Calls to increase exports and become value-added nation have, to date, had hollow ring to them. The reality is our draconian international tax rules, when compared to our closest neighbour
Successful managers act when it becomes evident that change is needed – and that is just as true of managers of the economy as it is of those who manage
TO: Kim, Murray, Steve, Catherine, Kurt FROM: Bob SUBJECT: Email newsletter Hi All We need to start sending that regular client newsletter we discussed at the last management meeting. It
Should our government throw its purchasing power behind companies that embrace sustainable practice? Yes, says a recent NZ Management/ShapeNZ business poll.
The next few months will define John Key as opposition leader. Is he pretty face, marketing toy? Or does he point to different way to think about the economy and
Effective management and leadership require effective personalities; people who know who they are and where their strengths and weaknesses lie. So which courses and directions can help make a difference in 2007?
What’s the toughest task for companies operating in China – and why do Kiwi employers have an advantage?
Management capability is a critical indicator of management performance. And in 2006 the New Zealand Institute of Management’s Management Capability Index slipped. Doug Matheson wonders why.
NZ Management decided to kick off 2007 by asking some of our top business leaders and commentators what’s in store for New Zealand further down the track in 2020. What will characterise its business environment and its place in global markets? And what challenges must we overcome to get there?
Adrian Orr The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Orr, currently deputy governor and head of financial stability at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, as chief executive officer. Orr
Two lucky new subscribers have won free tickets to the Global Leaders Network Forum, “Our Global Future”, on Friday 9 February at SkyCity: Ray O’Connor of Te Awamutu and John
Management magazine’s publisher of the past 23 years, Profile Publishing, is now part of the newly created business-to-business publishing enterprise, 3media Group. 3media came into being at the beginning of
On the latest Index of Economic Freedom we’re in fifth place – and fourth out of 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The Index, compiled by The Heritage Foundation (a
What prompted you to seek work out of New Zealand? My husband and I decided to go to the United Kingdom, primarily for travel but also for work experience. We
My boss sets one course of action in meetings but appears to do whatever he likes afterwards. As result, staff are becoming more and more demotivated. People are reluctant to attend meetings as
Apologies to Rod Carr – pictured left – for attaching the wrong face to the story about him featured in December’s InTouch (p10). Our only excuse is that someone sent
That we don’t know what we don’t know is something of truism – but quite often we don’t know, or can’t explain what we do know, and the mystery around
If you want to shift the cultural behaviour of organisations into more constructive mode, get few more women into senior ranks, advises an Australian expert on organisational change management. “The
In the UK, they’re scrambling to recruit new talent, in the US they’re trying to curb departures – and across the ditch recent employment survey suggests Australia’s skill shortage will
Are they necessity or addiction? Comfort blanket or scapegoat? When do public sector managers really need to ‘bring in the consultants’ and how do they know when they’re getting good
At just 30 years of age, Nigel Bamford is busy clocking up an impressive business record as a Dunedin-based manufacturer and exporter of gas fires. And you get the impression that – like his product – he’s just warming to the task.
January 15-16 Project management. Auckland. The University of Auckland Business School Short Courses. Contact 0800 800 875, [email protected] or www.shortcourses.ac.nz January 16-17 Understanding accounting. Auckland. The University of Auckland Business
As we speed into yet another year with resolutions for better things streaming behind us like the impressive tail of the comet currently gracing our twilight skies, the subject of
Finance minister Michael Cullen had cause to be smug when he addressed The Property Group at Christmas drinks session in Wellington. year earlier the doomsayers had been portending something much
The feathered variety at least has an excuse for huddling close to home – but why are so many Kiwi business folk following suit? Is one of the biggest barriers to boosting our export trade a lack of ambition? An excess of complacency? Or is it just too hard?
What is shareholder activism, does it produce anything of economic value, and how is it done in New Zealand? Are the outcomes measurably different to what is being achieved in other countries?
Cover Story : EXPORT 2007 – CAN KIWIS REALLY FLY? The feathered variety at least has an excuse for huddling close to home – but why are so many Kiwi
• Ko Ngati Raukawa me Muaupoko nga Iwi. • Recent graduate of the New Zealand Leadership Institute’s Future Leaders Programme. • Studying law and commerce at Victoria University. • Involved
