BUL'S BOOKS Series

This book is a ‘first of its kind’ in the world, reflecting a strong motivational and spiritual message to young people, students, work seekers, parents and grand parents, who wish to make a success of their careers and life. It can also serve as a lovely gift, recognition award or handout. This is a story about and an account of great Achievers’ lives, the wonders of nature and the universe, which is packed with scientific facts, real life lessons, practical guidelines on the do’s and don’ts of life and the hidden spiritual powers that are ingeniously interwoven with the human ethos that are vital to your life. Some of the unique features of this guidebook are inter alia: •The very interesting mix of South African and international Achievers in various occupations and their specific life philosophies, values, norms, spiritual and poetic anchors in life. •The fitness hints that identify 29 human body limbs from the Bible. •The development of leadership skills that are so essential for the youth of today. •The Christian definition, formula and prerequisites for how success can be achieved. •Each Chapter has its own set of Objectives, Reflections and Discussion questions. •The identification of the Right of Admission Requirements for heaven and eternal life. To illustrate further the primary aim of this book, a description and scientific analysis is applied to the universe by an internationally renowned Christian physicist. He demonstrates how orderly the universe was created, the fine balance that there exists between all known elements to sustain life for man, beast, plant and other nature life forms. This proves undeniably that there must have been ‘a Super-powerful, Almighty and All-wise watchmaker’ who created this universe and mother earth so perfectly and furthermore, maintains it so good for all of us, for nothing! This paperback also includes inspirational guiding principles and target markets for all: - Final year High school learners in Grades 12, which can serve as a farewell gift from School Boards with the purpose of serving as their life atlas and compass. This handbook can also be prescribed by the Department of Education to be used in Grades 8-11 in their Life Orientation courses with the aim of exposing them to their role models and the Great Master’s life lessons and career successes. - Students as a supplementary academic textbook in various strata of academia: Business Management, Social Science and Development, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Bible Studies, Life Skills and motivational courses. - Travel Agents who can include it in their travel packages’ costs and documentation for clients. - Event Organisers who can include it as a handout to delegates at conferences or seminars. The purpose of this volume is to assist learners and young people to achieve success in their careers and life by referring to and using renowned international icons like: Nelson Mandela, Mark Shuttleworth, Dr. Anna Mokgokong, Prof. Zakes Mda, Dr. Anton Rupert, Gary Player, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Graham Bell, Prof. Albert Einstein, Dr. David Livingstone, Arthur Rubinstein, Rick Warren and many more great historical figures like Aristotle, Augustine, Shakespeare and Zeno. The author is Dr. B Urban Lombard, a Business Economist, Management Consultant, Industrial Psychologist, Professional Manager and former Professor of Business Economics at UNISA. He was a CEO, Director and senior General Manager in various companies. He has also published +20 professional management articles and two post graduate books. As sportsman, he held the Africa junior shot put record and was a member of the Northern Gauteng Veterans Squash team for many years.

This management approach derived its importance from the shift in focus on human resources management as a traditional personnel administrative and unaccountable expense point of view to an investment in core skills, core competencies and empowerment. In addition, the ever increasing demands made on corporate management to empower employees to participate more freely in decision making and to ensure that companies maintain their competitive edge, compels Group executives to develop a management strategy to combat the loss of critical skills and competencies embedded in their human resources to their competitors. The aim of presenting this corporate unbundling management approach is to provide executives with a practical methodology and workable Manual that will allow executives to release their human resources’ knowledge, skills and experience in a more empowering manner. This approach has proved its success over a number of years in large project management, mining houses and financial service organisations in South Africa and USA corporations. The application and personal commitments of the managers and workers alike at various levels in these organisations have all contributed to the success of this new management style. While the existing theories of systems management and strategic planning provide a sound foundation for discovering the basic elements for corporate management, they do not fully provide answers to companies wishing to reshape their industries and compete successfully for the future. While they assist us to understand the strategy – structure – system doctrine, they provide little insight to the “new age” executive’s requirements for managing companies by a purpose, process and people approach. While these theories highlight the attributes of scientific management, they are silent on what it takes for executives to develop and successfully manage an organisational employee empowerment culture. Furthermore, while they provided and persuaded management on how to “hardwire” and develop eloquent strategic plans and structural changes, they failed to point out the dynamics of how to “soft wire” and build the complementary core competence and core skills view into the minds and hearts of every manager and individual worker. The intellectual gap that developed between the management systems theory, the practical experience, observations and the many personal interviews in the corporate world of work led to the compilation of this book. Several business issues and challenges are identified that face executives to manage and compete for the future successfully. It is concluded that much more emphasis should be placed on the empowering of employee decision-making at all levels and the early identification of core skills and core competencies in employees doing critical jobs. Subsequently, the effective and efficient utilisation of these employees is one of the key factors for the survival, growth and profitability of Group companies. Hopefully, the management guidelines, corporate Manual and behavioural change model presented will significantly contribute to a better understanding of the unbundling process and the management of the critical human resource so necessary for company competitiveness.