I love the analogy of the businessman and the briefcase.
South Africa is considered a new and emerging market, twenty years ago majority of business in SA was white owned and were mostly managed in a very formal manner, since the downfall of apartheid and the introduction of democracy business has become more informal, business owners are becoming younger and new styles of business management are emerging. We are however still in the embryonic stages of this metamorphosis and have a long road to travel yet.
In many instances there are concerns in certain areas that the percentage of white owned business is too high and there is still some distrust between owner and employees at floor level. Lack of proper education and a suspicious mind set could be a deterrent in implementing a fully open book system in many industries in SA.
Do you think that if we as business owners make an effort to be a little more transparent to our staff that we could eventually break this barrier of distrust?
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