The South African Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act is set to receive an overhaul said officials Department of Mineral Resources, the amendments are set to be tabled in Parliament in the second quarter of 2011. The department is also drawing up a major strategy for the sustainable growth of the mining industry, which it [...]
Continue reading...13. September 2010
Does your company face one of the following challenges in the coming months? Pressures on gross profit and margins due to multiple sales channels Business function compliance Decisions are made on gut feel and not fact Struggling to meet all business area requirements If the answer to these is a resounding yes, Deloitte’s Data Analytics [...]
Continue reading...27. July 2010
David Conradie, Director of Human Capital at Deloitte who is part of team that annually brings us the Best Company to Work For survey recently wrote and article about effective Talent Management during periods of growth and economic upturn. David highlights 4 challenges to management in 2010 being: Top talent is on the move Employee [...]
Continue reading...5. July 2010
Business Strategy is a topic that is becoming more and imperative for any business to survive in today’s day and age. Business strategies vary and so do the tools that are used for the creation of effective business strategies. One of the most important tools available to any manager is the SWOT Analysis which provides [...]
Continue reading...4. July 2010
Barloworld, one of South Africa’s largest companies announced this week that they will be focusing on the expansion of their car rental businesses in the form of Budget car rental and Avis car rental and fleet services which is already one of the world’s most renowned car rental companies. Barloworld’s latest realignment has been made [...]
Continue reading...4. July 2010
John Baladski has been one of South Africa’s most successful franchise owners and further to his ownership of several Pick n Pay franchises, he is also a successful author and gives great insight into running a successful franchise business. Here is John’s top tips so succeed in the franchising business: Engage the customer: The closer [...]
Continue reading...25. June 2010
Cloud Computing is most definitely one of topics on everybody’s minds, but what is cloud computing? How does cloud computing work, how much does cloud computing cost and how does it influence my business? These are the relevant questions that business professionals and Organizations are facing. Deloitte South Africa has written some excellent pieces on [...]
Continue reading...23. June 2010
As the digital economy catches up to us each day, digital retailers feel the heat of intense rivalry and competition which forces them to cut prices, this is good for us no doubt. In this light, with the release of Apple’s iPad which is pretty expensive especially for South Africans, Amazon and Barnes & Noble [...]
Continue reading...7. June 2010
XBRL or eXtensible Business Reporting Language is an electronic language used for the communication of business and financial data. The original concept that continues to form the backbone of XBRL is the creation of a global standard that permits each piece of data contained within corporate financial reports, such as the primary financial statements or [...]
Continue reading...25. May 2010
IT security company Avira recently acquired cloud Computing pioneer CleanPort to form Avira Managed Security Services (AMSS) as part of its ‘Security as a Service‘ strategy. While cloud computing is still in the beginning phases it is definitely a range of technologies that need to be watched with keen interest. The challenge for IT remains [...]
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11. November 2010
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