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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
Expanding offshore is a risky business. The Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation recently hosted a discussion to help guide directors through this maze.
Taking the world by storm
Australian businesse...
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Media Release
20 May 2010
The report Guidance for Directors released by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) recognises industry leadership and the need for an ongoing focus on good governance, AICD said today.
Responding to a request from the Minister for Corporate Law, the Hon Chris Bowen, CAMAC’s...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
Technology advancements are creating new opportunities and threats for companies. The Australian Institute of Company Directors and CSC hosted a discussion on how boards can respond.
Stepping up to IT challenges
Rapid technology changes are creating a host of challenges for directors.
The g...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
A peek at some of the issues directors need to consider as we edge into an increasingly carbon-constrained business world.
Climate change update
Corporate Australia has passed a key first hurdle with flying colours as it enters a new carbon constrained world.
The Department of Climate Change’s...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
18 Feb 2009
NSW Inquiry into University Governance
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2008
Dale Budd
outlined the challenges and opportunities confronting public sector governance at a recent seminar in Canberra. This is an abridged version of his speech.
The governance of government
Directors of public sector agencies and businesses often have a difficult role to play in ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
If you’re not riding the wave of change into the 21st century, you’ll find yourself drowning beneath it.
Di Worrall
provides five mindsets that will help keep your organisation’s head above water.
Habits for business success
As we pull out from the information age and into a new ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2008
Ken Moss
discussed the role that power and authority play in a board’s relationship with its CEO at a recent AICD lunch in Perth. Here’s an excerpt of what he had to say.
Power and authority in the boardroomMany political figures have hung onto power for perhaps too long, including the li...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2008
Anne Lampe
reports on how directors can ensure their organisations are insulated from the risks that come their way as market conditions continue to toughen.
Future proofing your business
Until this year, almost a decade of consistent economic growth has allowed Australian management tea...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
Ric Hallgren
provides some pointers on how to plan for the environmental tsunami heading the way of your business.
Riding the tsunami
Much has been written about the macro issues to do with what seems like an impending tsunami of environmental business impacts, threatening to overwhelm b...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Ian Porter
provides tips on how to prepare for a greener business world.
A new shade of green Sustainability has become an issue which all companies need to build into their thinking. The way we use resources as a society is changing and the demands from our customers are changing...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Adrian Dignam
provides six key steps to help your organisation to turn its planned strategies into action.
Turning talk into action
By all accounts, the implementation of organisational strategies is a classic example of the saying: “When everything’s been said and done, more’s been said th...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2007
Letters to the editor
Thanks to Domini Stuart for such a succinct article in the November edition on key issues for boards in strategic planning. I was heartened by the ‘Rubber Hits the Road’ section because it is not uncommon in my experience for organisations to do strategic planning because it i...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2006
Michelle Alice Thoo, manager of the Singapore Tourism Board, outlines the new incentives available to attract more business meetings, conferences and events to Singapore.
Singapore, a meeting place for business
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) recently unveiled a strategic three point plan de...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2006
Delegates attending the Company Directors Conference in Shanghai in May 2007 will get direct access to a range of professional advisers experienced in the Chinese market through the Business Connections program. Michael Wadley outlines why delegates should take full advantage of this service.
G...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2006
Many government enterprises are now operating in competitive business environments. As Kevin Forde discovered, in order to survive they have had to change their public service mentality, retrain their staff, and get closer to their customers.
Breaking down bureaucracy
If you read the annual re...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2006
Robert Elstone, Elizabeth Johnstone and Charles Macek argue that directors need to be courageous in encouraging management to adopt a long term strategic focus – and not focus entirely on short-term financial performance.
Some challenges for directors in short termism
In previous articles we c...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2006
Directors need to ensure that money spent on marketing is a research-based investment giving high returns – not a money-losing exercise in creative wishful thinking. Kevin Forde gives some suggestions on how to improve your marketing outcomes.
Magic and metrics
Marke...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2006
Phil Ruthven argues that the most profitable organisations in the future will not invest significantly in building and equipment. Instead they will be virtual corporations that outsource their non-core activities.
Rise of the virtual corporation
There are many definitions of a virtual corpora...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
Phil Ruthven believes that intellectual property (IP) is the holy grail of a modern business and is one of an organisation’s most valuable assets in this competitive new century.
Investing in intellectual property pays handsome dividends
In our increasingly borderless world, having an ed...