Efficiency
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Management recession: time for an Organisational Effectiveness (OE) function? Series 1 of 3
This three-part series takes a good look at effectiveness and the case as well as evidence for turning effectiveness into a formal function at the modern organization. We need to stem the entrenched management recession at companies and the ensuing OD. dysfunction – covert and overt At the Effectiveness-lab, we have for a good number… Continue reading
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54% of Ugandans are off the internet – blessing or curse? Series 1 of 2
Many a time, we assume that all of us are good internet-citizens. And that without the internet, we can’t survive. Well, not really, apparently, 54% of our countrymen and women in Uganda are off the internet, and they haven’t died, or just not as yet. To the contrary, those without the internet passport and visa… Continue reading
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Digital and the social revolution in homes – Series 1 of 2
Human behavior mostly mimics the ‘code’ that was used to programme our brain when growing up. We can’t dispense with the need for young human beings needing to be groomed by fellow human beings. It’s only natural for mankind to nurture its offspring. Even wild animals know that. We also can’t dispense with the need… Continue reading
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Are you the ‘management-forensics’ leader type?
This blog discusses management-forensics. We know that for many people, anything forensic equals crime. Well, at the Effectiveness lab, we define management-forensics as the deliberate practice to investigate value-addition enablers and killers at companies. Those things that significantly add or not, to your bottom line or the impact of your work for the not for… Continue reading
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The big-size vs efficiency dilemma
Big or super-big, is considered efficient. This applies to companies, nation states, and even families. Many admire Apple, and its GAFA peers for inching towards the most valuable company status in the world, on the social front, in the Great-Lakes region and particularly our Nakabugu village in Uganda big family size is considered a social-safety… Continue reading
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Renting out replacement relatives – Human mercantilism Series 2 of 2
The family rental industry in Japan was born to deal with a social enigma – the disintegration of the traditional family into something too nuclear, and that no longer boasts of social relevance. The modern family numbers are so small that societal duties can no longer be accomplished by them. The answer, and for your… Continue reading
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Renting out replacement relatives – family mercantilism Series 1 of 2
When we are lonely and sad, throw everything against the wall and nothing sticks, we start to despair. We all lose loved ones and fail to find suitable alternatives – the loss may be caused by death, divorce, anger and the human fallout that ensues, separation due to humanitarian crises, etc. Loneliness is killing millions… Continue reading
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Job hopping and what it says about you
Learn to build a world you yearn for in the world that you inherited. To those individuals that job hop: serve a minimum of four years in a job. It’s not that difficult if your mind is programmed to view employment through a personal effectiveness than efficiency lens. Job hopping is indeed more of an… Continue reading
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The false dichotomy – employees running personal micro-enterprises – Series 1 of 2
There are four factors of production – land, capital, labour, and entrepreneurship. In the past one needed all four to run a viable enterprise; however, in an increasingly digital and networked world, you may only need a combination of two or more for a business to thrive. This blog series delves into the dilemma of… Continue reading
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The spare tyre; when do we need spare? – Series 2 of 2
Series 1 of 2, ‘The spare tyre; when do we need spare?’ delved into the always vexing subject – spare body parts. Series 1 ended on an open note. Open conclusions denote complexity of the issue at hand. The effectiveness lab shared that spare body parts or not; we need to keep in mind the… Continue reading
About Me
Apollo B. Gabazira is an Ugandan OD. junkie fascinated by matters that render organisations/individuals effective or not. He blogs on effective leadership and management. He is a devoted green-farmer and breeds the Ayrshire cow at Nakabugu, Luuka district, Uganda. Apollo is quite effective at what he chooses to do.
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