The aviation sector is facing a crisis unlike any other in history, yet a path to recovery remains. As we have previously discussed, sector losses totalled US $118 billion in 2020, with demand down 65,9% compared to 2019. Amid this fallout induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines have begun clawing back towards profitability, albeit gradually […]
The workplace rumour mill is an influential phenomenon found in all organisations. Research suggests numerous reasons why employees gossip, be it to gather information, validate their own thoughts, to speak of norm-violating behaviour, or at its worst, to be intentionally disruptive and sow discord. With more than half of all office conversations qualifying as gossip, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic saw South Africa’s economic growth rate plunge 16,6% in Q2 of 2020 and while it recovered by an estimated 13,5% in Q3, lockdown restrictions introduced over the course of 2020 have had a significant impact upon South African business. According to Statistics South Africa, the overall number of companies that were liquidated […]
A pillar of the systems approach to management is acquiring a holistic view of an organisation so resources can be optimally deployed and managed to achieve stated objectives. While normally associated with business management, the world of professional football is not alien to the concept. In the 2018/2019 European season, a team primarily composed of […]
