Good governance is synonymous with prudent investment, risk management, vision, strategy and other measures ultimately designed to secure and build shareholder wealth over the long term. In making the case
It is widely recognised that New Zealand for many years has reported the lowest personal savings rates as measured by the OECD. Of the personal savings that does occur, much
Social Purpose for Society The absence of basic social purpose for industrial society constitutes the core of our problem. We already have given up the belief that economic progress is
TO: Murray CC: Steve, Kim, Catherine, Jen FROM: Bob SUBJECT: Keeping track of things Hi Murray I’ve got bunch of links to useful websites that I thought might be useful
It’s Anzac month, time to honour the war dead and bother about Australia. So Winston Peters will drop in on the fourth Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum in Sydney on
The New Zealand Institute of Management has been contemplating the future of management education and training and considering what its response to that future might be. Market researcher and long-time NZIM member Ken Fink-Jensen reports on the findings of an extensive research survey of NZIM membership and managers in general.
Calling all young managers and leaders: please note that the regional finals for this year’s NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year Award are being held month earlier than last
Speed daters do it. Bullet trains do it. When it comes to getting stuff done faster there’s been notable gap in the market. That’s the view of Executives Online (EOL)
A bright, but not very green, future is on the cards for Australia’s SMEs. That’s the message from new study by global business coaching company Shirlaws. “Opportunities and challenges for
Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom is offering scholarship for the Cranfield MBA course worth approximately NZ$100,000. This is unique opportunity for young New Zealander to attend leading
HR departments? Not needed. Five-year plans? Just wishful thinking. Leadership development? Not that material. Technology? Hasn’t done much to change our state of mind. Time spent listening to Ricardo Semler
Andy Wilkinson: senior vice president/GM Asia Pacific, webMethods – and NZ vineyard owner What prompted you to seek work out of New Zealand? Initially I left New Zealand on my
A serious rethink about where production and distribution activities take place may need to be on the cards if New Zealand is to secure its foothold in the global economy.
I want to restructure my business so that people are able to work in different groups as the need arises. This means that they will report to two or three
The health of country’s economy is measured by its quota of ‘gazelles’ – companies that are growing at least 20 percent year for four years in row. That’s according to
The age of the octogenarian manager may be fast approaching if the predictions of new Labour Department report prove valid. “Older people in work: key trends and patterns 1995 –
The Government looks set to support joint private and public sector initiative to encourage managers and business owners to develop their management capability. The project, called Management Focus, is the
Conflict is bit like cooking – at least in terms of temperature range. If the temperature is too hot (shouting and aggression), everyone gets burned; too cold and you have
New Zealand needs to get on the front foot in terms of verifying its clean, green image with some solid, measurable progress toward sustainable development – because branding alone won’t
Grainne Troute Human resources consulting company Right Management has appointed Troute as its managing director for New Zealand. She was formerly McDonald’s New Zealand’s managing director. Vicki Hamilton Effective this
When it comes to workplace competencies, what are human resources really talking about? More to the point, are organisations truly measuring what they say they are?
How did a New Zealand engineer get to head what are arguably the most hallowed halls of British academia?
As anyone who ever played with kaleidoscope will know, sometimes it only takes subtle shift for whole new picture to emerge. That’s happening right now across raft of issues and,
Back in March, this column mused on the critique of one Antony Mueller, Brazilian economics professor who reckons modern economies are too complex and diverse for central bank control of
In the second of a series of articles on corporate governance, Massey University’s James Lockhart argues that the question of just whom directors serve strikes at the heart of the good governance debate. Get this one right, he argues, and other elements will fall into place.
• BA, social anthropology and English. BA, museum and cultural heritage. MA student at Auckland University. • Pacific educator, Auckland War Memorial Museum. • Represented the Museum and Auckland University
