COVER STORY : Ailing DHB Directors - Tony Ryall’s health sector tonic
(March 2010)
The directors of New Zealand’s 21 District Health Boards are collectively responsible for delivering the nation’s frequently criticised health services and spending almost $10 billion a year, or 75 percent of the Government’s total health budget. Governance experts say too many DHB directors are simply not up to the task. Now Health Minister Tony Ryall is turning up the heat. But can he, as he puts it, get them to “lift their game”? Jens Mueller and Reg Birchfield report.
MIGRANTS AND MENTORS : Bridging The“Kiwi Experience” Gap - It’s a Catch 22 for migrants
(March 2010)
We invite them to our country because we need their skills – but then either reject or underutilise their input because they lack “Kiwi” work experience. Can mentoring make a difference?
COVER STORY : John Key Why 2010 Will Define His Leadership
(February 2010)
John Key, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, is a work in progress. Can the man who made his personal pile in the heat of currency trading, be a game-changer for a nation that has been sliding down the global rich list? If so, he must start in 2010. NZ Management’s political writer Colin James talked at length with him for this month’s cover story.
TECHNOLOGY 2010 - Eight Smart Management Tools To Watch For
(February 2010)
Some new technologies will hit the market in 2010. NZ Management’s technology writer focuses on eight that senior executives should look out for.
FINANCE : Another DFC! - Do we really need one?
(February 2010)
The Development Finance Corporation collapsed 20 years ago last October. At the time, Sandy Maier was chief executive of Citibank, but then was appointed the DFC’s statutory manager and led the restructuring. He reflects on this episode in New Zealand’s banking history and considers the validity of calls to set up another DFC.
COVER STORY : From Here To 2020
(December 2009)
What are the really critical issues facing New Zealand’s next 10 years? What are the opportunities for and obstacles to growth? Can we catch up with Australia? On the 20th anniversary of the Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 awards, five former winners talked about the future with Vicki Jayne.
TOP 200 : The Big Hit - What Management’s 2009 Top 200 list reveals
(December 2009)
The bigger they were the harder they fell in 2009 The largest of New Zealand’s Top 200 enterprises took the biggest hits from last year’s financial fiasco and this year’s ensuing aftershock of economic recession. The first 10 years of the new century ended with mixed messages about the state of the New Zealand economy and its business sector, the state of the world generally, and both the turbulence and opportunities businesses will encounter over the 10 years from here to 2020. Some of those messages are reflected in the figures that make up this year’s Top 200 listing. by Reg Birchfield.
