K.O.R Consulting is a wholly Black Woman owned. It was established in 2008 following an intensive analysis of business development in South Africa. Its clientele included but not limited to Small Enterprise Development Agency, Productivity SA, National Development Agency, Mpumalanga Economic Development Agency and the Department of Trade and Industry.
K O R has highly experienced human resources specializing in conducting research in different fields and business development services. These experts have been in this industry for a combined period exceeding fifty years.
It employs different research methodologies and ensures that all research results are reliable with doable recommendations. K O R provides services with passion and excellence, ensuring that there are always positive results. At the centre of K O R is ensuring its clients’ business sustainability by improving productivity. Therefore, K O R is always available to mentor clients to ensure successful implementation of their services.
The Director has surrounded herself with highly experienced business associates. For the purpose of each project, K O R Consulting brings together a balanced team of experienced senior Executives and Academics and subject matter technical experts with required competencies in small business development, research, social surveys, data analysis, macro-economic analysis and project management with a flair of creativity in graphic design, layout and publishing of research publications.
Not only does the team bring the highest levels of SMME Development and Academic Research, but also as conscientious citizens they are acutely aware of the deficit of research analysis skills required in informing sound policies and implementation strategies required particularly in national government departments and their implementation agencies. Our combined scope of SMME Development and Research covers divergent fields. We are fully conversant with the multiple schools of research methodologies and are capable of tailoring a combination of methodologies that are best suited to our client’s needs and managing internal knowledge generated through research that has a social and economic impact in our South African communities.
It employs different research methodology. The team has built social capital over the years and has access to women and youth businesses in the communities they serve, organs of state, institutions of higher education systems locally, continentally and internationally.
K O R Consulting model is to make use of local human capital for projects in different provinces to ensure skills transfer, development and local economic development through creation of jobs. We offer many years of experience of working directly within and alongside Government at all levels, across South Africa. We traverse across all industry sectors, with particular expertise in SMME Development, Research Consulting, Policy Development & Analysis, Knowledge Management, Change Management, Human Resources Management Services and Project Management.
We are committed to offering the highest quality of small business advice and training across specialist areas of business management, marketing and communications to our clients. We achieve this through our commitment to excellence and our ability to listen, engage and harness the experience and skills of all parties, to arrive at the best possible solutions.