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The IOB needs to talk to you!
The IOB has a new department: Marketing and Membership Services. This department has the mandate to actively seek out and resolve all outstanding queries from our members. It is our departmental mission to serve our members, through the delivery of flawless membership services. In order to make this statement a reality, we need to speak to you, our member. Do you have an unresolved query? Do you have burning issues you wish to discuss with us? If so, please email Debbie on debbie@iob.co.za
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Executives take to the ring in White Collar Boxing
How do you as an executive cope with the day-to-day stresses and challenges that you encounter everyday? Some people bury them under a pile of paperwork, others eat them away, some become introverted and others take it out in the ring. READ MORE | |
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The second in the series, Coffee & Croissants with Bruce Whitfield 
From the May 2004 announcement that South Africa had won the bid to host the world's biggest soccer event in 2010 to scarcely 200 days to kick-off, the journey of preparation has been a long and often turbulent one for South Africa. Consider the government's commitment to spend R 17,4 billion on infrastructure, with non-infrastructural budget spend running into the hundreds of millions of Rands and the prospect that we can expect upwards of 45 000 people to visit our country. What real economic stimulus and growth can South Africans expect? READ MORE | |
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Long-term viability of the banks under pressure
The international fiscal crisis wreaked havoc in the global economic banking industry causing many banks to re-evaluate their business plans in order to stay afloat. Industry conditions have been permanently altered and banks need to act quickly to develop comprehensive plans, first to stabilise their business and then to move forward. Even though the South African banking industry has been weathering the financial storm quite well, it is imperative that they conform to international standards in order to maintain long-term success.
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Are we there yet? KPMG Broad-Based BEE Survey 2009 proposes need for innovation to accelerate Transformation
The traditional seven elements of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) should be rethought and rationalised down to four to facilitate ease of implementation and monitoring to acknowledge ongoing and consistent progress in certain areas. READ MORE | |
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Launching QCTO
 The Department of Labour is currently in the process of launching a new approach to Skills Development and training called the Occupational Learning System. This new learning programme will focus on job-specific learning to meet the needs of organisations and workplaces. READ MORE
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Deloitte Best Company to work for Awards
The results from the Deloitte Best Company To work For Awards Function saw three companies emerge as South Africa's best employers as rated by their employees. Santam was placed first in the large company category (>2500 full time employees), McDonald's was placed first in the medium company category (301-2500 full time employees) while the Automotive Industry Development Centre was placed first in the small company category (50-300 full time employees).READ MORE | |
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Importance of the interrelationship between governance, leadership and ethics
Whereas in the past it has been common practice to study governance, leadership and ethics as isolated fields, the modern trend tends to integrate the three as part of a holistic approach. This article supports the proposition that governance, leadership and ethics are interrelated and part of a whole that delivers the optimum results. READ MORE | | | |
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Please discuss contributions to the editorial content with Debbie Seccombe (debbie@iob.co.za). The IOB is willing to discuss advertorial and editorial opportunities, as well as advertising packages to include your exposure in the IOB Talk or on the IOB website.  | |
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