The pursuit of sustainability.(from the editor)
Newspapers in the month of January and February were full of
reports charting the broad effects climate change has had on Canadians
this winter. Even the business pages explained how some . . .
Using Strategy Maps to drive performance.
The ability to take an organization's vision, mission and core
strategies into daily operations continues to be more difficult than
much of the current strategy literature would suggest. A new . . .
Certifying internal control over financial reporting.(New and
noteworthy information you can use)(Brief article)
Canadian public companies are now working to meet the requirements
for CEOs and CFOs to certify the design of their internal control over
financial reporting. Current Canadian Securities . . .
New software.(New and noteworthy information you can use)
Visit www.managementmag.com for more information on the following
software and applications packages:
* Adobe Announces Availability of Acrobat 8
* Qasper Organizer Software . . .
Fermin del Valle new IFAC president.(New and noteworthy
information you can use)
Leaders of accountancy institutes worldwide met in Istanbul, Turkey
on November 9-13 to participate in the International Federation of
Accountants' (IFAC) Board and Council meetings. The reins of . . .
Principled care: Lisa Brush, CMA, believes strong principles
should sit at the core of a successful business. Making those centr
Balance is a word that we all bandy about, but rarely do many of us
ever quite achieve it. In fact, as often as not, we give up the fight
and compromise--sometimes probably more than we should. . . .
Managing the high-performance nightmare: high-performing managers
can torpedo team performance if not handled correctly. Are you
Overachieving executives are generally revered, honoured and
compensated for delivering excellent results. Shareholders come to rely
on year-over-year performance and profit improvements that are . . .
COSO for Smaller Public Companies: the answer to SOX
compliance?(New and noteworthy information you can use)
Lord & Benoit announced on Oct 25, 2006, that it was one of the
first SOX compliance firms to use COSO for Smaller Public Companies.
Lord & Benoit is a national (U.S.) SOX compliance and research . . .
Ethics and compliance needs free hand: Conference Board.(New and
noteworthy information you can use)
Chief ethics and compliance officers should ideally report directly
to their company's chief executive officer and have unfettered
access to their company's board of directors, according to a . . .
Science Business.
The biotechnology industry has fallen short of expectations for the
last 20 years. Despite all of the sunny prognostications, the industry
has continually lost money during that time. Nor has the R . . .
Microcredit--bolstering entrepreneurship: microcredit is big
business not just internationally, but here in Canada as
well.(gove
While it may stir immediate thoughts of hardscrabble living, the
reality of microcredit is a far cry from the kind of hard-luck images
conjured up by old songs like 'Brother, can you spare a . . .
Strength in research: the new CMA Canada Research Foundation is
set to build upon the strong knowledge base of the organization'
The CMA Canada National Board of Directors approved the
establishment of a CMA Canada Research Foundation as one of its major
initiatives during 2006. In establishing the Research Foundation, . . .
The office in your pocket: Flybook.(laptop)(Brief
article)
As PCs become another commodity, innovative companies are trying to
find ways to attract buyers, with adaptable and fanciful design. Add the
Flybook to a list of players in this forum. Advertised . . .
U.S. election a signal for SOX change?(New and noteworthy
information you can use)(Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
Reform of the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting mandates was a winning
issue for Democratic and Republican candidates in the election of 2006,
according to an analysis by the Competitive Enterprise . . .
The Disney Way.
CMA Canada national was recently cited in the latest edition of The
Disney Way as a shining example of how an organization can build a
culture of excellence through idea generation, strong . . .
The information supply chain--changing the landscape:
XBRL--eXtensible Business Reporting Language--is at the heart of a
revolut
Technological advances have given businesses and government an
opportunity to safely deliver, review and explore their business
information from any location at any time. Internet availability can . . .
Canadian P3s working but there's room for improvement.(New
and noteworthy information you can use)
Leaders in the public-private partnerships (P3) community report
that better managed deal flow and a standardized procurement process are
vital if Canada is to develop a national, competitive and . . .
Strategy for capitalizing on citizenship, sustainability,
elusive: U.S. study.(New and noteworthy information you can use)
A majority of companies concerned with corporate responsibility
issues acknowledge that they lack an active strategy to develop new
business opportunities arising from meeting these citizenship . . .
IAESB requests comments on strategic plan.(New and noteworthy
information you can use)
The International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB), an
independent standard-setting board of the International Federation of
Accountants (IFAC), is seeking comments from IFAC member . . .
Open Business Models.(Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the
New Innovation Landscape)(Brief article)(Book review)
In his book Open Innovation, Henry Chesbrough demonstrated that
because useful knowledge is no longer concentrated in a few large
organizations, business leaders have to adopt a new, "open"
model . . .
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