No business whether a major corporation or a corner shop, can function without having a strong and organised administration team. Employees that are well trained and competent in this sphere of the business are generally adaptable to every other aspect of the business and thus extremely valuable. The main objective in managing your business should be to smoothly run the day-to-day operations, not on your own, but with this well-trained and enthusiastic team!

So how can you assist your team and therefore your business, in improving their business administration skills? Enrolling your current or future employees in a Business Administration Services Learnership at a NQF level 2 or NQF level 3 is the perfect course to take. A course of this level will give your team skills that are all encompassing. These skills include information handling, effective communication, customer-service, technological competency, organisational skills, and even contribute to their individual self-development. Ultimately, by developing these base-level skills, the performance of your employees will drastically improve.

Often (although certainly not in every case) employees that appear lazy, are simply bored. In order to combat this, they need to be presented with tasks that will motivate them in a sustainable way. Employee engagement is a fundamental element of good business. Unengaged employees other than making the business environment difficult and unproductive, are frequently the culprits behind hidden costs. By enrolling these employees in a learnership that will help them to improve their skills, you as a manager or owner are telling them that you believe in their potential to develop, and this often improves motivation. Furthermore, you are ensuring that your employees take responsibility for their own progress and are setting a precedent for the standard of work that you expect. Holding employees accountable will always be a part of your job, however, there are ways to make it easier that will simultaneously ensure the continued growth of your business. The ideal team is able to continue being productive, purely because you as a leader cannot be there for every step of the process. By choosing to enrol your employees in a Business Administration Learnership you are actively creating engaged employees that will be self-motivated, and that associate the business’s success with their own. As a result, they will be better performers that are less likely to be absent from work or consistently distracted and your business will thrive.