A business enterprise has two basic functions: marketing and innovation. If we want to know what business is, we have to start with its purpose. And the purpose must lie
After discovering that lack of trust rather than technology was big factor in the slow uptake of flexible work arrangements, Toshiba has launched guide to flexible working that aims to
A shopping trolley designed to entertain kids, an internet-based system designed to integrate emergency calls, an automated optimiser for mobile phone games or applications, and quick access to high quality
CEOs and senior management now have comprehensive and less onerous tool to use when appointing their HR practitioners. The Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) has set up four
Companies have been so downsized, ‘rightsized’ and turned upside down that they don’t have the time to think about where they want to be in the future. That’s according to
Lisa Gunnery Southern Cross Medical Care Society’s not-for-profit status was strong drawcard when Lisa Gunnery, it’s new COO insurance operations, was looking for new role. “It’s great to know,” she
In today’s tight labour market, the ability to tap into the skills and energies of parents must be plus point. That’s the thinking behind new survey currently being conducted by
The new branding campaign for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand – now, renamed as the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants – is so flash that it
A family business that started in basement nearly 40 years ago and now earns in excess of $60 million in annual exports was pronounced DHL Supreme Exporter of the Year
A collective directorial sigh of relief was probably expelled around American boardrooms last month after court ruling that the US$140 million severance pay to Walt Disney’s erstwhile president Michael Ovitz
Rising addiction rates for business executives have outstripped recovery rates and are costing companies millions in lost income and profits. Anyone who has tried knows that getting help for business
When companies invest in team building and training programmes, managers expect results. But staff attitude survey of more than 10,000 people shows that management training workshops do not always produce
Business as Unusual By: Anita Roddick Publisher: Anita Roddick Books Price: $19.99 As someone who believes in recycling, it’s entirely appropriate that Anita Roddick’s ‘entrepreneurial journey’ has been ‘re-packaged’ once
Business consultants are doing it. Journalists are doing it. And now an increasing number of corporate companies are doing it too – creating their own web log (or ‘blog’ for
Fifteen months ago the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) and Westpac New Zealand embarked on project to offer business solutions for Maori organisations in the
As fast as one party goes out of Parliament, another comes in, it seems. We appear to be stuck around seven. How come? Mauri Pacific, the post-1998 New Zealand First
I read again today that yet another bad thing has happened to good people and that counselling is to be made available for the victims. My Dad, who is in
Management salaries have climbed significantly in the past year, according to a national salary survey conducted by the New Zealand Institute of Management and specialist publisher Brookers. The survey’s findings have just been released and reveal some telling surprises.
I read with interest your article on Maori governance in the August issue of The Director. Overall, it was interesting and informative, mentioning number of times Treaty settlement assets and
I have just read your editorial in the latest Management magazine and found myself reacting strongly to your final paragraph, “Who knows? Twenty years on, this year’s NZIM/Eagle Technology Young
Sometime towards the end of this month the representatives of some of our political parties are going to sit down to hammer out the coalition agreement that will permit the
What relevance does happiness have when it comes to workplace productivity? Does the economic wellbeing of the nation depend on our collective happiness quotient? Should work, indeed, be fun? These
You wouldn’t have heard much about science policy during the election campaign. Political posturing on science doesn’t hit the headlines the same as, say, allegations about terrorists in our midst
Some Fortune 500 companies encourage executives to play with Lego blocks; others have started laughter clubs; more employers are branding their companies as “fun” places to work, and managers can now be trained at a Happiness Institute. Why is happiness being taken so seriously and what is its relevance to workplace productivity and economic wellbeing?
