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June 13, 2012 Save Up or Live It Up: Is Super Wasted on the Young?
For many young people, saving for retirement may be a rainy day that's
just too far away. Should those who are strapped for cash for basic
living – perhaps saving for a house or paying for childcare – be able to
access their super savings to foot the bill? This controversial idea
has been floated by Bruce Bradbury of the Social Policy Research Centre
at the University of New South Wales as compulsory contributions begin
rising from 9% to 12%. However, industry players remain intent on
capturing the attention of youthful retirement savers via social media –
like it or not!
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June 13, 2012 Screening Job Candidates on Facebook: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Controversy surrounds recent revelations of companies demanding log-in
details for prospective employees' Facebook profiles. That's a step too
far. Regardless, increasing numbers of employers and recruiters
"informally" use social media profiles to screen job candidates. With
information at their fingertips, checking out an individual's reputation
and habits seems a logical way to avoid hiring the wrong person. But
experts warn it's risky. Unsuccessful applicants may claim that an
employer has contravened the Fair Work Act or privacy and discrimination
laws. And there's a reverse onus on employers to prove they didn't do
it!
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May 29, 2012 Microfinance in Developed Economies: When Passion Meets Money
Microfinance – the financial model developed to kickstart small
businesses in emerging economies – also has a valuable place in the
developed world. A new report from the Centre for Social Impact shows
how hundreds of financially excluded Australians who had been unable to
raise funds by traditional means have used microfinance to unleash their
entrepreneurial smarts, creating a wide variety of enterprises and jobs
for themselves and others. The program, run by National Australia Bank,
shows remarkable things can happen when passion meets capital.
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May 29, 2012 People Power: How to Predict a Company's Real Value
With service and knowledge-based industries now dominating the
Australian economy, even greater emphasis is required on human capital.
People – and their management skills – determine a company’s future
value and its share price. Yet regulators and analysts remain
substantially focused on yesterday’s financial information. In an era of
increasing talent scarcity, a company’s bench strength of in terms of
leadership, development and performance must be scrutinised, urge
Australian School of Business researchers Loretta O’Donnell and Carol
Royal. Want to know what that business will be worth tomorrow? Beyond
the profit and loss statements lies a telling set of people indicators.
But do analysts know what they are looking for?
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May 29, 2012 Venture Capital Investment: High Growth or High Anxiety?
Venture capital investment in Australia hit a new low in 2011 leaving
start-up entrepreneurs looking for loans or digging into their own
pockets and those of angel investors. Not every business is suitable for
venture capital. While inventors and entrepreneurs lament the lack
funds to get their ideas rolling, venture investors argue they need to
change their attitudes. Australia will look to its high-growth companies
as the drivers of future economic prosperity, but venture capital
industry operatives suggest policymakers also must consider ways to
deliver tangible means of support.
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May 16, 2012 Tesco's Extreme Makeover: A Phenomenal Tale of Turnaround Success
The early '90s was not a good time for UK grocery chain Tesco. Sales
were falling, profit growth was slowing, the share price was depressed
and discount food retailers from continental Europe were beginning to
enter the UK market. After a cost-cutting program things became even
worse as competitors grew stronger. Drastic measures would be required
to save the organisation in this most cut-throat of industries. But
Tesco transformed itself.
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May 16, 2012 Green Office Design: You Want the Good News About Overheads?
In future, will greater numbers of people cultivate food and take
outdoor exercise or lunch breaks in the sky? The idea of gardens above –
instead of below – has been around since Nebuchadnezzar II purportedly
built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon some time in the first century BC,
but they have tended to be a glamorous and expensive novelty. However,
today in city centres around the globe, green rooftop spaces are
proliferating.
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May 16, 2012 Budget Déjà Vu: A Tiny Surplus on the Thin End of Wedge Politics
To deliver a negligible budget surplus, the federal government
increased taxes and saved on expenditure – then for good measure curried
favour with middle Australia by giving much of it back. Treasurer Wayne
Swan opted to sweat the small stuff rather than bust out any big
reforming moves. He showed tough love to lower-income earners and
welfare beneficiaries and no love to big earners. Neil Warren and Dale
Boccabella, professors at the Australian School of Business, see some
potential risks in the 2012 budget's game of halves, not least the fact
that the superannuation rules are again a'changing.
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May 16, 2012 Turning Geeks into Leaders: How to Stop IT Staff from Quitting
Staff turnover is recognised as expensive and problematic across all
industries, but it's arguably more so in the critically important and
specialised field of information technology. However, studies have shown
IT staff are more inclined to make a career move than others.
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May 02, 2012 The Productivity Riddle: What Policymakers Don't Know and Managers Need to Find Out
Productivity, and its recent decline in Australia, are becoming the
21st century's biggest conundrums. Reforms are needed to heighten
incentives for employers and increase organisations' flexibility, claim
experts. Meanwhile, a forum that was promised prior to the last federal
election to address key productivity issues is still awaited. There are
more questions than answers concerning what drives productivity, which
policy changes are needed and just what will make a difference within
sectors and companies. But a US study that scoped out key areas for
managers' consideration offers some leads.
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