The budget process has been around for a long time – but a growing body of opinion believes budgeting has finally reached its managerial ‘use by’ date. Why do they feel like that? And is there really sustainable fiscal life beyond budgeting?
Are managers professionals like accountants, doctors, lawyers and others of the kind? The British think so and moved last month to establish the Chartered Manager. The British Management Institute, like
The Naked Leader By: David Taylor Publisher: Bantam Price: $27.95 This is new revised edition of book first published last year. We didn’t review it first time round and, given
The commercial property market is currently a game of two halves. The investment market is strong; leasing is “steady”. So what should organisations thinking of moving premises be aware of?
Taupo has taken off as a corporate conference venue. The number of hotels, motels and meeting venues has mushroomed. Why are so many conference and convention organisers making Taupo their destination of choice?
A quiet, self-effacing entrepreneur, Brian Smith has successfully made the journey from shepherd to owner of one of New Zealand’s premier boutique conference and corporate retreat venues.
An effective chairman can make an enormous difference to board performance. Too often he or she is chosen without much thought to the qualities that go to make a good boardroom leader. So what are these attributes, and how can an effective chairman deliver best practice?
When we published our May cover story on the progress made under 20 years of closer economic relationship (CER) with Australia we promised more. The growing closeness of the economic
The past 18 months have witnessed one of the most stunning reversals of fortune ever seen in the pharmaceutical industry. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), once one of the most widely
Investing in people has a feel-good ring to it – but what impact do human resource initiatives have on the bottom line? And how easily can that impact be measured?
Ever feel like you are on a treadmill that increases constantly in speed and that the only effective way to get off it is to blow it up? Take comfort, you are not alone.
Organisations in most western countries have, in the past decade or so, experienced a spectacular rise in the formalised practice of ‘mentoring’. This has spread rapidly throughout both the public and private sectors. Why has it been taken up so enthusiastically?
Here’s possible niche for some forward thinking property entrepreneur: website that provides businesses with advice on the ins and outs of leasing commercial property online. I’m not sure how you
As political management issues stack up, they don’t come much more challenging than genetic modification (GM). This is crunch month because the moratorium on applications for release ends on October
As talented executives become savvier about managing their career paths, companies must offer more than money to attract them. We survey the ever-shifting executive recruiting trends.
Keeping up with technology can be tough on the back pocket – especially when you’re not prepared to settle for entry-level performance, but prefer to future-proof yourself with the highest
