Resource Centre

Current developments and best practices in quality to ensure relevance and sustainability of businesses. Mr. Azim Ng Abdullah from SIRIM talks to us about the importance of quality in the business sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bijoy Mohan, president of Grohe AG Asia Pacific talked to Freda Liu about why he's branding not his product, but rather ‘stopping the world to enjoy water’ either in the bathroom or in the kitchen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysians don’t read, so what do small indie publishers do? How do small independent publishers keep the industry alive? In this edition of Resource Centre, Freda Liu spoke to Amir Muhammad from Matahari Books for his thoughts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government--in partnership with its various arms, like Bank Negara and other GLCs, like Maybank, Tenaga and Petronas--has undertaken programmes to help university graduates secure employment. The focus is on soft-skills, some industry specific-content and mastery of English. Why this? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a country where complaints are that graduates aren’t ready for the workplace, an initiative that bridges the gap and allows for the managing of expectations on both sides--employers and employees. Andreas Vogiatzakis and Amit Sevak spoke to us about some of these concerns.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An investigation into racial discrimination in the private sector labor market hiring in Peninsular Malaysia. Scholars from UM conducted a field experiment by sending fictitious résumés of Malay and Chinese fresh graduates, differentiated by quality, to real job advertisements. Interesting outcomes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marketing to the Malaysian metrosexual that it’s the peacock with the feathers not the hen. Metrosexual is a neologism, derived from  metropolitan  and  heterosexual , coined in 1994 describing a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industrial, capitalist culture) who is especially meticulous about his grooming and appearance, typically spendin...

What makes corporate culture attractive that it helps retain employees and attracts potential ones. Sarah Robb shares what Google--a company that asserts that it will ‘Do No Evil’--does to create this culture and brands itself as an employer of choice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 The new economy requires a new way of selling to buyers. The traditional and consultative selling methods no longer work. Bob Urichuck, trainer, speaker and author of ‘Disciplined for Life --You are the Author of Your Future’ and ‘Up Your Bottom Line’ speaks to us about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What roles accountants can play to add value and sustain business success in an innovative economic environment. Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid, Vice-President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, speaks about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business circumstances change, the economic climate changes and there’s a need to manage resources. If there’s a need to downsize, what might be the right way to prune the organization so that it doesn’t die from the cuts? In this edition of Resource Centre,  Dr Peter Tingling, Associate Prof, Beedie School of Business and CEO of Octothorpe Software Corporation talks about w...

Leon Tan Executive Director of Tripod Entertainment talks about how a locally produced movie is marketed overseas and manages an international collaboration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

William Ng, Editor-in-Chief/Group Publisher of Business Media International and Eric Chin, COO, Credit Bureau Malaysia talks about the  SME Roadmap that was launched this year to drive innovation and what lies in the roadmap to show the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Laipple,Ph. D. Senior Vice President of Strategic Services and author of  Rapid Change . Description: This book reveals how the impatient leader can take incremental steps grounded in the science of human behavior and achieve change that sticks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budget 2012, allocated RM200 million available for investing in 'high-potential businesses in the creative industry'. On April 20 this year ,  the Government created an investment arm specific to the creative industry. A little over a month ago (Sept 12), this entity was launched. Johan Ishak is the CEO of this specially created investment company called MyCreative Ventures sha...

Jobstreet Malaysia country manager  Chook Yuh Yng talks about getting a view into employees’ heads and what they think about their employment while at their desks so that employers can take steps to retain talent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The economics of the internet precipitates in media manipulation, so the need to filter the static and noise from the real music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not if, but when. Robin Chia tells about the implications of GST and what businesses need to prepare for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wilson Lam, director of Infinity Consulting Technologies  brings a focus on using cloud computing to ensure business continuity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Bradberry from Resource Solution talks about the online survey that focuses on HR and recruitment professionals in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, and provides some useful and applicable insights for HR departments in companies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Khoo Kay Khoon, President of Malaysian Advertisers Association compares Malaysia to countries of similar size to better understand how local companies can become international brands. Small isn’t a barrier to being globally recognized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Harrington, Global COO, Edelman talks about how countries and corporations handle public relationships in order to win trust internally and externally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Hugo Verkuil, Marketing Director, Unilever Malaysia & Singapore; Shankar Rajagopal, Client Leadership, Mindshare. A case study with client and agency to dissect an online Asia-Pac campaign on grooming products for men. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joni Leimala, Head of GroupM Interaction talks about digital trends in marketing that even SMEs can't ignore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imran Kunala, MDec and Ganesan Sundram, IIBA talks about why business analysis is important to sustainable business and growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.