October is Productivity Month:

The government entity tasked with promoting productivity and employment growth in South Africa has launched Productivity Month 2017. During Productivity Month, October, the importance of productivity in enhancing economic growth is brought to the fore through a series of productivity workshops and seminars.

The highlight of Productivity Month is the National Productivity Awards. The rationale behind Productivity Month is to showcase, share ideas, methods and perspectives on how companies can improve productivity.
In addition, the National Productivity Awards avails a platform for networking for business leaders and it is an opportune moment for industry captains and thought leaders to espouse and share knowledge.

The run up towards the National Productivity Awards has been marked by a series of workshops countrywide.

The broader objectives of productivity month are:

• To promote productivity within South African industry
• To raise awareness about the potential role of productivity in growing and developing our economy.
• To promote Productivity SA programmes and its outcome based solutions in place to assist ailing companies
• To increase South Africa ‘s competitiveness

Productivity Month initially stated as a week of activities whereby efforts around creating awareness on productivity and competitiveness were intensified. Over a decade later the activities have developed into a fully-fledged Productivity Month that has proved to be a landmark annual campaign. The awareness campaign was incepted by the then Minister of Labour, the honourable Mr Membathisi Mdladlana and endorsed by more than 20 major corporations.

The Executive Manager for Marketing and Communication, Rebecca Phalatse says Productivity SA will this year once again embark on an intensive awareness drive during the month of October. Phalatse says the success of previous awareness campaigns has galvanized the institution into ensuring that maximal impact is made during this month. She says whilst the organisation seeks to heighten awareness around productivity in the county and also highlight programmes in place to enhance and sustain productivity in South Africa throughout the year, Productivity Month is like a faire commemorating these efforts.

The objective of Productivity Month is primarily the promotion of importance of productivity to every South African. The purpose of the month is to highlight the importance of productivity in the country and treating productivity as an enabling tool for transforming our economic growth and the creation of jobs. Productivity serves to spur South Africans on in ensuring that our productivity levels are effective and efficient. The National Productivity Awards will be held on 20 October 2017.

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Author: Business News