AUT’s new business degree major will provide graduates with the skills to foster cooperative workplace relations and avoid the pitfalls of mismanaged and negligent employment relations, says the university’s professor
Some decades ago the then New Zealand Manufacturers Federation launched the Buy New Zealand Made campaign. It was based on similar campaign in Australia and was aimed at producing greater
TO: Bob FROM: Kurt SUBJECT: My resignation Hi Bob It’s with great deal of sadness that I tender my resignation, effective from the 31st of March, 2007. I have really
Climate change is gaining enormous momentum in the media – it is no longer exclusive to the domain of scientists, tree huggers, and weather forecasters but has become genuine conversation
As a profession it’s still in junior league. At a performance level – project management still depends too heavily on its natural “heroes”. How best to build consistent project management success?
Seat-of-the-pants entrepreneurs and by-the-rules professionals run very different businesses. Entrepreneurs can get it spectacularly right. And horribly wrong. It’s the same in government. In small business the entrepreneur gets rich
Tony Nowell Nowell replaces Tim Goodacre as ZESPRI’s next chief executive. Most recently MD of Griffin’s Foods, Nowell is co-chair of the Government’s Food & Beverage Taskforce and New Zealand
The New Zealand Institute of Management has been taking stock of just how well it delivers what its members need to succeed in a rapidly changing world – and is aiming to add more value, as national chief executive David Chapman reports.
One of the biggest challenges facing managers of today and into the future is designing workplaces that meet people’s dual responsibilities to work and to family. That’s according to Tom
New research from the Massey University School of Business has helped uncover the benefits to students of MBAs – and it seems money is not primary driver. The rationale could
While the debate rages over the use of SUVs in cities, the major car manufacturers are launching hybrid versions of their gas guzzlers in the expectation that the lucrative consumer
“The programme was designed to shock us into realising the intensity of being part of high growth, innovative business in the United States and to sort those who can take
What prompted you to seek work out of New Zealand? When I left New Zealand in 1997, aged 23, it was all about doing the typical Kiwi OE. I took
Why are we here? Who would miss us if we weren’t? What if people do not mind change – but mind being changed? Goran Carstedt is given to asking some
A less experienced colleague is being promoted above me. I’m sure it’s because of their networking skills rather than their ability to put in the hard work and be productive.
The ongoing fluctuation of NZ currency value highlights the need for companies to identify their foreign exchange risk and how that impacts on their business. They need to put sound
“A great framework for dealing with management overwhelm.” That’s one participant’s reaction to series of recent CEO workshops run by UK-based business coach, Darren Shirlaw. The founder of his eponymous
New Zealand managers are invited to apply for valuable scholarship at top business school in Europe. The James Stuckey scholarship is offered by the Cranfield School of Management and provides
Hmmmm… healthy water or stimulating coffee? Would that all decisions in life or in business were that clear cut. The reality is messier, often more brutal and seldom consensual. In
A lifetime of working in the power industry must have rubbed off on Keith Turner – he seems to have energy to burn. And for all his emphasis on being an ‘ordinary’ Kiwi bloke, he’s been quietly generating some major corporate achievements.
The older we get, the more health-related problems we suffer – right? So it follows that workplaces need to beef up their health management. Are Kiwi employers prepared? And do older workers really represent a health problem?
One of the privileges of this job is that you get to talk to some pretty amazing people – and this particular edition of the mag seems to be chock
Finance columnist Humberto Cruz, writing for Tribune Media Services in the US, is among many commentators raising questions about inflation and how it is measured. Health insurance premiums for himself
The ‘agency problem’, ie the opportunistic or self-serving manager/employee, has shaped our understanding of governance. But have the resulting prescriptive constraints enhanced performance, or merely added an additional burden?
Cover Story Six of the best – World class leaders Whether they’re in biotech or business, distilling alcohol or ideas, creating new software or pioneering new science, New Zealand leaders
It’s bought into Aussie without getting burned – now it’s going global. What is the secret of Nuplex’s acquisition strategy?
They’re global, mobile and in demand. How can New Zealand attract its share of skilled workers? Are our immigration policies a help or hindrance?
• Designer for Designworks Enterprise IG • Age: 26 How would you describe the New Zealand identity? Our identity is as fragmented, diverse, and interesting as the people who form
