CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from June 1996

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from June 1996

Diversity in the workplace: why we should care. (includes related article on diversity measurement)(Cover Story)
June 1, 1996... Canada's diversity is a source of strength and a powerful key to our success. Here is why and how diversity issues will have profound strategic significance on the way your organization must run its business as we move into the next millennium....

EDI meets the Internet. (electronic data interchange)(includes related articles on CommerceNet Canada and tips for e-mail users)
June 1, 1996... In late 1993, Tim Berners Lee, the grandfather of the World Wide Web (WWW) on the Internet, posed a rhetorical question - and his own response - via electronic mail to others trying to establish the new Internet format: "Do we really want to draw...

Not without the net. (intranet)(includes related article on how to build an intranet)
June 1, 1996... A biotechnology company uses it as a kind of on-line employee handbook that provides information on everything from human resources and benefits policies to corporate announcements. An aircraft maker employs it as a faster, cheaper alternative...

Accounting for the environment. (full cost accounting at Ontario Hydro)
June 1, 1996... By integrating the costs of environmental impacts into its decision-making systems, Ontario Hydro has improved its competitive position in a fast-changing industry. Here's a look at the lessons learned from this company's approach to full cost...

Managing your foreign currency exposure.
June 1, 1996... With the threat of increased foreign exchange risk facing export corporations today, here is a review of the key issues, and a framework to help you implement an effective FX risk-management program. There has been significant growth in the...

Redesigning the organization and making it work.
June 1, 1996... Here's why most organizational fixes don't work, and some advice on what is required to ensure they do. Over the years, a number of promising "must-have" organizational solutions and new practices have failed to deliver on their potential....