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In retrospect

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 11:44

Trends and observations in project management for 2011

This was yet another busy year for project practitioners, service providers, policy-makers, standards developers, commentators, trainers and educators. As 2011 draws to a close, it is incumbent on a representative of Project Management South Africa (PMSA) – as the autonomous professional body for project managers – to reflect on the trends and developments observed locally and globally in the project management field throughout the year.

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Frugal Fergie, or astute businessman?

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 11:17

In this series on Sir Alex Ferguson, project leadership authority and educator Jürgen Oschadleus illustrates how effective leaders utilise ethos, pathos and logos to build and nurture their influence over the world around them

Fergie Files (Part 3)

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In the Dutch mountains

Monday, 17 October 2011 08:18

PM_-_DUTCH_MOUTAIN_opt2.0 The Netherlands is famous for many things. For never-ending stacks of cheese, dazzling tulip fields, and hookers selling their goods from behind red-lit shop windows. This country made the history books for inventing the stock exchange in the 1600s and being the first in legalising gay marriage. What Holland is not famous for, however, is its mountains.

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The Fergie Files – part 2

Monday, 17 October 2011 08:09

Furious Fergie, or marvellous motivator?

In 350 BC, Greek philosopher Aristotle identified three core components of persuasion. He wrote: “Now the proofs furnished by the speech are of three kinds. The first depends on the moral character [ethos] of the speaker, the second upon putting the hearer into a certain frame of mind [pathos], the third upon the speech itself, in so far as it proves or seems to prove [logos]” (Rhetoric). In this series of articles, project leadership authority and educator Jürgen Oschadleus illustrates how effective leaders utilise these three principles to build and nurture their influence over the world around them.

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From entrepreneurs to executive managers

Monday, 17 October 2011 07:52

Inside Groupon SA, and the founders’ transition

Two local startup founders have moved to being executive managers in a global operation. Daniel Guasco and Wayne Gosling are the founders of Twangoo, the collective buying website recently acquired by United States-based Groupon, whose estimated revenues are in the $3-billion to $4-billion range. From being start-up entrepreneurs, the two oversee a growing local division of a worldwide company. The Project Manager spoke exclusively to the two founders, shifting focus from the success of the widely covered acquisition to details of the management factors central to the company’s transition.

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