What exactly is the state of organisational governance in New Zealand? The largest and most authoritative nationwide survey of its kind is about to try and find out.
What difference few months can make. In the last issue of Management magazine our listing of the nation’s top 200 businesses ranked by revenue was major cause for celebration. trawl
If the New Zealand economy takes the hard landing this year that some economists are now predicting, what effect would that have on attitudes towards maintaining the health of key executives? In a less buoyant economy, will executive health be seen as a ‘nice to have’ but not an essential component of business?
Gillian Wratt There are probably not many CEOs in New Zealand who can claim to have paid more than 40 visits to one of this country’s most farflung outposts –
Last year was an outstanding year for the New Zealand Institute of Management and 2006 is looking even better with new opportunities on offer for aspiring managers.
Spirit of an Organisation “It’s the abilities, not the disabilities, that count.” Two sayings sum up the “spirit of an organ-isation”. One is the inscription on Andrew Carnegie’s tombstone: Here
This is the year the Government has to recover its reputation for competence. If it fails, it is probably dog meat at the next election. The Government limped into Christmas
At the end of last year I joined the New Zealand delegation in Montreal to engage with world leaders, business groups and NGOs from around the world at the 11th
You may recall last month’s column referring to the ‘Live Era’ software phenomenon being introduced by Microsoft. Well, as 2006 gets under way, such is the potential of the on-demand
The innovative push needed to stay one step ahead in competitive markets is something Zeacom business development manager Ken Brickley knows all about. But now he reckons the company’s found
Accounting professionals and IT project managers are likely to be in demand and the 2006 employment market will be “as hot as ever”, according to the Hays Quarterly Forecast of
The great thing about trapezes is that you can’t hold two at the same time – you have to let one go and in between you’re not holding onto anything.
New Zealand’s business sector is trudging into 2006 with an outlook that hasn’t registered such high degree of gloom since 1986. The NZIER quarterly survey of business opinion for the
New Zealand’s top companies are lagging behind their international counterparts when it comes to reporting sustainability performance in environmental, health and safety systems. That’s according to recent study by BT
Despite skill shortages and low unemployment, companies are still laying people off. But how they do it is changing, as companies realise the value of common sense, human approach to
A slowing economy may help ease last year’s skills shortage crisis but at least one HR specialist reckons the dearth of talent is set to become big issue for business
