THE Australian Human Resources Institute's Foundation of Human Resources course is an ideal practical introduction to best practice in people management, says AHRI regional manager Brett Waters.
AUSTRALIA is unlikely to be badly bitten by the Millennium Bug, according to information presented at the first National Infrastructure For-um on Y2K readiness.
TITAN Resources NL believes it is on the verge of a major metallurgical breakthrough to biologically recover nickel from base metal sulphide ores –a process which is attracting keen international attention from other base metal miners around the world.
Once it was easy to identify an accountant. They sat at sloped desks with green eyeshades and painstakingly posted ledgers in columns of debits and credits.
BUNBURY-based Leonie's Cater-ing Service has been nominated five times in seven categories at the Restaurant and Caterers Industry Association of WA's Awards.
Tsunami must have exerted a spell on us. Despite service which would at times have made even Basil Fawlty wince, we were charmed and delighted by the whole experience.
A MARGARET River company's environmentally-friendly head lice treatment is set to gain 18 per cent of the $5.3 million Australian treatment market by December.
SMALL to medium size business should rein in debtors and get their cash management houses in order to help prepare for the GST, the Aust-ralian Society of CPAs has warned.
EMPLOYMENT National has launched an upgraded web site.The new site provides tips for getting a job and examples for preparing CVs and letters to potential employers.
Junior minerals explorer Macmin NL has reduced its operating costs by as much as 50 per cent to concentrate on its Twin Hills prospect on the Texas project in Papua New Guinea.
THE annual windup for this year's HR Week, the Australian Human Resources Institute Country Conference, will be held at Club Capricorn in Yanchep from 27 to 29 August.
WHILE some organisations still perceive human resource management theories to be little more than snake oil, others view them as the key for securing the long-term success of a company.
A REVOLUTION is occurring in the retail grocery market with many stores now devoting large areas to ‘home meal replacement' products and high quality delicatessen lines.
WHILE many are concerned the year 2000 New Year's Eve celebrations will provide an opportune time for domestic burglary, the best preventative measure is common sense, says WA Police Department's Inspector Fordham.
PERTH-based construction and maintenance services group PCH Group Ltd has won a contract in the United Arab Emirates to supply scaffolding for a $500 million desalination and power plant being constructed at Abu Dhabi.
THE information technology and telecommunications sectors now represent more than 5 per cent of the gross state product in WA and this figure will continue to grow, according to the Curtin Business School's Institute for Research into International Compet
Most restaurants in WA are consigned to restaurant ‘strips' or shopping centres. This is a consequence of local authority zonings as much as anything, which effectively banish neighbourhood restaurants from a residential setting.
