Posted in hot topics on Dec 14th, 2007
To follow up on an earlier hot topics posting on sustainability, here is a local way to get involved. Intersect (young professionals networking for sustainability) was launched recently in Wellington. You are never to be old to be young! The intention is for people to share ideas, develop leadership capabilities and grow networks. Their partners are the Sustainable Business Network [...]
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Posted in hot topics on Dec 13th, 2007
The latest California Management Review celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special issue on “Leading through innovation.” You can read this in hard copy at Central Library or read it online via our mygateway databases. Click here to go directly to this issue. To look at what range of databases we have look here . [...]
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Posted in management, new resources on Dec 13th, 2007
Management focus is a free monthly magazine from Emerald Management First which highlights a selection of content from some of their journals. An archive of previous issues appears at the bottom of the page. It looks interesting.
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This newish magazine (launched December 2005) “is a magazine about creative business, innovation, entrepreneurship and creating wealth from ideas”. The founders and writers have a great pedigree and have previously been associated with such publications as Computerworld, Urbis, Unlimited and NZ Pc World. Wellington City Libraries hold this magazine, or have a look at the [...]
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Posted in marketing on Dec 3rd, 2007
This is a simple informative blog with no adverts apart from from links to his books. Take a look, especially if you are seeking new marketing ideas, or interested in his take on the world.
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Posted in hot topics on Nov 28th, 2007
You may have already read this very recent Computerworld article which draws attention to a new scam being performed on google searches. READ THIS
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Posted in new resources on Nov 28th, 2007
This is a new section on the online Time site. It features a global map, which one can mouse over and then choose a country. A list of business headlines will appear which can be clicked on to take you through to the article. Not all countries are represented, but it looks interesting.
“According to the [...]
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Posted in small business, women on Nov 24th, 2007
This column by Jenny Hart, which can be found in the virtual magazine Venuszine, will be published on a regular basis. In it, she discusses setting up her business Sublime Stitching and gives advice for women who are thinking of setting up a small business. Thanks to Resourceshelf
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Posted in management on Nov 21st, 2007
This great World Business website is a “one stop portal for new ideas from the world’s management journals and conferences. Each concept is summarised into an easy-to-digest précis called a Review of a Review.” The reviews cover several key management topics. The site is co-produced by the French business school INSEAD. INSEAD have also formed an alliance with [...]
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Posted in management on Nov 15th, 2007
I found this Michael Porter overview article on the wonderful Intute site. In pdf format it is a download of a Charles Handy talk on Porter which was part of a series he did for the BBC on management gurus. This series also includes one on himself. To see who else was covered have a [...]
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