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Linda Chingosho Read Part 1 of Strategic Human Resource Planning here IT Systems In selecting and maintaining the ideal personnel for the organization, it is wise for the HR management to consider deciding on which IT systems that will, according to a set criteria, select the best matching applicants who will spearhead the development of [...]

  Talent Management, Retention and Succession Planning   The IIR Talent Management, Retention and Succession Planning Conference from 23 to 26 April, is designed to assist HR professionals develop effective strategies to find, retain and develop their talent.  The conference covers aligning performance management with talent management, managing talent risks,  talent management strategies, keeping your [...]

Simon Nko Desirable Qualities of an Effective Manager 1.         Manager is patient A manager needs patience, as Arnold Glasow explains in a poster, “you get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it” Many managers forget this when at first they do not succeed in achieving their objectives. The manager forgets that achievement [...]

Public Holidays Let me get off the ground with a sensitive topic: public holidays. As we prepare for the long weekends ahead, it is worthwhile to consider the impact of public holidays on your talent and performance. Rewind: in the second week of December 2011, government, acting in accordance with the Public Holidays Act, 1994, [...]

Linda Chingosho Human Resource Planning (hereafter “HRP”) is one of the first goals of the human resources management (hereafter, “HRM”) team, as it aims to formulate a way to seek and retain the best personnel to fit current and future vacancies in the organization.  In determining the best strategy to employ, the HR team needs [...]

  You can read Part 1 here Reward 9. Total cost packages have been around since 1990′s. Should you adopt, retain or dump it? Review the remuneration structure and get up to speed on the developments in this area. 10. Don’t reward incompetence. No excuses. Or you’ll keep getting more of the same results. 11. [...]

Guest post by Simon Nko Manager According to the Walden University, management is  ‘the organization & co-ordination of the activities of an enterprise in accordance with certain policies and in achievement of defined objectives”. Let us examine the four roles of a manager 1.    The Educator A good manager is a good educator who enables [...]

Budget Fever Budget fever is here again. One day when I have time on my side, I want to delve into the stories behind budgets. I will dig up the conflicts over setting budgets and delivering budget results. Is it only about the numbers or the budget games behind the numbers? I will analyse why some [...]