The management of information security requires good teamwork and communication as well as technical skills. Mobile devices, laptops, easy remote access to databases and emerging technologies mean that the context and the risks being faced have to be fully understood if the information security strategy is to be effective. The risk profile of a business […]
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Should business be concerned about spirituality? I’ve been self-employed virtually all my working life. Since I was always profoundly engaged in spiritual questions and practice I always put spirituality at the foundation of my work. But what did this mean? I argued it like this: I defined spirituality as life, anima, that which animates. Therefore
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Building infrastructure and new buildings and providing residents with public assets (parks, cemeteries etc) provides politicians with photo opportunities that mark them as contributors to the future growth of the economy and the future quality of life of a city’s residents. Economists have asserted that capital investment, of itself, creates growth. But is this so?
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How much have you invested in Australia? How much do you, as a citizen of Australia, of your state and a resident in your local government area own? What is it exactly that you are asking your elected members of Parliament to manage on your behalf? There are the services we use – public services
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This morning in the Sydney Morning Herald, K McGovern & Associates’ Lani Morris explains how to find satisfaction at work. And, if you are a manager, how to bring more meaning to your workplace. She suggests: 1. Reduce bureaucracy 2. Keep change and restructuring to the absolute minimum. 3. Sit and listen to each other
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The Map of Meaning is not so much a tool to use, as a complete framework through which to think and make sense of complex situations. You may be familiar with Karl Weick’s work on sensemaking, for example “Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking“. The Map helps us make sense of personal, team, organizational and
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Last chance to register for the intensive masterclass on the Map of Meaning, 29th and 30th September in Brisbane. Go to www.trybooking.com/BSHA On the plane to Australia Lani Morris, a world expert on meaningful work, was talking with an electrician who was commenting on how a happy and productive workplace was destroyed by a new boss
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Continuously improving performance within an environment of high risk and changing governance requirements is a challenge. Performance is affected by many factors, but no government department can deliver high quality services, policies and an effective regulatory environment without a committed workforce. Meaningful work, or its absence, influences government outcomes through job satisfaction, motivation, absenteeism, work
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What do people want from public sector institutions? Do they want performance supported by verifiable statistics that indicate the institution is achieving outcomes expected by its peers? Or do they want their phone call answered, their concern understood and something done? When executive managers determine the indicators against which an institution’s performance is to be
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A Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) has called for central agencies to “take steps to ensure that civil servants with responsibility for policy making have the necessary understanding of the importance of changing behaviour and can identify the most appropriate people to consult in their
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