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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
John M Green
believes business people should start thinking more like novelists.
Foresight saga
“In hindsight...” Painful, often embarrassing confessions sometimes begin with those words. It is only in the future that you know how smart you are in the present. It’s why hubris is such a ...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Former BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus AC FAICD discussed director nominations at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual conference in Melbourne in May. Here is an edited extract of what he had to say.
On choosing directors
Ov...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
With the Rudd Government moving closer to its proposed health reform,
John Mero
flags some of the governance issues and challenges a new breed of hospital boards is likely to encounter.
The hospital governance challenge
Hosp...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Tony Featherstone
reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors.
The growing REM headache
The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2009
The global financial turmoil and deteriorating economic landscape have heightened the risks of doing business.
Janine Mace
reveals 10 ways in which the boards of SMEs can ensure their risks are well managed.
Ten ways to boost your risk management
With collapsing busine...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
Executive pay is likely to be a tense topic this AGM season.
Tony Featherstone
details the dilemmas boards face as they seek to attract and motivate top executives in a tough business climate while, at the same time, risking a backlash from some shareholders.
The great divide
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Content Type:
Media Release
22 Aug 2005
Tuesday, 23 August 2005. The majority of Australian companies have taken positive steps to formalising risk management practices and are implementing robust risk management frameworks. However, more work needs to be done in terms of strengthening the "softer" elements of these frameworks in areas su...
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Content Type:
Media Release
27 Jul 2005
Sydney, 27 July 2005: Australia has a very low incidence of multiple directorships, according to a study conducted by Competitive Dynamics for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), released today.The study, "Too many directorships?", reveals directors across ASX-listed companies hold...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2005
Tony Travaglione believes the recruitment and selection processes of many organisations are inherently flawed. He tells Fiona Stewart they should focus more heavily on variables such as aptitude and emotional intelligence.
Worth getting emotional about leadership Tony Trava...
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Content Type:
Media Release
12 May 2005
Perth, Thursday 12 May: One of Australia's foremost experts in quantum computing has urged some of Australia's leading company directors to take advantage of a coming revolution dubbed "the next Internet".Professor Andrew Dzurak, NSW Node Manager of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, headqu...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
14 Dec 2004
The AICD believes the AUASB should continue to base Australian Auditing Standards (AUSs) on International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), adding or amending if and as necessary to conform to Australian law and other necessary local requirements, and subject to ISAs continuing to be of high quality, wh...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
08 Jul 2002
Transcript of AICD representation at the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.
8 July 2002 Proof Committee Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT REVIEW OF INDEPENDENT AUDITING CAMPBELL, Mr Gavin, Accounting and Financial Advisory Committee Member, Australian Institute of C...
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Content Type:
Media Release
25 Sep 2001
New Audit Committees Best Practice Guide released
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Content Type:
General
For chairman across Australia:
“ In recognition that chairmanship is now such a vital role – not only to each entity with a board but to Australia’s economy – the chairman’s position description now reads like a rather demanding full-time role.” David Crawford AO FAICD
The role...
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Content Type:
Book
The second edition of Julie Garland McLellan's public sector board handbook, All Above Board: Great governance for the government sector, is now available.
With a new foreword by the Hon Nick Greiner AC FAICD (Life), eight chapters and 46 case studies, All Above Board 2nd Edition is a must-have...
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Content Type:
General
The board establishes the culture of the organisation and uses culture to shape risk managment, promote productivity and reinforce policy. With an ageing population, increased labour mobility and a shifting workforce of generation Y managers - how are companies adapting their approach to the changin...
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Content Type:
Book
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New editions
Annual General Meetings 2nd Edition This brand new edition of this vital guide is essential for anyone who prepares or takes part in AGMs. Links within the ebook enable you to downl...
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Content Type:
General
Like any endeavour, there are a raft of terms that relate to directorship and governance.
The Language of Directorship - a 55 page glossary - covers hundreds of terms from A-Z that you may find helpful in your day-to-day work as a director.
This publication is a companion to the Comp...
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Content Type:
General
This page is for purchasing the print version of Director's Signpost. To access the digital version (free for members, $45 for non-members) click here.
"Being good at whatever you did before doesn't mean you will automatically be a good director. You have to be prepared to...
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Content Type:
General
A guide for boards of public companies
This new thought leadership paper from Louise Pocock, senior policy advisor with Company Directors, examines the vexing issue of "short-termism" and the impact it has on corporations. Pocock also offers several potential solutions for Australian boards wis...