Wednesday, 14 July 2010 09:33
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s bad luck is to be rich in resources. Foreign investors are pouring billions of dollars into large extractive projects such as mines and hydropower dams. In a classic case of the resource curse, these projects are not promoting the country’s long-term development, but attract short-term profiteers, conflict, and corruption. In the latest example for this trend, the World Bank has just reported huge delays and cost overruns for the rehabilitation of the Inga 1 and 2 hydropower dams. Other projects are being swallowed by the morass of Congo’s resource curse at the same time.
Tuesday, 06 July 2010 09:37
Introducing a new series of articles by Andrew McGregorAccording to the London School of Business: “Coaching is the single most powerful process ever devised for releasing individual human potential”. It is about enabling us to more fully express all that lies within so that we are true to ourselves and our potential.
Reflections on the development of AuditSystem/2
Fudging the small stuff now means sweating profusely over it later
Lessons learnt from the volcano that proved a mouthful and a headache all in one
As the Earth becomes a change management laboratory, South Africa has yet to define its methodology
Poor project performance is not always a change management issue, writes Ivan Overton
Gone are the days when a rail link was simply a question of laying tracks from A to B
Project managers have done South Africa proud
To manage or to lead?
Infrastructure key African challenge this Century
A book review by Ian Jay
Leadership in project management takes work, writes Jürgen Oschadleus
