Management Perspectives

In an earlier column on the perils of forecasting, I spoke about the use and abuse of economic forecasts, including the way it creates som...

The end of growth has suddenly become a fashionable topic. You see it in books and magazine articles, all arguing that we can no longer e...

I have previously discussed the ending of the mining boom and the consequent weakening of the Australian economy. The first mining boom, ...

In my last column, which was written just before the federal budget was announced, I pointed to some of the strengths of the Australian e...

In my last column I spoke of the economic forecasting mess. Since then, the International Monetary Fund has released its latest forecasts...

It is extremely difficult to keep a level head in the face of current economic forecasting and reporting. One minute it’s all doom and gl...

In December, Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson took a swipe at the global ratings agencies. They were, he is reported to have said,...

Note to readers: I have left this post up for reference purposes, but posting on this blog has resumed! I have been mulling over how best ...

I had hoped that Paul Barratt as a former head of the Australian Department of Defence would comment on this one. However, while he has twe...

I see from IT Wire that Google Australia is offering free training in its products and free AdWords advertising to companies and individual...