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CV: Johan Koorts

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    Address:
    P.O. Box 11285, Maroelana 0161,
    Pretoria, Republic of South Africa 
    Phone :
    +27 (0)12 460 1355 
    Mobile:
    +27 (0)83 310 3190 
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StratFac is a consultancy specializing in Strategic Planning, Process Facilitation and Organization Design and Development.  Our clients include the South African Government, the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, various Provincial Governments, Parastatals, research bodies, professional associations, universities, local authorities, representative bodies, overseas development agencies, local development institutions and private sector institutions.

Recent clients of StratFac include the Ntsika Enterprise Development Agency, the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, and the University of the Free State, the WK Kellogg Foundation, the DBSA, PSG Investment Bank, INCA, ABSA Corporate and Merchant Bank, the National Department of Agriculture, the Social Housing Foundation and the SA Reserve Bank.  During the past two years, three major organization scoping and design projects were carried out, for the University of the Free State (part of an ongoing transformation project spanning a period of five years), for the Parliament of the RSA and for the Ntsika Enterprise Development Agency.

A significant number of our clients operate extensively under donor or stakeholder supported programmes.  Examples are the University of Pretoria Institute for Rural Development (WK Kellogg Foundation), Parliamentary programmes (the British Government through DIFD), the INCA French Fund (the French Government), the Johannesburg Housing Company  (EU Grants), the Ntsika Enterprise Development Agency (EU grants and government grants), the Development Fund of Namibia (government grants), and a number of DBSA-supported programmes.  In addition, we have undertaken a considerable amount of work for membership organizations such as AVCASA, the SA Optometric Association, the SA Pork Producers’ Association, the SA Poultry Association, the National Association for Social Housing Institutions and the Association of Dieticians and Nutritionists.

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        Our approach

Our projects range from a once-off facilitation of strategic events (which have included a number of international conferences), to long-term organization development programmes in support of our clients’ strategic plans. 

For once-off events, the planning for the event is usually carried out in conjunction with the principal, and even the smallest facilitation includes detailed agenda planning, the actual facilitation of the event and the production of a Facilitator’s Report, which details not only the various outcomes of the event as well as the follow-through planning, but also comments on particular strategic implications of the deliberations.  We believe very strongly that an event that does not address follow-through planning is a waste of the time of all participants. (See: Planning a Strategic Event)

Major projects typically arise from an initial strategic planning exercise that requires complicated and extensive follow-through – often including adjustments to the organizational design and structure.  Many of these projects have included significant work on organization diagnostics and functional re-design. Such work has also included the facilitation of implementation actions, including acting as an honest broker between management and unions where, for example, the issue of staff reduction arose. (See: Strategic Restructuring)

In the case of a major project, we prefer starting with a formal project proposal following initial discussions.  Such a proposal is often presented to a Project Steering Committee, to whom we report during the course of the project.  This is, indeed, our preferred method of operation.

We also handle training assignments in the areas of strategic planning and facilitation.

Where knowledge and skills are required which do not form part of StratFac’s own areas of competence, we sub-contract these from an extensive group of associates in the finance, human resource, legal, economics and development disciplines.

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 CV: Johan Koorts

Johan Koorts is the Managing Member of StratFac, which was formally created in October 1996.  Since 1964 his career has encompassed all aspects of human resource management, strategic planning and organizational analysis, design and the change process.  He previously worked for the University of Pretoria (as Personnel Officer 1964 – 1968), the CSIR (as Training Officer, 1968 – 1970), in a family business as partner (1970 – 1972), the National Institute for Personnel Research (as Senior Researcher on Adult Training and Organization Diagnostics, 1972 – 1976), the Hans Merensky Foundation (as Human Resource and Training Manager, 1976 – 1978), the Kohler Group (as Human Resource Director, 1978 – 1981), the Plate Glass Group (as Human Resource and Training Director for PG Wood, 1981 – 1983), and from end 1983 to 1996 was involved with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, first as Human Resource, Training and Administration Manager, then as Director of the Centre for Institutional Specialists and subsequently as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive.  In the latter capacity he was responsible for the strategic planning and internal strategic facilitation for the organization and for major parts of the transformation process of DBSA.

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