As with 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis, the Economy is looking towards some dark days ahead because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Revenue forecasts for the near future look glum as news of the virus hits business confidence. As a result, Markets all over will be affected. This brings back strong memories to me of […]
The challenge in writing this blog is being able to sum up months of experiences in just a few paragraphs. Hello! My name is Alisha, a student of Otago Polytechnic. As a background, I am a commerce student and have done a Bachelor of Commerce from a renowned university called Kurukshetra University. I came to New Zealand to […]
I am Abhi and I am working as an intern at Huse Hill Associates in the position of finance administration. The firm is currently in the process of changing their finance operations from MYOB to Xero for the financial year 2018-19. I am working on this project and have to prepare a standard operating procedure […]
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and non-profit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. It was originated by Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard […]
Over the Christmas/New Years break, I built and sold some chicken houses. Here’s how this became a microcosm of starting up and running an enterprise. Last year, a neighbour was doing some work on his house and he had a lot of timber left over that he used for temporary flooring while setting concrete. Afterwards, […]
When we’re at work, we’re often so busy ‘doing’ that we don’t know where our time has gone. We need to understand how our time is being utilized so that we can adjust the expectations of what we are able to achieve. By taking this questionnaire, you’ll be able to see how effective you are […]
Whether you’re starting a new job, or even if you have been in a position for a while, it helps to know what the parameters are. To have a good grasp of the expectations you need to meet in order to justify your current position, or to take it further by surpassing them. However, you […]
The “Peter Principle”, named after the book of the same name by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, starts with the premise that “we are all promoted one step beyond our competency”. The society we live in creates lots of expectations and one of them is if you are very good at your job, then you should […]
When you gather a team together to tackle a project, it’s usually tempting to bring together people you have an affinity with or who are similar to yourself. And that makes sense. Harmony within a group of people is much easier to maintain when you have people who share common interests However, when you’re providing […]
At Huse Hill Associates, we often take in interns, provide them with work experience and introduce them to the corporate world. We currently have 3 interns working with us. Kevin studied towards a graduate diploma in Applied Management. I am a graduate in commerce back home in India so I know about business accounting. I […]