Nurturing Nature (journal article)
By Geoff Trickey
from Training Journal Feb 2008 , pp. 38-41
"This article outlines some ways to help people grow and flourish within the workplace."
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The Proof of the Pudding (journal article)
By Barry Johnson and Mandy Geal
from Training Journal Feb 2008, pp. 33 - 36
"This article discusses the best ways to give feedback."
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Country reports by Oxford Business Group [books]

Contains information on established & emerging markets in Eastern Europe, North and South Africa, The Middle East and Asia. Each report contains up-to-date information on the country's political & economic situation. Also included is a series of articles on important industry and business sectors including banking, insurance, energy, tourism, real estate, telecoms & IT, construction and capital markets.

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• Bahrain
• Brunei Darussalam
• Bulgaria
• Egypt
• Emirates: Abu Dhabi
• Emirates: Ajman
• Emirates: Dubai
• Indonesia
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Malaysia
• Morocco
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Romania
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Taiwan
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine

Nice girls don’t get the corner office : 101 unconscious mistakes women make that sabotage their careers [book]
Author: Lois P. Frankel

How to cultivate a corporate image that will lead you to a successful career and stop engaging in unhelpful behaviours such as always asking permission, and avoiding office politics.
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Managing priorities and deadlines : 28 secrets to time management success [book]

Author: Marcia Dennis

Gain control over your worklife by making better choices about how you spend your time.
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Formulas and functions with Microsoft Excel 2003 [book]
Author: Paul McFedries

Sections include: Mastering excel ranges and formulas, Harnessing the power of functions, Building business models, and Building financial formulas.
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Fraud and corruption control [standard]

Author: Standards Australia. Committee MB-004, Business Governance

Provides "an outline for a suggested approach to controlling the risk of fraud and corruption within a wide range of entities across all industry sectors and in government." - page 2.

Now available in Library & Research Services' Reference Collection.

Climate change impacts & risk management : a guide for business and government [book]

Authors: Australian Greenhouse Office & Broadleaf Capital International

"A guide to integrating climate change impacts into risk management and other strategic planning activities in Australian public and private sector organisations." - page 8.

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The Speed of trust : the one thing that changes everything [book]

Author: Stephen M.R. Covey

Demonstrates why trust is so important for today’s leaders, and give practical advice on how to build trust in your personal and professional relationships.

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An Easy out : corporate America’s addiction to outsourcing [book]
Jack Buffington
"Demonstrates that outsourcing often functions as an "easy out" for corporations that are reluctant to look instead at the root causes of their problems, whether low productivity, lack of innovation, or an unwillingness to invest in marketing, promotion, and sales." - cover.

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Competitive identity : the new brand management for nations, cities and regions [book]
Simon Anholt

Chapters include: ’Brand management and the nation’, ’Where national reputation comes from’, ’Measuring city brands’, ’Developing the identity, developing the strategy’, and ’Tourism and Competitive Identity’.

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Fiscal illusion : how big government makes tax look small [book]

Sinclair Davidson, Centre for Independent Studies

Argues that governments are increasingly raising more tax revenue by designing a tax system that minimizes taxpayer resistence, such as the Medicare levy.

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The Growth of Australia’s regulatory state : ideology, accountability and mega-regulators [book]

Chris Berg / Institute of Public Affairs

A critical examination of the three major economic regulators: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Prudential Authority, and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

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Austasia Aquaculture Trade Directory 2008

Complete guide for supplier & buyers in the aquaculture industry.

Now available in Library & Research Services' Reference Collection.

Innovation to the core : a blueprint for transforming the way your company innovates [book]
Authors: Peter Skarzynski & Rowan Gibson

"How to create a cultural environment in which breakthroughs can happen ... how to minimize risk in the new opportunities and maximize your return on innovation ... [and] how put the necessary systems and processes in place to drive innovation." - cover.

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Australia’s fiscal straightjacket : eight myths about tax and public debt which are holding us back [book]
Author: Fred Argy, Centre for Policy Development

Argues against the assumptions that low tax rates and low public debt are always good for the economy and the community.

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Future options for north Australia [book]

Authors: Stephen Garnett et al.

Considers the eleven drivers that will influence the region’s development, then outlines possible future scenarios, including ’chronic underdevelopment’, ’industrial powerhouse’, and ’Indigenous community utopia’.

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Can Australian Local Governments have a Role in Local Economic Development?: Three Cases of Evidence (journal article)
By Stephen Jones
from Urban Policy and Research Vol 26 Iss 1 March 2008 , pp. 23 - 38
"Local economic development provides an excellent policy context to examine Australian intergovernmental relations. In Australia, policies impacting on economic development have traditionally been the preserve of Commonwealth and state governments. Economic restructuring, particularly since the early 1980s, has seen the rise of local government as a more active participant in promoting economic development at the local level. Individual local councils that establish economic development policies place themselves in a scenario that is outside the statutory parameters of their legislative frameworks and often well beyond their resource capacity. This article presents the findings of research into the economic development policies of three Australian metropolitan local governments during the 1980s and 1990s. This research informs the debate surrounding the capacity of individual local governments that seek to establish local economic development policies. It also discusses the constraints experienced by these local governments as they sought to work with the other spheres of government to improve economic conditions and create new job opportunities for local residents. "

The Federal Government's Response to the Banks Report: An Assessment of its Recommendations and the Government Response(journal article)
By Peter Carroll
from Australian Journal of Public Administration Vol 67 Issue 1 Mar 2008 , pp. 57–68
"The aim of this article is to assess the Report of the Commonwealth Government's Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business (the Banks Report), released in April 2006, and the government's response to the Report . It focuses on the report's recommendations in regard to the system for making regulation in regard to business, particularly the regulation impact statement process (RIS), contained in chapter seven. This focus is chosen since it is the chapter in the report that addresses the underlying causes of over-regulation."

What Do We Mean by ‘Rethinking Regulation’? (journal article)
By By Rex Deighton-Smith
from Australian Journal of Public Administration Vol 67 Issue 1 Mar 2008 , pp.41–56
"This article identifies and discusses several different conceptions of regulatory reform. It subsequently looks at available evidence on trends in regulatory burdens and on the results of regulatory reform activity undertaken over the past 30 years. Thirdly, it identifies and briefly discusses the range of tools that are typically employed in implementing regulatory reform policies. It then examines some of the regulatory problems that implementation of the reform agenda has itself brought forth. It concludes with some comments which seek to assess the report of the Better Regulation Taskforce in the context of the broad overview of regulatory reform set out in the preceding sections of the article."