Technology Group company which is wholly-owned by JSE-listed...
BCX, Conscript partner on talent solution
In continued efforts to create solutions that help South Africa and the rest of Africa tackle unemployment and talent attraction, Business Connexion (BCX) has joined forces with specialist recruitment company Conscript Africa to create SkillsMap – a talent community...
The strategic value of talent management
Talent management adds strategic value to a business and if implemented correctly will help a company to achieve its business goals. In a nutshell it is all about placing the "right people in the right role" for current and future business plans, says Anja Hartman, HR...