June 24, 2003

Tighter global job markets are forcing more people to switch from their present industry occupation to find work and probably to take cut in pay as well. Job seekers are

Profile Publishing and Jasons Business Traveller are offering Management readers the chance to win weekend for two when ordering complimentary copy of Jasons Business Traveller Directory. To enter go to

Jobs are less secure, more pressured and lower paid, according to recently released report on the “Future of Work” in Australia. Compiled by the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research

We’re older and more ethnically diverse, choosing to have babies later, less likely to be part of traditional nuclear family, and undertaking tertiary training in greater numbers. That’s rough sketch

It’s easier to cure the ills afflicting corporate bodies before they end up in the emergency room – but typically it takes either imminent or actual receivership before the turnaround

It’s not what you say, but the way that you say it – and the most effective managers are those who can employ wide range of communication styles. That’s one

New graduates from global MBA programmes value their degree more than their cohorts of 2000 did – but sluggish economy means the short-term rewards aren’t quite as satisfactory. The 2003

Kiwi workers are apparently pretty content with their lot – they rate management performance positively and their levels of trust, security and overall job satisfaction are high. That’s according to

I enjoyed reading your interview with Warren Bennis (Management, June 2003). Did you know that the willingness to change is lowest between the ages of 25 and 45? The Geeks

Apparently the “ideal New Zealand” doesn’t do much business. In fact there’s whole bundle of us who admit to finding economic issues “quite boring”. That’s according to research carried out

In today’s hostile business world, organisations must review security measures and initiate systems to minimise their vulnerability. What are the priorities?

As Ruth Richardson’s ‘Ruthomania’ carried on where Roger Douglas’s ‘Rogernomics’ hadn’t quite finished off – transforming New Zealand into model New Right economy – the Treasury was probably more powerful

Commentators call California-based management guru Gary Hamel the West’s “most influential thinker on strategy”. He advocates radical innovation in business, telling companies to continually reinvent themselves, and not just in times of crisis. His book Competing for the Future, co-authored with CK Prahalad and its sequel, Leading the Revolution, are worldwide best sellers. He talked with Stuart Crainer for Management magazine at his office in Woodside, California.

In the four years since George Hickton became chief executive of Tourism New Zealand, overseas visitor numbers have climbed 20 percent. But how much influence has Hickton’s personal management style and strategic thinking had on the industry’s growth?

Whatever else happens in our e-commerce world, you can bank on the certainty that ‘stress’ will be a by-product. So, why not turn stress to account?

They’re not the glamorous face of power-broking but parliament’s select committees are where the real political influence is wielded. They’re the backstage powerhouse providing the grunt for those with starring roles in the theatre of government. Savvy business leaders keep tabs on these legislative hothouses and use them to influence the business environment.

It is inevitable, I suppose, that someone of my vintage would view Harvard Business Review headline like “The Young and the Clueless” with just twinge of sympathy for the implication

If a foray into e-business is on your agenda, you should know that while some e-business avenues have evolved into tree-lined super-highways, others remain pot-holed lanes. How can managers tell the difference?

The world might well be, as the travel industry promotes, “getting smaller” but some of the risks associated with traversing the globe haven’t shrunk at all in recent times. Quite the reverse. With the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, war in Iraq, the lingering fall out from 9/11, and continued terrorist threats the travelling executive needs to think ahead.