.... The data were collected in a major New Zealand financial institution (which chose to remain anonymous) and the 32 managers were each interviewed twice about performance management in their branch. All branches were covered by the orgnaisation's performance management process (PMP) and the managers did...

...Benedict Ilozor; Ayuba Sarki; Michael Hodd; Billy Matheson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the influence of the creative industries on design education in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach A range of contemporary literature is presented to help define the term “creative...

...Carole Page; Marie Wilson; Denny Meyer; Kerr Inkson Most research in managerial effectiveness, or competence, focuses upon personal attributes of the individual. This understates the impact of context, which can assist or hinder job performance. A national (New Zealand) survey assessed the impact...

...Gayle Avery; André Everett; Anne Finkelde; Kolleen Wallace Having shaken off the formal mantles of their British forebears, Australians and New Zealanders are eagerly embracing the latest management development (MD) approaches, adopting and adapting North American and European methods. Recent...

... Learning organizations New Zealand Team building Time‐based competition is a reality in the 1990s. Business is operating in a new environment where the only constant is change. Drucker claims that, for managers, the “dynamics of knowledge impose one clear imperative: every organization has...

...Robert T. Hamilton; Stephen R. Dakin; Ronald P. Loney Survey evidence is used to identify the perceptions of management development held by operating managers and corporate human resource managers in New Zealand companies. The results show that global business changes have affected New Zealand...

...Stephen Dakin; Harcourt Gough Concern over the shortage of managerial talent in New Zealand led a privately owned company in the capital goods market to establish its own management development programme in‐house, custom‐built on assessment centre principles. The programme recognises that training...