Monthly Archives: October 2014

– How IT Professionals could use Information Management to gain recognition in business

By Nimroth Gwetsa, 29 October 2014.

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Some Overused Business Buzzwords

Using buzzwords can be troublesome. Salespeople often use them to hoodwink potential buyers into spending money on their redundant products and services. IT professionals, marketers and consultants notoriously force jargons in business communication.

Jargon can be useful in simplifying complex topics. Sometimes explanations cause more confusion than ordinary use of words. I hope to not cause any confusion with my brief discussion on Information Management. Continue reading

– Declining Entrepreneurship in Human Development

What is it about developing people that gets bosses’ backs up? Even seasoned entrepreneurs become fear-stricken business paraplegics when faced with staff development.

By Nimroth Gwetsa, 15 October 2014.

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GENERATING NEW REVENUE BY LEVERAGING EXISTING OFFERINGS

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(Pictures courtesy of African Globe: http://www.africanglobe.net/africa/cape-town-tales-city/)

We have heard politicians talk about South Africa having parallel economies[1]: one serving the well developed and the other, emerging sector of our society. The dichotomy should ideally result in active companies in the economy equally thriving in the development of new offerings and in the reuse of existing products and services. Reuse, in this case, referring to the creation of additional revenue by leveraging existing offerings and applying them in a different context. Writes Nimroth Gwetsa, 2 October 2014.

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