Reasoned feedback is welcome at the address below. Also email me if you would like to receive my columns by email COLIN JAMES Political Journalist & Analyst MANAGEMENT ARCHIVE 2013 English's real fiscal balancing act May 2013 Management Magazine Oz/NZ: separate but joint April 2013 Management Magazine Settling contentious policies March 2013 Management Magazine "Active" v "results" February 2013 Management Magazine 2012 A centralising government December 2012 Management Magazine Testing David Shearer November 2012 Management Magazine A legacy option October 2012 Management Magazine Water, water... September 2012 Management Magazine Post-GFC government August 2012 Management Magazine Leadership and the next normal July 2012 Management Magazine The dark art of political management June 2012 Management Magazine Lurking tax laws May 2012 Management Magazine Winston and foregone conclusions April 2012 Management Magazine The low interest paradox March 2012 Management Magazine Defining the Key government February 2012 Management Magazine 2011 Time for strategic policy December 2011 Management Magazine Remaking the public service November 2011 Management Magazine The Maori party's hard choices October 2011 Management Magazine Unlocking the public service September 2011 Management Magazine National's campaign choice August 2011 Management Magazine Key's choppier second term August 2011 Management Magazine International is mainstream now July 2011 Management Magazine Indigenous rights are serious business June 2011 Management Magazine Balancing the budget and the future May 2011 Management Magazine Managing foreign friends April 2011 Management Magazine A hard ACT to follow March 2011 Management Magazine Key the step-by-step changer February 2011 Management Magazine 2010 Saving capitalism December 2010 Management Magazine Ideas from the world's edge November 2010 Management Magazine Not cleaning up on clean-tech October 2010 Management Magazine Brand Key v brand Goff September 2010 Management Magazine Leading to the next business as usual August 2010 Management Magazine Better is better than more July 2010 Management Magazine The Maori party's wins June 2010 Management Magazine English's big test May 2010 Management Magazine Hide and National instincts April 2010 Management Magazine Growing political capital March 2010 Management Magazine How to start and stop February 2010 Management Magazine Is Key a game-changer? February 2010 Management Magazine 2009 Rewriting the language December 2009 Management Magazine The risk for amateurs November 2009 Management Magazine Water on a stone October 2009 Management Magazine Labouring at reconstruction September 2009 Management Magazine How local is local? August 2009 Management Magazine Making National national July 2009 Management Magazine Directors' new directives June 2009 Management Magazine Truly taxing questions June 2009 Management Magazine Making ends meet May 2009 Management Magazine Making regulation work better April 2009 Management Magazine ACT and the end of ideology March 2009 Management Magazine Public service groupthink February 2009 Management Magazine 2008 Agenda for a new government December 2008 Management Magazine Political hangovers November 2008 Management Magazine Now for social entrepreneurs October 2008 Management Magazine Pitching to grumpy business October 2008 Management Magazine election supplement Managing the election September 2008 Management Magazine cover story The public faces of efficiency September 2008 Management Magazine (Un)sustainable politics August 2008 Management Magazine Can National be national? July 2008 Management Magazine How to think small June 2008 Management Magazine The nightmare shadowing Key's dream run May 2008 Management Magazine Labour's promising future April 2008 Management Magazine What Key's fresh start means March 2008 Management Magazine From controversy to status quo February 2008 Management Magazine 2007 A what-if and two big ifs for Clark December 2007 Management Magazine A year to lift the game November 2007 Management Magazine Howard's end? 