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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 Apr 2008
With grey clouds rapidly gathering on the economic horizon,
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to weather the storms they carry.
Battening down the hatches
The heat is on. Fallout from the US subprime crisis has brought an end to an unprecedented period of prosperity and gro...
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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
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Domini Stuart examines the differences between sitting on private and public sector boards.
A peek at the other side
Until directors are replaced by robots, no two boards can possibly operate in exactly the same way. Nevertheless, there are...
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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
Billions of dollars are spent on marketing each year but relatively little is known about its effectiveness. Giles Parkinson gives several examples of how companies obtained better value for their marketing dollar by analysing what campaigns actually resulted in higher sales and increased profits.
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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
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 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 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...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2006
Phil Ruthven believes that it is comforting to be master of one’s own destiny and directors can help their company get more peace of mind through positioning.
Positioning for success
Domination of markets is frowned upon by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission. However, history s...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2006
Directors cannot afford to be ignorant of development in IT – but they should concentrate on the business case for implementing new technology and not be overwhelmed by confusing jargon. Domini Stuart reports.
Coming to grips with IT
As recently as the seventies, IT was nothing more than an ex...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Ralph Kerle recommends that businesses adopt a more artistic way of thinking in order to extract full value from their most valuable asset – their staff.
Creative solutions to business problems
Most businesses, governments and statisticians use words such as productivity, efficiency, and effec...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2006
The director’s role in success
While governments set the criteria and responsibilities for directors, there are unspoken guidelines for those that want their company to be truly successful, writes Phil Ruthven.
The serving term of a director was once the same as the life of a company. Many co...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2006
An Arabian tale
Dubbed ‘the Singapore of the Middle East’, the United Arab Emirates has become the trading hub of choice in The Gulf. Now, a proposed Free Trade Agreement with Australia heralds the potential to significantly increase business between the regions. Joe Parkes writes.
They call ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2006
Change is inevitable…adapting is crucial
Change has never more been apparent than in today’s corporate arena. People, and the businesses they run, are no longer constrained by the four walls of their corporate headquarters. The phenomena of globalisation, emerging technologies, cultural shift...