CMA Management articles from January 2000

CMA Management archives from January 2000

Leaders without borders.
January 1, 2000... With every year that passes, the world seems to shrink a little more. Thanks to the global embracing of e-commerce, the connection between international markets continues to grow at an extraordinary rate. According to a recent report from...

Rants and raves.
January 1, 2000... Separate editions CMA Management magazine was the first pleasant surprise on my desk upon my return from a trip to Vancouver. Without any negative indication whatsoever, I heartily applaud the change to an all-English edition of the...

Developing a pan-European co-marketing alliance: the case of BP-Mobil.
January 1, 2000... This article describes the strategic alliance between oil giants British Petroleum (BP) and Mobil, examining it from the point of view of symbiotic marketing and inter-organizational exchange theory. It outlines the background to the alliance...

Leading Beyond the Walls.(Review)
January 1, 2000... This first volume of the Wisdom to Action Series brings together Peter F. Drucker, Stephen R. Covey, Peter M. Senge, Jim Collins, Noel Tichy, Regina E. Herzlinger, C.K. Prahalad, Sally Helgeson and other thought leaders to describe new ways of...

Maximum Effect.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Leading Your Organization to Optimum Performance in the New Economy Research and analysis conducted on 64 Canadian organizations provide a cross-country, cross-industry perspective in this book. Case studies and examples offer insights into...

Modern Management.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Subtitled "Tips, advice and news for career professionals," Modern Management is a bimonthly "e-zine" devoted to the dissemination of "the latest ideas in writing, presentation, leadership and team-building." Created by Michael Egan, a...

On-line fundraising.
January 1, 2000... Toronto-based Sentient Inc. recently announced the creation of a new division, CharityCommerce.com, which is the first company in Canada to provide charities and other not-for-profits with a low cost, integrated set of Internet-based direct...

High-tech jewelry.
January 1, 2000... Described as a "personal e-commerce solution," NCR Corporation has unveiled the latest in wearable computing, the M-BRACELET. The M-BRACELET allows the wearer to send and receive messages and link to Web sites. Containing an LED display, the...

Show me the money.
January 1, 2000... Canadian employees can expect healthy increases in their take-home pay in 2000 according to The Conference Board of Canada's annual compensation survey. The Board released its recent report Compensation Planning Outlook 2000 at the 1999...

Women + self-employment = mixed results.
January 1, 2000... A record number of women are working for themselves, but with mixed results, a report released last October from the Canadian Policy Research Network shows. Women have moved into self-employment at a much faster rate then men, but only a...

Secure payments.
January 1, 2000... Canadians' access to secure and efficient payments via the Internet will be enhanced as a result of a major initiative now under development by the Canadian Payment Association. (CPA). The CPA has signed an agreement with IBM Canada Ltd. To...

Investment insights.
January 1, 2000... Globeinvestor.com and Canada NewsWire (CNW) have made it easier for retail investors to get company information on the Internet. Visitors at the CNW Web site (www.newswire.ca) can search for company snapshots of more than 2,200 Canadian...

Supply chain.
January 1, 2000... Better import/export planning Three new innovative products. Schenker JETcargo FIRST, Schenker JET cargo BUSINESS and Schenker JETcargo ECONOMY have been tailor-made by Schenker to meet customers' new requirements for 2000. Customers can...

New editor for CMA Management.
January 1, 2000... CMA Canada welcomes Kristin Doucet as the new editor of CMA Management magazine. Kristin comes to us from Naylor Publications, where she was the senior editor responsible for the editorial development and management of a wide range of trade and...

Alliance management.
January 1, 2000... Five destructive myths While corporate alliances have exploded in value and number, a staggering 61% of alliances have failed or are plagued by under-performance. According to a recent study by management and technology consulting...

Taming the Paper Tiger.
January 1, 2000... Toss it, act on it or file it! Do you come home from meetings with your briefcase stuffed with paper - travel receipts, phone messages, meeting notes, business cards, promotional information and other readinq material? You have the...

Think Inc.
January 1, 2000... Is it time to incorporate your small business? If you have an unincorporated business, you may be considering incorporation to save on taxes. But whether you and your business will gain a tax benefit from incorporation can depend on the tax...

New Competencies for Tomorrow's Global Leader.
January 1, 2000... To prepare successfully for the new millennium, tomorrow's organizations will have to change the mind-set of many leaders or change their employment status Thinking Globally Globalization is a trend that will have a major impact on the...

TURNING STRATEGY INTO ACTION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES.
January 1, 2000... Performance management and balanced scorecards are very powerful since they enable financial institutions to increase their speed of change and turn strategy into reality faster. When implemented incorrectly, however, the organization may...

Working with computer consultants.
January 1, 2000... In a world where almost every business person has a computer, sooner or later you may have to hire a computer expert to help you. It may be a new implementation project where you are installing computers and a network or you would like a custom...

Understanding Industry Structure.
January 1, 2000... The starting point for strategy formulation Warren Buffett, broadly regarded as America's most astute investor, made this statement in the 1987 Annual Report of his Berkshire Hathaway Corporation. It was a lesson that he had learned from...

Rulers of Risk Management: An International Perspective.
January 1, 2000... How three business leaders have learned to minimize the risk factor CANADA Creating Comparative Advantage through data management Global Analytics, CIBC "The key to having more accurate risk models is to obtain and produce better...

Selecting a Vendor.
January 1, 2000... Preparing for the Software Demo Selecting a new business system may be your most important task in the new century. Embarking on a software system selection project and a vendor's demonstration without a plan can be like climbing Mount...

Navision Software.
January 1, 2000... A solid foundation for your business today and in the future Navision Financials, Navision Manufacturing, and Navision Advanced Distribution can be used by virtually any organization, but are ideal for companies with $5M to $250M annual...

How to choose software.
January 1, 2000... Six steps to better selection Every organization faces the prospect of selecting new software tools to enhance business processes. To many organizations, this activity creates the unparalleled excitement of moving into a new world of...

A Pint of success.
January 1, 2000... CMA Ken Woods taps into lucrative microbrew market Ken Woods is a CMA and entrepreneur fueled by a heady prospect -- to tap into Canada's lucrative and growing specialty beer market. Woods and business partner John Gagliardi, a...

Consulting Industry Compensation Trends.
January 1, 2000... What the big 5 are paying Recent newspaper headlines point to the fact that consulting is changing more than ever. In fact, the industry has never seen such a volatile environment which includes layoffs, leadership vacancies, and the...

Brain drain debate continues.
January 1, 2000... How can the federal government help Canadian businesses keep their corporate leaders? There seems to be a consistent theme in the battle of Prime Minister Jean chretien & Statistics Canada Vs Corporate Canada: Canada is losing its best...

Embracing e-commerce.
January 1, 2000... SMEs in Asia Pacific economies look to e-commerce to strengthen connections with customers The Asia Pacific Economic cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications working Group (TEL) has released results of an international survey conducted by...

Red tape reduction.
January 1, 2000... The Ontario government continued its attack on red tape with the introduction of the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1999 in the legislature last Fall, streamlining more than 90 Aacts at more than a dozen ministries. "Cutting red tape makes it...