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The article features Laurence Eales, an entrepreneur from Victoria who is said to be a self-made millionaire. It recalls that Eales bought an excavator in 1999 which he turned into a business named EA Hire Equipment. Eales follows the notion that success requires a lot of hard work and plenty of hours. It adds that Eales has also transformed his interest in horses into a business with his founding of Eales Racing.

The article focuses on the experience of Stephen Munday, founder of Reliable Business Advice, of studying part-time for his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at RMIT University in Melbourne, Victoria. Munday cites the need to acquire the theoretical foundation of marketing in taking up MBA. He also needs the theory to compensate his experience in various executive positions at Deloitte, Pauls and Senetas Corp.

The article focuses on the success of Patties Foods, a pie manufacturer based in Bairnsdale, Victoria. A brief history of the company is presented. Greg Bourke describes the challenges he faced when he was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Patties in September 2008. Bourke has added structure and discipline in the company and introduced regular investor and management meetings to make sure that members of the Rijs family expressed their views about the company.

The article reports on the failures in leadership in corporate Australia which substantiates the current global financial crisis. Professor Stephen King, dean at the faculty of business and economics at the Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria stated that the economic downturn reflects on the poor Master in Business Administration (MBA) program of the world's business schools. Additionally, it also mentions that good leadership has nothing to do with gender as it falls to the individual.

The author discusses the quality of service at the suburban rail network system in Melbourne, Victoria. Metro, which had taken the management reins from Connex in 2009, is drawing criticism for poor service. He argues that the new timetable introduced in May 2011 failed to address the problems of delayed and cancelled trips that have frustrated commuters. A suggestion is made for management to improve customer service.

The article announces that Zeger Degraeve has been appointed as dean of Melbourne Business School (MBS) in Victoria.

The article discusses how entrepreneur Bill Jones used a do-it-yourself approach to reduce the carbon footprint of the textiles maker Sustainable Living Fabrics in Melbourne, Victoria. It says that the commercial fabrics offered by Sustainable Living Fabrics are certified as carbon-neutral. According to the author, Jones reduced the environmental footprint of his company by reducing the use of toxic chemicals, electricity and water usage as well as carbon emissions. The renewed interest of businesses in environmental business practices is also discussed.

The article reports on the conclusion of the hearings conducted by the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission into the bushfires which occurred in Victoria in February 2009 that killed 173 people.

The article features the company Aconex, founded by Leigh Jasper and Robert Phillpot in 2000. It notes that Aconex provides secure online environment for the management and storage of construction documents. It relates that the firm has survived the recession despite the cancellation and delay of some construction and engineering projects. It mentions several new projects which have been commissioned by Aconex including the 190 million dollars construction of new schools in Melbourne, Victoria.

The article features Ryan Trainor, managing director of Franklyn Scholar in Melbourne, Australia. It states that the company resulted from the collaboration of five training companies as a consolidated entity with its officials composed of Damian Maloney as chief operating officer and Peter Laing as chief financial officer. Meanwhile, Trainor imparts that 2009 has been a tough year for the company but they were able to overcome it by focusing on the key issues of the business.

The article discusses the proposed merger of Melbourne Business School (MBS) and the University of Melbourne. It notes that the "no" campaign by MBS donor members caused an embarrassment to the MBS board that made them call off the merger due to lack of necessary 75 percent support from the donors required by the constitution. MBS deputy chairman Geoff Allen states they misread the mood of the 79 corporate and individual donor members who own 55 percent of the school.

The article offers information related to management. It mentions that David Liddy, the chief executive of Bank of Queensland, is elected as the deputy chairman of Australian Banker's Association. A research on why workplace errors take place indicates that experts do not at all times execute their work accurately and could be triggered by distraction. Melbourne University and Melbourne Business School will merge on October 1, 2009 to establish a new business and economics faculty.

The article presents the author's view on City Mayor Robert Doyle's introduction of establishing a new logo for Melbourne, Victoria. It compares Doyle's action as an example of a leader who wanted to present their leadership as a fresh and innovative government. According to the author, the action only shows a nebulous type of leadership wherein the city of Melbourne has been given a corporate identity which it does not necessarily require.

The article features Adir Shiffman, a doctor turned entrepreneur in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a graduate of medicine at Monash University and was employed as a medical resident. In 2000, he resigned from his work and founded a consumer research company Global Reviews with former lawyer Adam Goodvach. He also founded a consumer advice website www.HelpMeChoose.com.au that addresses fiancial issues on home loans, credit cards and insurance.

