(27) QUESTION 2 Read the following case study and answer the questions that follows. The labour market in South Africa is highly regulated with a high level of labour market laws. In relation to this, organisations experience among other things the inability to attract and retain suitable staff, a loss of key employees, low productivity and inadequate training and development of employees. These factors influence the success of the organisation and the macro environmental variables that exert the most marked influence on business success are indicated as crime, and unemployment. Factors like HIV/AIDS (28,2%), new government legislation and rapidly changing inventions (39,6%) are perceived as having the least influence on business success. Among the market-related issues that have a negative influence on the success of the business, increased competition appeared to be the major marketing related issue faced by SMMEs. A lack of budgeting that supports planning and prioritizing furthermore indicates that organisations do not exercise some important business management functions. In addition, few managers of SMMEs have basic management qualifications with only a small percentage who obtained a formal tertiary degree/diploma in business management. 2.4 Central University of Technology, Free State Covid-19 has changed the way employees work in the organisation. As a member of the HR department in your organisation, discuss how you will ensure that employees stay motivated and productive in the workplace