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Profile: Dr John H Troughton
M Ag Sc, Ph D, D Sc, FRSNZ,
Director, Guntonia
Investments, Business Associates Network P/L, and HomeNet Pty
Ltd.
NZ National Research
Fellow 1966-69, Carnegie Fellow 1973, Eisenhower Fellow 1984,
Member of Australian National University Council
1968-69.
John Troughton specializes
in design and implementation of Performance and Conformance
Management Systems that deliver value to all constituents in
the enterprise, and assure its competitive performance.
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These systems allow Directors,
Managers, Suppliers and Staff of small and large companies to
generate Future Value as determined by the Stakeholders. This is
achieved by a clear statement of purpose, integrated through
planning, people, processes and technology, into a company-wide
system, that of itself adds value to the company. Measures of
personnel capability, performance and accountability are built into
the systems.
Interest in the "Fundamentals of
Business Management" started as a result of a project investigating
the factors influencing the transfer of knowledge to businesses with
less than 200 staff. A study was made that included visits to 200
businesses and surveys to investigate the needs of business. The
primary cause of difficulties in these businesses was the inability
to access, cost effectively the professional services that could not
be justified to maintain in-house capability. This especially
related to technology, HR and business management advice. The
average small business manager cannot be expected to be an "expert
in all areas" but does not have the financial resources to source
external advice. Action Management resulted.
Dr
Troughton, through research at the Physics and Engineering
Laboratory, DSIR, NZ and international projects, has developed a
professional background in food processing, agriculture,
horticulture, biotechnology, biophysics and ecology. His training
was at Canterbury University NZ, Australian National University and
Stanford University, USA. He has produced over a 100 papers and
books, and lectured and consulted internationally in fields as
diverse as energy, biology, information technology and business
management. Corporate management experience has been gained in both
Public and Private institutions such as the DSIR NZ, Goodman,
Fielder, Wattie, and as Director of eight companies in the food
(fresh and processed), information technology, management and high
technology sectors. These companies have been in NZ, Australia,
Asia, and the USA, and have involved production and marketing for
both domestic and export markets.
Over
25 years Dr Troughton has been developing expertise in Conformance
and Performance Management Systems. Initially this was as a Lecturer
at the NZ Institute of Management College from 1975-85. New
techniques that have been developed relate to the management of
complex systems, such as integrating international markets,
logistics, processing and production systems, integrating
technology, people and processes. This has been applied initially to
the dairy, meat and kiwifruit industries and subsequently to the
mining, manufacturing and service sectors. The Value Engine is the
most recent development.
Dr
Troughton has been consulting to small and large, domestic and
international companies primarily in Australia and Asia from
1986-99. His consulting experience includes United Nations, PA
Management Consulting Group, Drake International and as an
Independent consultant. Projects have involved public e.g. NSW
Cabinet Office, Malaysian Government, Public Trustee (NSW), and
Sydney Water, listed e.g. BHP-Biliton, Bankers Trust, Bank of
Queensland, Telstra, CIG and non-listed companies. The results have
been to enhance company performance through implementing management
systems, people management and
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