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Balancing Power

 

Volume 18, Issue 04

Editor's Pulpit

An ethanol boom looming in SA?

Unlike crude oil, the supply of ethanol is renewable and is not depleted. And unlike petrol, the refining and consumption of the fuel can be relatively clean.    more...

Regulars

Company Strategy

» Strategy and business planning: Dr Fons Trompenaars (Part I)

Corporate Coach

» Five ways to increase your efficiency – your productivity checklist
» Setting an intention

Editorial Board

» Educating for the future of healthcare?

Executive Wellness

» Communicate with integrity

Finance Update

» Determine how much to offer

Global View

» Five more good years

HIV/AIDS Update

» Absenteeism & HIV/AIDS: a hospitality industry case study (part II)

Human Resources Update

» Investing in your employees
» Who do you hire?

ICT Update

» SMS fuels the growth of the mobile internet

Inside the Business Schools

» Doing business with Africa

Labour Law

» 2007: the year of the different (difficult) bargaining
» Employers victimised by confusing legal terms

Leadership Update

» Great leaders always grow better leaders

Legal Update

» Consumer protection bill 2007
» The effect of the national credit act on juristic persons and suretyships

Management Update

» Advice on giving advice

Marketing Update

» The advantages of running an ethical business

New Books

» Delivering the dream
» The e of marketing

Provinces & Countries - Western Cape Update

» Congress in Cape Town

Provinces & Countries – Free State Update

» Growing an economy to benefit all (final)

Provinces & Countries – Gauteng Update

» Implementation plan (part I)

Provinces & Countries – KZN Update

» Communities embracing co-operatives as viable business ventures (final)

Provinces & Countries – Moçambique

» Busines sector struggles

SA Scenario

» Pitfalls and spin-offs of 2010

Science & Technology

» Alternative and renewable energies – hype or energy solution?
» The crucial role of business in saving the planet (part I)

Tax Update

» ‘Fruitless and wasteful expenditure’

 

 

Profiles

Botswana Police Service – Profile – Botswana

» Combating crime in Botswana
Botswana is widely recognised as a peaceful and prosperous African nation - and one of the pillars of its success is the Botswana Police Service (BPS).

Botswana – Advertorial – Vision 2016

» Botswana vision 2016
We are 11 years into the vision; only left with nine years for Botswana to be 50 years.

Consulting Engineers – Profile – RWP

» Gassing up to face power challenges of the future
South Africans might gripe and complain about problems and conditions, but when it comes to the crunch, they rise admirably to challenges with innovative and often unique solutions. Rawlins Wales & Partners (RWP) is a perfect example.

Construction Companies – Profile – WBHO

» A view of a construction company at the top of their game
Looking to the future and taking on their most challenging projects to date.

Quantity Surveyors – Profile – Pentad

» Ten out of ten in ten years!
In 1997, five visionary quantity surveyors took the bold step of creating Pentad Quantity Surveyors (Pty) Ltd, which, in 10 years, has become South Africa’s leader in the field, ousting older, entrenched companies from the position.

Quantity Surveyors – Profile – QS Bureau

» 10 years of personalised service gives the edge
QS Bureau Quantity Surveyors (QS Bureau) is celebrating 10 years of providing its clients with the best quality of quantity surveying services.

Quantity Surveyors – Profile – WSP

» Becoming more successful through success
How do you transport a truckload of beer 600 kilometres without shaking it? “Smoothly!” replies Andrew Mather, Managing Director of WSP, a global consulting engineering firm which has almost quadrupled in size in South Africa since its arrival in 1995.

Consulting Engineers – Advertorial – ECSA

» Engineering Council of South Africa
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is a statutory body established in terms of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act 46 of 2000), and derives its powers and responsibilities from the Act. 

Research Survey Overviews

Construction Survey Overview

» Overview
PMR.Research has conducted its annual survey assessing the perceived top companies involved in the construction industry in South Africa in the past year. The final results are the combined raw data ratings of the sub-samples in the following sections.

Quantity Surveyors – Research Survey Overview

» South Africa's top quantity surveyors
PMR.Research conducted its annual survey assessing quantity surveyors in South Africa.

Architects - Research Survey Overview

» Architects – designing experts
PMR.Research conducted its annual survey assessing architects in South Africa.

Construction – Research Survey Overview

» Construction – building blocks for success
PMR.Research conducted its annual survey assessing the perceived top construction companies in South Africa.

Consulting Engineers – Research Survey Overview

» Consulting Engineers
PMR.Research conducted its annual survey assessing consulting engineers in South Africa.

Botswana – Research Survey Overview

» Geared for the future - Botswana
PMR.Research completed its annual survey of Botswana – its achievers and most admired individuals in industry and Government.

 

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