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July 2006 Management Magazine Diplomacy by real people June 2006 Management Magazine The uncertainty principle May 2006 Management Magazine A fiscal crunch April 2006 Management Magazine Some big ideas March 2006 Management Magazine Recovering competence February 2006 Management Magazine 2005 Time for keyhole surgery December 2005 Management Magazine Policy for a third term November 2005 Management Magazine Putting NZ together again October 2005 Management Magazine Why so many small parties? September 2005 Management Magazine History waiting in the wings August 2005 Management Magazine Fixing the state July 2005 Management Magazine Two rocky pillars July 2005 Management Magazine The externalities in politics June 2005 Management Magazine In politics trust is different May 2005 Management Magazine A tax too clever April 2005 Management Magazine How about a fair go? March 2005 Management Magazine Battling for the mainstream February 2005 Management Magazine 2004 Balancing work-life balance December 2004 Management Magazine Markers on the way to the centre November 2004 Management Magazine No longer a spirit of Anzac October 2004 Management Magazine A matter of two trusts September 2004 Management Magazine The campaign role of the big idea August 2004 Management Magazine Finding National's centre of gravity July 2004 Management Magazine Seeking the Brash National party June 2004 Management Magazine The outliers in the system May 2004 Management Magazine The economic lead/lag effect April 2004 Management Magazine It's a juggling ACT March 2004 Management Magazine A country risk factor: the Treaty February 2004 Management Magazine 2003 Small warnings signs for a confident government December 2003 Management Magazine Government or grievance? November 2003 Management Magazine Some movement in the glacier October 2003 Management Magazine Navigating the GM fears October 2003 Management Magazine Is the government plotting constitutional change? September 2003 Management Magazine A farm girl, discipline and her helicopter August 2003 Management Magazine Trying to stay out of the twilight zone August 2003 Management Magazine Obligations at the heart of the welfare debate July 2003 Management Magazine The deep divide over foreign policy June 2003 Management Magazine How to spend those big surpluses May 2003 Management Magazine Economic growth: a dialogue of the deaf April 2003 Management Magazine Winning back National's core vote March 2003 Management Magazine Two huge issues back to the fore this month February 2003 Management Magazine 2002 Busy in an incremental sort of way December 2002 Management Magazine It's the politics of values, stupid November 2002 Management Magazine The complex challenge of consensus-building October 2002 Management Magazine What odds on a long-running Clark? September 2002 Management Magazine Local and customised: voters of the future August 2002 Management Magazine How (not) to get stability in one easy (hard) lesson July 2002 Management Magazine What about the workers? It's just coincidence June 2002 Management Magazine What (electoral) price a tax cut? May 2002 Management Magazine Trading off growth for the good of our souls April 2002 Management Magazine An inquisitive PM -- where might she go? March 2002 Management Magazine MMP and the Greens -- a complex conundrum February 2002 Management Magazine 2001 Not quite business's bride in white December 2001 Management Magazine An attractive fellow -- but a leader? November 2001 Management Magazine Maharey hunts social entrepreneurs October 2001 Management Magazine The role of elites September 2001 Management Magazine Which is Helen Clark's bigger risk? August 2001 Management Magazine Getting on the right side of history July 2001 Management Magazine Brazening out the downsides of decisions June 2001 Management Magazine The conundrum at the government's heart May 2001 Management Magazine Creating a behemoth to run tertiary education April 2001 Management Magazine When public servants save politicians from themselves March 2001 Management Magazine Clever Cullen sets up some super parliamentary theatre February 2001 Management Magazine 2000 Prime Minister growing in office December 2000 Management Magazine How many gaps are there? November 2000 Management Magazine What does the government mean by partner? October 2000 Management Magazine The economic rationale for the ERA September 2000 Management Magazine Fixing up the public service August 2000 Management Magazine How to talk to the media July 2000 Management Magazine What the government stands for June 2000 Management Magazine Hair shirts for public service May 2000 Management Magazine The imperatives of the political economy April 2000 Management Magazine A radical defence change March 2000 Management Magazine The survival of MMP February 2000 Management Magazine 1999 Cuddling up to small business? December 1999 Management Magazine CONTACT P O Box 9494, Marion Square, Wellington 6141, New Zealand Email: ColinJames@synapsis.co.nz HOMEPAGE