Monthly archives: Nov 2017

To all skills-universe members, The Minister of Higher Education and Training Prof Dr Hlengiwe Mkhize has issued a call for nominations of Chairpersons to serve on the Accounting Authority for all Sector Education and Training Authorities(SETA)s – that is the SETA Boards. Please see attached file of the Governament Gazette. […]

Call for nominations for Chairpersons of SETA Boards

29 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room by Sylvia F. Hammond (updated 1949 days ago)

Predatory publishers are vultures feeding on academics’ worries about output and incentives. Ondacaracola/Shutterstock Sioux McKenna, Rhodes University Every day academics wade through emails riddled with spelling errors promising almost immediate publication of their research. These publications assure the reader that they can skip the tough realities of rejections and revisions. […]

Why developing countries are particularly vulnerable to predatory journals

29 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room by Alan Hammond

Shuter and Shooter Publishers, a special client of mine, experienced a tragedy last month when one of their long-serving and much-loved employees passed away. It was a humbling experience to join the company in a morning of grief and celebration. There were tears and laughter, as you would expect from […]

Tragedy at work: Four steps to help your staff cope

28 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room tagged 9/11 / merger / retrenchment / Shuter and Shooter / Tragedy / trauma by Ian Webster

The Labour Appeal Court has ruled against the Minister of Higher Education and Training in a matter brought by business grouping BUSA regarding regulations enacted by the Minister in 2012. The Minister, at the time Dr Blade Nzimande, wanted to reduce the amount of money that would be refunded to […]

Labour Appeal Court Rules Against Minister of Higher Education and ...

28 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room by Alan Hammond (updated 1949 days ago)

With the inflation rate not stopping its upward creep, the price of goods and services naturally must increase to keep up with this. Thus, during wage negotiations, and resulting wage settlement talks, it is necessary to ensure that these discussions are very carefully handled. At our recent Annual Labour Law […]

Wage Settlement Update 2017

27 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room by Lia Marus

Becoming an Effective Management Meta-Coach! The aim is to develop an individual’s performance by unlocking their capabilities through guided conversation and questioning. The participation of the individual being coached (the coachee) in arriving at solutions is an essential part of the coaching process. We are talking about something different to […]

HOW DOES COACHING IN THE WORKPLACE WORK?

26 Nov, 2017 in Reading Room by Dr King Costa

The Workplace skills plan (WSP) is intended to document skills needs in a company and to describe the range of skills development interventions that the company will use to address these needs. A WSP must be developed and submitted every year in order to comply with current Skills Development legislation. […]