Buying human resources software should make life easier. For many businesses it doesn’t, and the reason is rarely the software itself. It comes down to two problems. The first is that choosing and buying the right system is difficult. The second is that administering it well enough to use everything you paid for is even

Employment Equity compliance is not a once a year scramble. It is an ongoing responsibility under South Africa’s Employment Equity Act, and the reporting burden falls squarely on HR. What EE reporting actually requires Designated employers must submit EEA2 and EEA4 reports to the Department of Employment and Labour. These reports track workforce demographics across

Digitise Your Performance Management Performance management – loved by some, loathed by others, but as a necessary business function, why not digitise the process? The question is not if you will have performance management in your company, but rather how will you implement it.  For those employees who find the whole process a chore, digitising

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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

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

A company needs to transform a few basic inputs into outputs –  the final products or services they trade for a profit. These basic inputs may differ slightly for each industry but generally, they are known as the factors of production. These general and most basic factors of production include natural resources, human resources, capital

Developing employees through different training methods enables them to meet their needs and the needs of the organisation. Once you’ve recruited your employees the hard part is retaining them, especially if they are knowledge workers. Developing your employees includes empowering them with new skills through organised activities which gives them the opportunity to meet their current