February 22, 2006

TECH NOUS What to Expect

Imagine the reaction if you transported somebody from 1906 into the present day to witness all that has been invented over the past 100 years. Researchers tell us that at

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UPFRONT Undermining staff value

Many organisations believe staff are their most valued asset but then don’t allow them to reach full potential, according to University of Otago researchers. After surveying more than 600 employees

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UPFRONT Toy story

Imagine travelling the world talking about toys. Big boys’ toys. Mouthwateringly expensive, cor-blimey high-tech ones. That’s the not-so-unhappy lot of Paul O’Neill, Deloitte’s director of global aviation and transport services.

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UPFRONT To have and to hold

That’s the challenge for employers who now rate employee retention ahead of both compliance and recruitment, according to recent survey by recruitment company Hays. It canvassed 1000 employers – more

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UPFRONT Signs of a shrinking world?

From manufacturing to software to science – there are signs that global outsourcing is heading upstream, according to study recently presented to one of America’s leading advisory groups on science

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UPFRONT Safety awards

While headlines tend to focus on workplace safety failures, there’s whole bunch of dedicated people putting lot of effort into preventing injury and ill health at work. Their initiatives will

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UPFRONT Legislating work flexibility?

The Employees & Manufacturers Association thinks it’s an “oxymoron”; Business New Zealand reckons it will limit workplace flexibility; and the Council of Trade Unions says it’s necessary to support the

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UPFRONT Leading the talent war

The forces that are fuelling increased competition for skilled workers – from demographic shifts to greater employee mobility – have already made talent management key HR priority. The number of

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UPFRONT Enron – the movie

Coming to cinema near you soon – movie about the chaps who were so caught up in their own cleverness, they managed to engineer one of the most comprehensive corporate

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UPFRONT Clarification

In the 2005 Top 200 company list in the December issue of Management magazine we showed under the name Opus International Consultants Limited the actual results of the parent company.

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The Daily Drucker

Converting Good Intentions into Results “It’s much easier to sell the Brooklyn Bridge than to give it away.” The non-profit institution is not merely delivering service. It wants the end

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EVENTS

March start NZIM Managerial excellence (level 6). NZIM Auckland. Contact Suzanne Rangi 0-9-303 9102, [email protected] or www.nzim.co.nz March 1-2 Coaching, mentoring and challenging skills. NZIM Auckland. Contact Alshad Ali 0-9-303

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