CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from December 1998

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from December 1998

Is that fair?(International Accounting Standards Committee's proposed new standard on financial instruments)
December 1, 1998... The IASC's new exposure draft on financial instruments marks a progressive move away from historical cost reporting In September 1998, CMA Canada issued a response to the International Accounting Standards Committee's (IASC) recent...

The 35-hour work week.
December 1, 1998... France announced a 35-hour work week in 1997 and ItaLy expects to do the same in 2000. Could this idea help Canada? The percentage of those who lose their jobs and find it difficult to get a new one seems to increase all the time. Youth...

New jobs for tomorrow's office.(A Light-Hearted Look back at 50 Years of Management)(business methods in 1945)(Cover Story)
December 1, 1998... For many an office manager there may be little reconversion and no peace at all. The paper blitz seems likely not only to continue for years but also keep on expanding. If he is the general "factotum" in a small to medium-sized...

The economic scene ... needed: more immigrants?(A Light-Hearted Look back at 50 Years of Management)(Cover Story)
December 1, 1998... "People make the difference." So runs the slogan of one of Canada's larger chartered banks. No doubt the bank is using the term narrowly to define its attitude towards customers. But it is a well known fact that population growth in any country...

How a programmable calculator saved us thousands of dollars.(A Light-Hearted Look back at 50 Years of Management)(Cover Story)
December 1, 1998... Advancing technology keeps marching along. One company develops what it thinks is a better mouse trap for the market, and before it is off the drawing boards, some other company has come out with a better model. It is getting very difficult...

A break on bugs.(Canadian government-proffered tax savings for year 2000 computer date transition issues)
December 1, 1998... Small- and medium-size firms will appreciate the tax savings offered by the government for millennium computer problems The Department of Finance has released amendments to the income tax regulations to help small- and medium-sized...