BOCCIM to host an intellectual stimulation workshop

TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent | Tuesday March 24, 2009 00:00

 

According to a press statement from BOCCIM, the two-day forum will be held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) from March 26 to 27.

The press statement says as businesses adjust to the global financial crisis, 'the need for critical planning, change, productivity and visionary leadership has never been more evident than now, for business to boost productivity and organisational output.'
This is the third supervisors' forum BOCCIM has organised.

It comes just a few days after a workshop of the Botswana Export and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) that discussed how the global crisis would affect local manufacturers and exporters and that since the developed countries are the major markets for developing countries, 'the problems they face have trickled (down) to the developing countries'.

BOCCIM also sees it fit to host a similar forum with the objective of giving companies an opportunity to learn how to apply leadership, productivity, planning, team performance tools and business growth strategies 'to thrive through modern supervision'.

The forum will provide an opportunity for sharing experiences with facilitators and participants from a diverse group of enterprises and institutions. It will also enable the supervisors to understand their role against the backdrop of challenges they face in dealing with 'low productivity, capacity building, results-oriented teams and challenging industrial relations'.

A visionary leader, negotiator, manager and potential supervisor who wants to make a memorable impact on their organisations will benefit from key speakers, the Managing Directors of Standard Chartered Bank, David Cutting, and the Human Resources Management Consultancy (HRMC)'s Stuart White. Those wishing to attend the forum may contact BOCCIM on 3971257/60.

Meanwhile, the private sector has been assured that they will benefit from a stimulus package in an expanded 2009/10 national budget of P10.56 billion. Addressing BEMA members and other stakeholders recently at Phakalane Golf Estate, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), Kelapile Ndobano, said 'the funds are to benefit the private sector, even through the recurrent budget'.

Ndobano said the private sector will also benefit immensely from public-private partnerships (PPP) which have been enhanced.