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Business Standards: a Turnoff for Small Enterprises?
Wednesday 15th September 2004, at 5:30 pm at Five Islands Brewery
As you know, business standards cover a broad range of issues, from complaints handling; OH&S; risk management; conflict at work; market research; to corporate social responsibility. These standards are designed to help Australian businesses to perform effectively in highly competitive markets—but how applicable are they to small business and are they a help or a hindrance?
Associate Professor Helen Hasan from the Faculty of Commerce and Mr James Thompson from the SME Committee of the Management and Business Division of Standards Australia will discuss the relevance of Australian Business Standards for SMEs. In the process they will hopefully alleviate any fear on the part of SME managers that Standards Australia is trying to bring more regulation to the SME sector. It is already weighed down with mountains of regulatory paperwork! Together we may be able to shed some light on the various characteristics that distinguish SMEs from the big end of town. We want to look for ways that the business knowledge held in Standard's IP could be useful to some, if not all SMEs, in various ways.
Where: Five Islands Brewery, Eastern end of the WIN Entertainment Centre (Cnr Harbour and Crown Streets) Wollongong 2500
When: 5:30 until 6:30 pm, Wednesday 15th September 2004
Cost: FREE
For further information call Troy Coyle on 4221 4420 or email tcoyle@uow.edu.au.
