Annual performance reviews! Whether you like them or hate them, they have been around for quite some time and for, many people, they pose a significant life question: “Which came first, the rating or the pay decision?” (Paul Rubinstein).
The Government of Namibia has prepared performance contracts to be signed by all ministers, as Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila announced earlier this week.
In order to develop an organizational training strategy, we should take into consideration the following things: first off, the success of a training session in a company is not evaluated according to the number of actual participants and the number of training sessions offered; secondly, we should always take into consideration the fact that the training strategy itself is a vision, it gives focus and direction – it is an action-planning document.
We are living in a digitized world, with technology being omnipresent in everyone’s lives. This presence enables marketing specialists to do great things for their brands, with the added bonus of empowering consumers. This power can lead to enhanced effects or to quick failures for marketing campaigns, depending on whether you have the appropriate consumer approach.