How much can change in 18 months. The tone of last month’s second Australia New Zealand Conference on Climate Change and Business in Adelaide was in stark contrast to that
New Zealanders may pride themselves on innovation but in reality the rest of the world is well ahead of us in strong visionary thinking. That’s according to Shaun McCarthy, chair
Australian execs get nearly twice as much while American CEOs earn nearly four times that of their Kiwi colleagues – it seems local CEOs are seriously lagging global trends when
The hunt is on for this year’s top entrepreneur – and those with pride in what their businesses have achieved should step up to the challenge of international competition. That’s
Richard Mander Not many companies can prove their CEO is World Class New Zealander. Dr Richard Mander, the newly appointed CEO at Christ-church-based HumanWare, clinched the NZTE award back in
New Zealand faces significant challenge – how do we boost productivity rate that is currently just 79 percent of the OECD average? Past economic growth has relied on sopping up
They’re everywhere – from Tajikistan to Tanzania, Canberra to the Caribbean – and an organisation set up to create links with the great global talent pool of migrating Kiwis is
Brian Weatherly, CEO of Software of Excellence, may be no stranger to international travel but he’s just won chance to up the style. Weatherly took out the big prize in
Could sound like bit of no-brainer – but there’s now some global research showing that how managers operate is more important in terms of overall company productivity than the industry
Organisations trying to wrap their minds round changes surrounding financial reporting can tap in to new resource from the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). New standards – “NZ
Recovering exports will help soften the landing for New Zealand’s economy which is now predicted to slow to 1.4 percent during the coming year before rebounding to 2.4 percent in
Forced by shareholders, encouraged by insurance companies keen to mitigate risk, and voluntarily relinquishing the increasingly weighty responsibilities of two major roles, fewer leaders of corporate America are now holding
Three new professors and $1.35 million worth of sponsorship toward new Chair of Finance will give the University of Auckland’s Business School some added intellectual grunt this year. Last month
Ever since the emergence of the first industry standard notebook (laptop) computer in 1985, portable PCs have had slow but steady impact on the sales of desktop computers. Barely noticeable
Becoming an effective and enduring CEO is all about ensuring the right match between CEO skills, abilities, experience and latent talents, and a myriad of organisational details.
After the binge comes the hangover. Next month’s Budget is case in point. The 2005 election was throwback to 1970s-style spend-it-all campaigning. National spent up to the eyeballs in tax
Imagine future in which teenage students are based not in one location but spread throughout the community – in businesses, factories, marae, shopping malls, sporting academies or museums. Instead of
A New Zealand Institute of Management practical management model defines critical development targets for managers and leaders.
New technologies are helping managers to literally get out of the box and into a new mode of thinking.
Thank you for your great article entitled “Unleash the Ferrari Within” (Management magazine, March 2006). I liked the hands-on and practical side of the writing which I have used with
Most New Zealanders would be surprised to learn that some bills that come before Parliament arrive there more or less on the roll of the dice. Bills can be described
Can you advise what main trends manager should focus on for their own development and effectiveness over the next couple of years? There are so many books, reports, articles and
Today’s schools share much with business: both have a board for governance and an appointed chief executive for management. But schools face unique challenges: not least, the incredibly diverse role of the principal and the need to educate volunteer board members from all sectors of the community. So how are our schools doing?
If we are to stand true to this magazine’s stated intention of exploring and explaining New Zealand’s place in fast changing world, we can do no better than look at
Business people sounded predictable warnings when the Government announced the latest increase in the minimum wage. The increase in the face of an economic downturn “is not the way to
Organisational change expert Bob Rogers talks with James Gray about the dangers of assuming current performance will translate into prowess at the top.
Will New Zealand’s traditional multi-purpose venues continue to attract the international conference market? Or will competition from the increasing number of purpose-built centres in other countries prove our downfall?
