Theory of the World
A personal archive of ideas, models, and perspectives on our complex world.
Perspective over time. Across disciplines. Beyond convention.
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Empower Your Supervisors
In traditional organisations top managers are employed to ensure that organisations are competitive and that lower level managers and staff have job security.
African Education Being Exported
Regenesys Business school has students from 195 countries. Over 1000 most reputable local and international corporate clients The highest number of full-time…
Cross Cultural Fluency
Are you cross culturally fluent? We all think that we understand what is happening out there in the world and with a growing sense…
Big Data – Quantifying Management
Businesses are collecting more data and doing more with this data than ever before. Big data is about the commercial exploitation of the links…
Recareering
RE-CAREERING A career was once thought of as a profession in which a person served their profession loyally for their complete lifetime.
Effective Delegation
The job of a manager is to get work done through the efforts of others, in line with the direction of the firm.
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