NZ Management is delighted to welcome new member to our Top 200 family of major award sponsors. Workbase, New Zealand’s leading organisation tackling literacy and numeracy issues in the workplace,
Fuelled in large part by the introduction of KiwiSaver, the New Zealand wealth and asset management industry is taking off. But is it geared for growth and performance? And can it attract the talent to capitalise on new opportunities?
This issue of NZ Management touches on two important organisational activities: The staging of effective conferences and conventions, both internal and international, and the need to think and plan strategically.
Business managers attempting to get some measure of how the general economic environment in New Zealand might affect their individual enterprises over 2010 and 2011 may be excused for being
The way in which organisations develop strategy is under scrutiny. Because very little is constant in today’s world, the question is being asked: is strategic planning still relevant?
Surfing the wave It takes some bottle to move into a new market, particularly when the rest of the world hasn’t yet realised the market exists. Michael Reynolds, anchor trustee and chief executive of Kiwi animation studio The Funny Farm wants the company to play a leading role in developing high quality movies for smartphones.
How do you tie bureaucrats’ and politicians’ hands so they won’t make mucky law? Rodney Hide thinks he has the answer. New Zealand ranks high in some lists of “free”
Michael Spaans The Katolyst Group, the trust with 100 percent ownership of the Waikato Innovation Park, has appointed Spaans, well-known, Waikato-based dairy farmer, as the new chairman of the board
Tough times or not, top companies continue to invest in leadership development, according to a recently released combined study by US magazine BusinessWeek and global management consulting firm Hay Group. And the New Zealand Institute of Management agrees that creating and maintaining a leadership culture during crises, chaos and an economic downturn should be an organisational priority.
What prompted you to seek work outside New Zealand? I have always been fascinated in travel and the adventure that lies in living abroad. As keen entrepreneur, China has always
Powering productivity Companies looking to meet what has become a mantra of business performance – increased productivity – may need to look no further than their own employee base. Re-tuning literacy levels to increasingly complex workplace needs pays dividends.
Although the “S” word (sustainable) has apparently become lingua non grata in public service circles these days, new book Hatched from Landcare Research provides an extremely useful research summary for
A group of business people who are pushing for public/private taskforce that would help develop clean technology in New Zealand is gaining some political traction. Group spokesman Phillip Mills (chair
It’s no surprise people don’t want tax rise. So opposition to increasing GST from 12.5 percent to 15 percent is strong. However, only 11 percent of New Zealanders think the
How would you describe the New Zealand identity? At the end of an epic sporting battle, what is it you feel when you see team of New Zealanders step onto
Do managers really have good grip on how well they’re managing? recent survey raises some doubts. The Great New Zealand Employment Survey 2010 by Clarian Human Resources reveals perception gap
Our workforce is just heading over the crest of demographic wave – nearly one in three New Zealand workers is now aged 50 or over, according to Statistics New Zealand.
At the 2010 Leadership NZ Programme Cocktail Launch: 1. Jo Brosnahan (CEO, Leadership NZ). 2. Recipients of scholarships to participate in the 2010 Leadership Programme. 3. Alumni from the 2009
The concept of “kaizen” is one most of today’s managers would recognise – even if they haven’t embraced the philosophy. That this Japanese term for “improvement” made it into the language of global business is largely thanks to one man – Masaaki Imai. The Kaizen Institute founder was in Auckland recently and spoke to Management magazine.
April 7 Empowering Individuals and Teams. Auckland. University of Auckland Short Courses. www.shortcourses.ac.nz 7-9 FranklinCovey: Supervision. Auckland. David Forman. www.iod.org.nz 13 Governance Essentials. Hamilton. Institute of Directors. www.projectplusgroup.com 14 Finance
The past month saw a flurry of new releases in New Zealand. Pauline Herbst finds out how a few of these devices and applications offer new solutions to old problems.
Those living in small communities know that small degree of separation can be both blessing and curse. But perhaps that depends on whether you’re thinking big or small. When world
Business gave Labour leader Phil Goff roasting last month after he told Federated Farmers that Labour now believed it was time to review the country’s monetary policy. His party was,
Cover Story Kea’s World Class Kiwis – Networks and Know-how Now into its seventh year, the Kea World Class New Zealand Leaders Awards again prove that there is no shortage
Clever new teleconferencing technologies, pressure to cut organisational travel costs and a desire to placate the increasingly vocal carbon footprint lobby seem, on the face of it, to threaten New Zealand’s large and lucrative conferencing and conventions industry. But industry advocate Alan Trotter doesn’t think so.
• Sheryl Sutherland & Marty Witty • New Holland • RRP $29.99 It was conveniently serendipitous that review copy of Smart Money: how to structure your New Zealand business for
• Tim Jackson • Earthscan • RRP $30 Despite attempts in New Zealand to evict “sustainability” from the public service lexicon, the rest of the world is moving on –
