The importance of routine Each department within an organization has its own set of challenges and possible threats. Most departments had risk management and contingency plans in place – at least for predictable risks. I’m willing to bet, however, that very few have global pandemics on their lists of possible threats! Having been thrown […]
When it comes to debt relief – encourage your staff to know their rights. South Africa is facing a host of challenges that have affected individual’s lives on a number of levels. Our economy is in a crisis, the stock market is tanking, huge enterprises are folding and we find ourselves facing a global […]
HR challenges in law firms can present special challenges. This is due in part to the structure of law firms and in part to the nature of legal practice. Below are the top 5 HR challenges faced by law firms with solutions from SmartHR on how to solve them. Training One of the challenges […]
With the upcoming elections around the corner, it might be wise for HR Managers to consider their role in making the elections a success. Voting day in South Africa is usually a public holiday, but there are still many factors that prevent people from registering to vote, and going to their voting stations on election […]
Do you want to find out how to be an ethical leader in 6 steps? Do you want to be a leader who inspires your team to make ethical choices or be the one in the news for your bad ethical failures? How to be an ethical leader How does one be an ethical leader […]
Paternity leave entitlement has been amended because Dads also need to bond with their newborn babies, and they need quality time to do this. The first days and weeks of a newborn baby’s life are a time when bonding between parent and baby takes place. Fathers can now spend those first days with their baby, […]
Do you ever feel like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland who said “the hurrier I go, the behinder I get”. That you feel like you are rushed off your feet, so busy, always a full calendar and you just aren’t making any progress? Are you always saying that you don’t know where the […]
Employee experience is a hot topic on the web, in the press and on the airwaves. Not to be confused with company culture, employee experience also takes the technological and physical working environment into account. Put simply, the idea behind creating a great employee experience translates into providing the right tools for the job and […]
Organisational effectiveness refers to the organisation formulating goals and pursuing these goals through completion of relevant tasks. Effectiveness is concerned with getting the job done. When an organisation is efficient they are doing things right in the organisation by utilising resources so that there is no waste. These resources include financial, human, raw materials and […]
In an organisation, there can be leaders that aren’t managers and managers that aren’t leaders but in modern society, organisations should be employing managers that can lead their subordinates at each level of the organisation and by employing successful succession management to equip employees with potential for management positions to be leaders. There are a few […]
