Is your business ready for sustainability makeover? The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) has technology to help. One of the organisation’s latest releases is stand-alone website assessment. You don’t need to
South Island managers gained useful insights into today’s challenging business issues at the recent NZIM Southern Business Forum. Inevitably the focus was on the global recession and how businesses can
I recently travelled to Sydney on six-day management study tour scholarship awarded to myself and two others by the New Zealand Institute of Management Foundation. The tour included two days
Eighty percent of business decision makers expect economic growth to start again within two years. This compares with 65 percent of all New Zealanders. Within what period do you expect
From food to furniture, dental technology to animal health – the recently announced finalists in New Zealand’s International Business Awards are all growing their operations internationally and making valuable contribution
A meteoric rise through the New Zealand Fire Service has put 34-year-old Dan Coward in role usually reserved for those with lot more experience under their belts – but as
New Zealand’s larger companies can help their SME (small/medium enterprise) counterparts through the recession by donating mentoring support. That’s the suggestion from Business Mentors New Zealand – not-for-profit organisation that
In the past 20 years, New Zealand has gone from being the OECD’s third most indebted country to enjoying its third year in the OECD’s top five with exports now
Hutt Valley business Celcius Coffee has become the first coffee roaster in the country to be certified under the carboNZero programme’s small enterprise certification scheme. This means the company has
Actions speak louder than words when it comes to getting green messages across to the public, according to the latest Creo / Perceptive Corporate Trust survey. In response to the
The financial results collated for NZ Management magazine’s Top 200 Companies list in 1990 “indicate another grim year” for New Zealand companies, said the magazine’s editor of the day, Vaughan
In June something happened, unannounced, that will eventually affect nearly every business wanting government contract. And it could affect the outcome of bids for government contracts worth between $14 and
It’s hard enough coming to terms with the complexities of climate change debate in New Zealand – let alone its various permutations around the globe. But Deloitte chair Nick Main is up for the challenge.
Risk management takes on a whole new meaning for students studying for a management diploma in adventure tourism.
Gerard Walsh: Head of Web & CRM; Head of Change Management – Distribution Schroder Investment Management What prompted you to seek work outside New Zealand? It was happenstance – my
Business like life is by its nature, a risky venture – but as it is put so lyrically in The Rose, “it’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance”. The trick is find a sane and well-judged balance between level of risk and potential for reward.
Vanessa Hannan Most recently Telstra Enterprise & Government’s Sydney-based principal – strategic financial planning and analysis, Hannan has been appointed chief financial officer of TelstraClear. CEO Dr Allan Freeth says
Red Alert is actually pinkish. But it has energy. And it has got the blue brigade’s attention. Red Alert is the Labour MPs’ blog. New backbenchers started it. MPs pay
With touch-screen technology starting to move into mainstream markets, it turns out that a small New Zealand company is the de facto standard. How did NextWindow beat the development curve?
This is the first time in most of our lives that we’ve had to work hard at our business just to survive. And yet it is during these unsettled times
Somewhere in the process of becoming, this issue turned into Snedden brothers special – our face to face interview (p38) organised with Pat before the Rugby World Cup story (p32)
• Adam Werbach • Harvard Business Press • RRP $45 It is sad reality that lot of managers will look at this title, sigh fretfully and turn to something that
• Michael Santoro • Cornell University Press • RRP $51.95 Consider for moment the rhetoric around the last Labour government’s signing of bilateral trade agreement with China. Hailed as political
• Andrew Lih • Aurum Press • $39.99 (in stores May 7th) Who can imagine world without Wikipedia? You type in search and then, chances are, the hit you pick
The realms of business and technology intertwine exponentially every year. New Zealand businesses are going to have to get increasingly knowledgeable about ICT just in order to keep up with competitors. How much expertise do you need and who do you turn to provide it? Pauline Herbst finds out what the best approach and top trends are.
There’s lot of talk these days about businesses needing to behave ethically. What exactly does that mean? I believe ethics are about how we act toward each other. It’s about
• Editor’s Letter • In Touch: News; Managers Abroad: Gerard Walsh • On the Move • Executive Development • NZIM: Managing Risk to Your Advantage Karin Callaghan Just Good Business
Maybe defining today’s economic environment as “interesting” somewhat understates the dramatic impacts of the past 18 months. Nevertheless, what is interesting are the results of Deloitte’s survey of more than
As a business proposition, it’s a daunting challenge. Will our Rugby World Cup runneth over? Is it a loss-making proposition or a catalyst for economic growth? An opportunity to prove New Zealand can truly punch above its weight in the world? Two years out – and we’ve started counting.
It’s the sort of thing prime minister of any stripe would say: New Zealand’s economic performance is vitally important and the Government “is focused squarely on improving New Zealand’s economic
Mike Perrett is the national sales director of HRV How would you describe the New Zealand identity? Too many New Zealanders have “she’ll be right” attitude and this complacency is
When bad corporate behaviour helps precipitate a massive global recession, it does rather focus the business mind on ethics. Or does it? New Zealand might have a good reputation on the business integrity front, but how do we really measure up?
Most people have heard of Blu-ray but do they know what it is? We laser in on high-definition media.
In our series of interviews with senior managers from around the world, we catch up with Rome-based Wendy Harcourt, senior advisor for the Society for International Development, on her recent visit to New Zealand.
In the current economic climate, stress has become an increasingly common topic of discussion in workplace wellness circles. And for good reason. The New Zealand Mental Health Foundation says there
Rampant restructuring, technology tsunamis, economies in transition and major market shifts…When change is the only certainty, how best to engage with it? Speakers at this month’s Human Resource Institute of New Zealand annual conference provided insights.
The Minister for Climate Changes Issues has told business leaders he hopes for settled emissions trading scheme attracting broad political sign up. Hon Dr Nick Smith, also Environment Minister, says
Waikato University Management School is finalist in this year’s Waikato Sustainable Business Awards. The school is one of four finalists in the non-profit category, up against the Te Whangai Trust
New Zealand’s larger companies can help their SME (small/medium enterprise) counterparts through the recession by donating mentoring support. That’s the suggestion from Business Mentors New Zealand – not-for-profit organisation that
