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South Africa: Top Companies Receive Awards at the National Productivity Awards |
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https://www.productivitysa.co.za |
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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ICT for MDGs
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South Africa |
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Nov 21, 2014 |
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The National Productivity Awards are organised by Productivity SA and are sponsored by the City of Ekurhuleni Municipality. The aim of the awards is to acknowledge and support companies that continue to play a vital role in shaping the economic future of South Africa. The National Productivity Awards were first introduced on 1 June 1979 as a tool to promote awareness around the importance of productivity.
The awards ceremony is an annual event recognising individuals, organisations and communities for their contributions to building South Africa’s productive capacity. The awards honour organisations for their contributions to building South Africa’s productive capacity.
Some of the issues that are taken into consideration when selecting winners entail:
• What did the company want to accomplish and how did it achieve this?
• Are there clear objectives for productivity improvement?
• Is management actively involved?
• Is labour actively involved?
• How does the company manage productivity?
Results and impacts are measured
• Financial Results - improvements, trends and targets, benchmark results with competitors
• People Results - employee performance & recognition, absenteeism, incentives
• Customer Results - % returns/complaints from customers, satisfaction index
• Operational Results - has the broader community benefited and how
• Challenges/Obstacles that were overcome and how
• Sustainability and Transferability
• Social and Environmental Impact
• Quality, Safety and Working Environment
The keynote speaker at the event, the honourable Deputy Minister of the Department of Labour (DoL), Nkosi Phatekile Holomisa, says the improvement of productivity in South Africa stands to play the role of an enabling tool to transform South Africa‘s economic growth and ensure the creation of jobs. Holomisa said the creation of jobs equates to a better life for more people.
Since the inception of the awards, Productivity SA has recognised and awarded more than a 100 different enterprises both in the public and private sectors for their efforts in improving and sustaining productivity. Productivity SA is an organisation dedicated to the development and enhancement of South Africa’s productivity and contributes to socio-economic development, competitiveness and ultimately the general improvement of the quality of life of all South Africans. The organisations key objectives are to create productivity knowledge and skills development.
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South Africa: Top Companies Receive Awards at the National Productivity Awards Four top-performing companies in the country have taken top honours at the Annual National Productivity Awards for enabling productivity growth and improvement within their workplaces The companies who walked away with the top spots are • Blendrite Chemicals Pty Ltd Corporate Sector • Ergo Form Emerging Sector • Thengwe Secondary School Public Sector and • Green Farm Cooperative Sector
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