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Frans Minnaar, Management Advisor
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Decision-making in Organisations
No organisation can take decisions that will add value to its operations and strategic response capacity without updated, reliable information. This information must be obtained through the analysis of its external environment (e.g. action research) but also (vitally important) from internal data-processing and information generating systems.

Frans Minnaar
1 day ago3 min read


Discover Your Marketing Mix
While every personal brand is unique, they all have one important thing in common: they communicate confidently with their target market. To position yourself as a thought leader with a strong brand, you must be clear about who you are and who you are not, and consistently communicate your message to those who need it most.

Frans Minnaar
2 days ago4 min read


Organisational analyses
Organisational analysis is the interrogation of an organisation’s structures, systems and processes to determine its strengths and weaknesses. The organisational analysis cannot be separated from the SWOT analysis process. The reason for performing an organisational analysis is to identify organisational strengths and weaknesses. The results of this process not only informs the enterprise risk management process, but also decision-making about objectives and strategies (the p

Frans Minnaar
3 days ago2 min read


Risk and Control
Risk control is a proactive, systematic process used to identify, evaluate, and manage potential threats, aiming to reduce the likelihood or impact of negative events on an organization. It follows risk assessment, employing methods like elimination, mitigation, or transfer to ensure operational stability.

Frans Minnaar
3 days ago7 min read


7 Ps Marketing Mix
Marketing mix is intended to help the companies assess their business activities.
Originally, there were 4P’s that epitomized the marketing mix which included product, price, place and promotion. But recently, 3P’s have been added which stands for packaging, positioning and people.

Frans Minnaar
3 days ago2 min read


The Marketing Mix
We can learn a lot from the three witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Of course, since they were successful witches, their mix was well thought out and consisted of the ingredients necessary to achieve the results they desired. For you to be as successful, your marketing mix most by just as potent. Eye of newt and leg of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog. This was actually a small portion of the mixture created by the three witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Of course, sin

Frans Minnaar
3 days ago5 min read


What is Warehousing & Distribution? Unpacking the Backbone of Modern Supply Chains
Unpacking the Backbone of Modern Supply Chains
Understanding the intricacies of warehousing and distribution is crucial to managing a successful business. These vital operations ensure the smooth flow of goods from production to the end consumer and influence business efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 46 min read


Corporate Logo Design – 6 Keys to Success
A corporate logo design should be highly instrumental in building your corporate identity and should successfully exude the company’s attitude. The viewers must have some idea about the disposition, character, or fundamental values of your company through your logo.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 43 min read


Elements of ERM
The performance of an organisation is dependent on its outcomes (the value, such as profit as promoting the general welfare) that result from the product or services it is providing. Performance is dependent on events and conditions (demands from) the organisation’s “external” environment. Performance must be planned, and expressed in quantified predetermined objectives.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 33 min read


5 Insights About Human Resources
Human Resource is extraordinarily positioned to provide a voice to the effect that company culture, vital planning, the labour market and talent training have on each other. Ground breaking business pioneers are utilising the convergence amongst business and individuals by welcoming proactive, masters of compliance, strategy minded, and culture-centred Human Resource pioneers in their companies.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 22 min read


How to Identify and Mitigate Risks
One of the most important things a small business owner has to do is identify and manage risks. Risk management in business is an important skill that anyone who hopes to run a successful company will need to be well versed in.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 24 min read


ABC Analysis in Inventory Planning
An ABC Analysis is an inventory categorisation method whereby an organisation’s inventories are categorised in three categories, varying from the most valuable to the least valuable.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 12 min read


Organisational Systems and Processes
Organisation use systems and processes to enable it to perform organisational activities. More specifically, systems are used to perform activities, and processes to operate systems in a logical, systemic and productive manner. Resources are used to implement these procedures.

Frans Minnaar
Jun 12 min read


Analysis to Determine Resource Requirements
Management must determine the resource requirements in pursuit of its strategic objectives. There is various reasons for this, but for the sake of this article, the following are the main motivate are to – -- prepare for annual budget programming; -- identify the resources that will produce the most value (benefits) in comparison with its cost; -- identify the critically important resources that may be difficult to obtain; and -- determine resource specifications, based on t

Frans Minnaar
Jun 13 min read


Job Evaluation
An organisation must create structure and system (hierarchy) in order to be able to function and take decisions. What happen, in practice, is that the tasks that must be performed, are divided into manageable units and aligned with a specific post or position on the staff establishment. If you create an organisation, you do so with a purpose; that is, you want to achieve an objective. This objective drive all the activities that are performance in the organisation. In order t

Frans Minnaar
May 193 min read


The management of enterprise risks
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable outcome). The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists (or existed). Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks". Almost any human endeavor carries some risk, but some are much riskier than others. There are two elements to this definition, namely: 1) Risks are related to Objectives; with specific reference to t

Frans Minnaar
May 193 min read


KPI Logistics in the Supply Chain
Logistics is a critical point in the supply chain. Businesses with logistics aspect can make use of KPI logistics to help determine the performance of the operation.

Frans Minnaar
May 143 min read


Financial Statement Literacy for Directors & Executives
Enhancing financial statement literacy among directors and executives is crucial for effective decision-making and strategic planning. This article delves into the importance of understanding financial reports, outlines the key financial statements, and provides insights into how executives can leverage this knowledge for better corporate governance.

Frans Minnaar
May 122 min read


Why Your Business Needs a Risk Management Plan
A risk management plan is having a plan to avoid dangerous risks in the workplace. There is an emphasis on protecting the employee, the undertaking project, and the entire business.

Frans Minnaar
May 114 min read


Corporate Governance and its development
There is no doubt that interest in corporate governance has substantially increased in recent years. Not only have separate states adopted their own corporate codes but also changes in corporate governance are directed at a global level.

Frans Minnaar
May 73 min read


Financial Statement Analysis
All financial statements are essentially historically historical documents. They tell what has happened during a particular period of time. However most users of financial statements are concerned about what will happen in the future. Stockholders are concerned with future earnings and dividends.

Frans Minnaar
May 63 min read


Organisational Activity
An Organisational Activity is a cluster of related tasks grouped together to establish focus and synergy in pursuing a common aim.

Frans Minnaar
May 52 min read


Conduct a risk assessment
Conducting a risk assessment is a systematic process used to identify potential hazards, evaluate the likelihood of harm, and implement necessary safety controls.

Frans Minnaar
Apr 234 min read


Human Resources Management
Human resource is an amazing field which offers tonnes to benefits to organisations. However, many times, entrepreneurs fail to identify the important role Human resources can play in the organisation. Here are top 5 things every business owner should know about human resources. At the point when numerous entrepreneurs consider HR, they see it as a group that handles their organisation's workers related issues and duties. However, for any business, HR plays a much more import

Frans Minnaar
Apr 213 min read
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