Measure and improve the performance of the business
Ten Tips for Measuring & Improving Performance
Healthy revenue and profit margins are crucial to any company. However, monitoring your bottom line is only one part of the formula. It’s essential that you determine the factors critical to your company’s success, measure those metrics and put into place a system for continually improving performance. Here are ten guidelines for helping you develop your company’s process…
Discrimination and religion
Discrimination and religion (Ivan Israelstam)
Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination against an employee on arbitrary grounds One of these grounds is that of religion. This means that no employer is entitled to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment purely on the grounds of the employee’s religion. For example, it would be discriminatory for an employer to:
- Turn down a job applicant because he/she was Christian, Jewish, Moslem or a believer in any other religion
- Decide that only employees belonging to a …
Proeftydperk
Proeftydperke
André Claassen
Daar bestaan soms onduidelikheid oor wat presies bedoel word met ‘n proeftydperk. Werknemers, insluitende werknemers wat op ʼn proeftydperk aangestel is het die reg om nie onbillik ontslaan te word nie. Deur persone op proeftydperke aan te stel beteken nie dat werkgewers ʼn groen lig het om werknemers sonder enige prosesse onbillik af te dank nie.
Die wet op Arbeidsverhoudinge in Bylae 8 …
Werkloosheidsversekering
Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds (André Claassen)
Dit is noodsaaklik om kennis te neem dat werknemers nie van die werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds (WVF) kan eis wanneer hulle vrywillig bedank nie. Eise kan alleenlik ingedien word wanneer die werkgewer insolvent verklaar is, die kontrak deur die werkgewer beëindig word as gevolg van operasionele vereistes, swak prestasie en wangedrag. Die WVF maak voorsiening vir 5 tipes voordele …
The importance of financial planning
The Importance of a Financial Plan for a Small Business
by Brian Hill, Demand Media
Going through the process of constructing a financial plan is a valuable exercise for any business owner. The financial plan, or budget as it is also called, helps guide the day-to-day decision making of the business. Comparing forecast numbers to actual results yields important information about the overall financial health and efficiency of the business. Even a one-person …
How to plan your business’ finances …
How to Develop Business Financial Plans
by Victoria Duff, Demand Media
A financial plan that accurately anticipates variables, as well as the unexpected, is key to successful business management. Whether you are planning the launch of a start-up, or are estimating next year’s business and planning for any financing that might be needed, careful study of historical numbers and skillful estimation of future results …
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Financial planning
About Business Financial Planning
by Brian Hill, Demand Media
The process of financial planning in business is designed to forecast future financial results and determine how best to use the company’s financial resources in pursuit of the organization’s short- and long-range objectives. Because planning involves looking well into the future, …
Retailers and mobile apps
The smartphone-centric status quo isn’t such a bad thing for retailers.
Smartphones are no longer just a trendy piece of technology. For many consumers, they’re practically an appendage. Eighty percent of 18 to 24-year-olds bring their phone to bed every night.
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Marketing
Your Brand is Not Too Good for That
You should be selling your brand everywhere. After all, that’s where the customers are.
Before you read any further, please take a moment to remind yourself, Mr./Ms. Small Business Owner, that you are not Apple. You are not Louis Vuitton. You are not Tiffany.
OK, now that we got that out of the way, I am going to tell you something that you need to hear. It may sting a little but it’s true.
Your brand is too good for no one.