Archives for February 2009

After the commentary on the incompetent blacks cartoon which was certainly very apt and heated, it is still interesting to note the number of idiotic race-based HR appointments that are made, further perpetuating the bad taste in the mouths of all race groups in South Africa about the implementation of employment equity programmes. The only […]

One area where HR has been particularly useless is in the effective implementation of employment equity programmes in South Africa. When you put people you can’t place anywhere else in the organisation in HR, you also put morons unable to distinguish between form and substance in a position of power. We have seen a number […]

There is an interesting lesson to be learnt from the corporate world – one that the mobile telecommunications industry in particular learnt the hard way. The cost of acquiring a new customer is usually substantially more than retaining one you currently have. Successful mobile companies having learnt this lesson, focus on reducing churn as a […]

It’s interesting to see how the views have changed towards hiring based on race. The people now complaining about affirmative action were the ones benefitting from it in the bad ol’ days – they may not have agreed with the practices but they certainly benefited from it. While it is understandable that many non-whites feel […]

Human Resources has to be one of the most worthless functions in any organisation. The only thing more ridiculous than the function itself is how corporations plug it as being one of their most important back office operations. “People are our most valuable asset” – doesn’t that just make you want to throw up every […]