Institute of Management
What NZIM is Saying
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- 2012: Challenges for NZ Managers. Priorities, people and promise. The unequivocal message that things don’t stay the same holds more true now than ever. Problems, opportunities, processes and priorities change constantly – usually markedly so. February 2012
- Ready To Do Better. Year’s end is in sight. The New Zealand Institute of Management is a learning institution and this is report card time. December 2011
- Backing the Best. The NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year will be named at this month’s Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards. The award is in its 16th year and Reg Birchfield explains why NZIM believes it is important to New Zealand management and leadership. November 11
- A Legacy for Youth Employment. The New Zealand Institute of Management is concerned about the impact and implications of the Government’s latest industry training and youth unemployment policies. October 2011
- Integration! NZIM – the Next Chapter. The story of the New Zealand Institute of Management began soon after World War II. The next chapter of this tale is now being written for a world vastly different from the one in which NZIM was originally forged. Reg Birchfield, a Life Fellow who has been involved with NZIM for almost 40 years, explains the emergence of NZIM Mark II. September 2011
- Stepping up! Game goes Global. The New Zealand Institute of Management wants New Zealand managers to compete in a pan-Asian Management game. The move is a step in NZIM’s strategy to build stronger relationships with Asian managers. August 11
- Future Focus. The New Zealand Institute of Management’s new national chairman Gary Sturgess knows what he wants to accomplish during his tenure at the top. NZIM is, he says, “more relevant today” than it has ever been. July 11
- Mindset & Match – Play Global. New Zealand’s latest slide in global competitiveness comes as no surprise. New Zealand is in danger of becoming irrelevant to increasingly dynamic Asian economies. June 11
- Managers tossed overboard! The ship of state isn’t thinking. These are dark and difficult times for managers. But, as Reg Birchfield explains, we need managers to rebuild the economy, lead enterprise out of the economic and structural ruins and to re-shape organisations for the future. May 11
- Stumped for Answers. Management’s MCI score still too low. NZIM’s latest Management Capability Index survey suggests that after seven years of less than average performance, we may at last be heading in the right direction. April 2011
- Leadership’s New World Order. Hierarchical leadership is out. Leadership at all levels of the organisation is in. At least, that’s what the world’s 20 best companies for leadership have in common. March 2011
- A Strategy to Attract International Kiwi Managers. New Zealand should focus on developing international entrepreneurship and management skills, according to the New Zealand Institute’s (NZI) latest discussion paper released at the end of last year. February 2011
- Conflict & Diversity. Reg Birchfield talked to TetraMap (behavioural consultancy) founders Yoshimi and Jon Brett about their approach to reducing conflict in organisations. December 10
- Now is the time for leadership. Organisational leadership and reputation – one plays a critical role in building the other. November 2010