The article relates the experience of Robert Adès, sessional tutor in corporate finance and business analysis at Monash University, who took a masters of business administration (MBA) program in Melbourne, Victoria. Adès obtained his MBA degree from the Graduate School of Business at Monash University wherein he took a year of absence from work to complete his studies. Adès notes that his MBA degree allowed him to establish a strong future and enhance his skills.

The article relates the experiences and benefits gained by business executive Joseph Ghaly in studying masters of business administration (MBA) program in Melbourne, Victoria. Ghaly stresses that he obtained his MBA program to support his plan to venture in the international market which allows him to leverage his career opportunities. Ghaly also notes that having an MBA helped him understand the importance of business diversity and flexibility.

The article reports on the innovative packaging that entrepreneur graduate students from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne have developed and was given a global award by the Licensing Executives Society International. Through the Poppet International, the students developed a manufacturing process of bottling beverages safely. During the LES 2009 International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition in Montreal, Quebec the team was able to compete in the final round.

The article offers information on the results of the survey for the Asia-Pacific region's organizational leaders. It states that the survey was conducted by Monash University's Leadership Research Unit in Melbourne, Victoria and management consultant Palladium. It mentions that majority of the respondents believe that the deterioration of the business environment will extend in the succeeding months. It notes that the keys to survive the financial crises are commitment and communication.

The article reports on the effect of the global financial crisis to business schools. According to professor Stephen King of the faculty of business and economics of Monash University, the financial crisis is the manifestation of the poor quality of business leaders developed by business schools. Moreover, professor Tim Brailsford of the University of Queensland Business School accords that the corporate leadership failures led to financial crisis.

The article focuses on the inefficiency of Xavier College in Melbourne, Victoria. It recounts that with Xavier's humiliation it reflects that there still remains the abstract concept of ethical conduct in business. It mentions that there is a little possibility in the potential leaders in the future. It contends that Xavier cannot be counted in terms of corporate and community leadership.

The article reports that five entrepreneurs have achieved a place in the hall of fame of Swinburne University of Technology's Australian Graduate School of Enterpreneurship in Melbourne, Victoria. They are Bakers Delight co-founders and chief executives Roger and Lesley Gillespie, Circadian Technologies founder Leon Serry, Breast Cancer Network Australia founder and chief executive Lyn Swinburne, and City of Melbourne design director Rob Adams. Success has led them to gain the achievement.

The article reports on the advantages of using the Internet in sourcing potential candidates for job recruitment. Martin Warren, general manager of Insidejob in Melbourne, states that recruiters who chose social networking sites over search-engine techniques to source candidates are missing a huge opportunity to find talent. It also notes the importance of maximizing the use of search engines like Google, Yahoo or Live to find the right candidates and to gain quality referrals.

The article features professor Glyn Davis, the vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Victoria. Davis introduced a shift in tertiary education when he launched the Melbourne model in 2007, turning the university's centuries-old British model on which the Australian sector is based. The university is in the process of becoming a U.S.-style university in which professional courses become graduate degrees, requiring students to finish a broad undergraduate degree first.

The article presents an interview with Bruce Abbott, managing director of Boyden Executive Search in Melbourne, Victoria. He explains that the competition for talent has resulted in search companies expending more effort to fill assignments. He admits that the shortage will continue but its impact can be reduced. He notes that search companies are now required to find a few candidates from both obvious and less-apparent sources.

The article focuses on the impact of the fire which destroyed the Melbourne, Victoria headquarters of the national paper and party goods supplier Lombard the Paper People in November 2004. Managing director Claude Lombard pointed out that while the fire was a tragedy, it also proved beneficial for the company. He explained that the fire served as a catalyst to evaluate the business and introduce new processes.

The article focuses on the leadership of chief executive officer (CEO) David Simpson at the Melbourne, Victoria-based not-for-profit organization, the Bluearth Institute (BI). BI was founded in 2000 to improve the health of primary school children by encouraging physical activity. Simpson's 28-year career in marketing and advertising made him a qualified CEO in his own right. He had also always practiced a healthy lifestyle, as what he already preaches.

The article reports on the development by Switched-on-Knowledge, a Melbourne, Victoria company that specializes in database and internet marketing, of a service which audits the experience of prospective of prospective customer as the work their way through a company's electronic contact points. The firm has conducted random audits of several industries including banks to find out potential clients for its Prospect Experience Scorecard service.