Just about anybody can produce widget but in world awash with ever cheaper widgets, churning out more me-too products won’t cut much market ice – hence last month’s launch of
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters FOR SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT We recognise nothing is more important than the health and safety of our people,” is one of the core business ethics of
WINNER Pumpkin Patch You could hardly call growth strategy that delivered 15 percent lift in turnover and 307 percent profit hike kids’ stuff. But, that is exactly what Pumpkin Patch
Sir Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Hillary is both an inspirational and visionary leader. He is an iconic New Zealander who leveraged his vision to generate enormous good off the back
Top 200 Judges 2004 Alison Paterson Alison Paterson is chair of Landcorp Farming, Electricity Complaints Committee, Centre for Research Excellence Growth and Development (University of Auckland) and BPAC NZ. She
WINNER SKY Network Television It is impossible to switch off to the numbers. 4854 percent profit increase for the year says it all. SKY Television is business whose time has
Roderick Deane Outstandingly unorthodox Dr Roderick Deane’s rise to the top of New Zealand’s hierarchy of corporate performance has, in many respects, been as unorthodox as it has been successful.
Management magazine’s listing of New Zealand’s largest organisations includes New Zealand subsidiaries of overseas companies, producer boards, cooperatives, local authority trading enterprises (LATEs) and state-owned enterprises that operate as limited
While some in the business community had tried to stop the introduction of MMP, the first election under the new system, held on 12 October 1996, did not have the
WINNER Snowy Peak South Island environment-focused fashion house Snowy Peak is reaching for the stars. After 21 years of inspirational leadership, hard fought, innovative and design-driven growth this manufacturer of
Recent research by the Manukau Institute of Technology and Pacific Business Trust suggests Pacific Islanders need training that is more attuned to their culture to succeed as entrepreneurs. Because training
It’s still man’s world out there in the corporate jungle and that gender bent is why women are under-represented at management level – according to discussion paper recently released by
Local exporters are hardy lot – high exchange rates may have clipped their profits and prompted some to curb investment plans but most of them are optimistic about their future
Brent Powell PlaceMakers newly appointed general manager – business systems, Brent Powell, is Kiwi flown back to the nest. He left Auckland as 12-year-old and returned six years ago as
Evidence of the increasingly common consensus on the need for leadership both in community and business was the official launch last month of two major New Zealand leadership initiatives. First
Performance-based remuneration, long held as motivator to increased productivity and company profitability, can be the piece of corporate kindness that kills the enterprise according to the woman who blew the
Worried about the weather? And not just in ‘will we have great summer’ sort of worried. We mean weather as in global climate change and its impact on life and
Enter the 1990s and the millennium’s last decade. Ian F Grant continues with the sixth article in his series recounting 50 years of Management in New Zealand.
This is the second of two interviews with international leadership and organisational behaviour expert Manfred Kets de Vries, best known for his work exploring the darker side of organisational life. He has taught at Harvard and McGill and is currently based at the French campus of the international business school INSEAD. He talked with Georgia Peters for Management on the challenges and hazards of running a family owned company.
The countdown to Christmas is on once again, and as children everywhere send their wish lists off to the jolly fat fellow at the North Pole, our thoughts begin to
What on earth is this “work-life balance” the bureaucrats are working on? Doesn’t it presume work to be the antithesis of life? Sounds like more Labour social engineering. And how
There has been a decline in senior management’s interest in measuring performance. Yet performance management is an important management tool. How can the process be made more satisfying so that organisations use it to add value to their enterprise?
Some say you can sum up the difference between Australia and New Zealand by listening to the respective national anthems. Over there they’re advancing Australia fair, while here we want
Seeking new and powerful ways to lead in a world made evermore challenging by change of extraordinary scale and speed was the recurring theme of the New Zealand Institute of Management and Asian Association of Management Associations (AAMO) International Leadership Summit held in Auckland in October.
Anushiya Ayingaran VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP Anushiya Ayingaran arrived at the not-for-profit Nurse Maude Association to take up the newly created role of general manager corporate services following major organisational restructure of
Q Whenever I pick up management magazine or book, or look at an advert for management courses I constantly see and hear references to “emotional intelligence”. Isn’t it just buzzword?
It’s time for the self-indulgent reward for a year of hard yakka, or acknowledgement of significant others – at home or at work. Where to go and what to choose for the ultimate in executive indulgence? Management offers some gilt-edged advice for those seeking inspiration.
It was, all things considered, champagne year for corporates. The New Zealand economy grew at better-than-expected margin. Sure the dollar firmed but commodity prices were good and, until year’s end
How much prosperity can you expect to enjoy in the year ahead? Your columnist, alas, is not forecaster. And anyhow, forecasters are forever changing their minds. Armed with his latest
Fifteen years ago New Zealand was struggling to come to terms with new economic model. Protectionist policies were being stripped away and the effects were being felt throughout the economy.
With strategic planning and governance practices under the microscope, commentators have focused on the need to keep the roles of board chair and chief executive separate. But what happens at the other extreme – when there are no executives common to both the board and the management team, as is required by state-owned enterprises in New Zealand? To find out, Maurice Ellett and James Lockhart researched New Zealand companies through Massey University and presented a summary of their findings.
Two more companies this year joined the elite band of locals who have earned “silver” for their standard of global business excellence – and public sector organisations are still leading the charge.
On Value and Values: Thinking Differently about We in an Age of Me By: Douglas K Smith Publisher: Penguin Books Price: $45.00 The meaning gap that has opened up between
