CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from October 1991

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from October 1991

The life cycle of an executive. (Management) (Column)
October 1, 1991... Managers take different approaches to decision making according to the stage they are at in their career life cycle. Most of us are familiar with product cycles and systems life cycles, but pay little attention to "executive life cycles." The...

Navigating through the twilight zone. (information technology's role in accounting operations)
October 1, 1991... The grey zone between today's and tomorrow's world can be bridged more smoothly if we understand technology's role in bringing about our vision of the future. Everyone who is applying information technology today faces a gap between the...

Working through the page. (multi-dimensional spreadsheets) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1991... The new multi-dimensional spreadsheets are the power tools of business, making it possible to provide complex analyses easily and quickly by linking sheets. It is one in the morning. You have just pulled together all the data on sales and...

Whatever happened to decision support systems?
October 1, 1991... The decision support systems of the '80s are alive and well, masquerading as smaller, personal support systems. The early 1980s were an exciting period for a new type of information system called decision support systems (DSS). These...

Executive information systems take off.
October 1, 1991... The concept of executive information systems (EIS) has been around for at least ten years. Like other developments in the information technology arena, this one has promised finally to address the information needs of senior management. ...

Post-recessionary unemployment trends. (Economics) (Column)
October 1, 1991... The unemployment resulting from the 1990-91 economic downturn is still to peak in most recession-struck economies. As in the case of Canada, double-digit rates will be seen in several countries. The future of the recovery that hesitatingly...

Gold flakes, not gold nuggets. (productivity improvements)(Economics) (Column)
October 1, 1991... Radical redesign of business processes may yield the occasional gold nugget of success, but it is often wiser to seek the gold flakes of constant small productivity improvements. "Don't automate, obliterate!" "Rip it up!" "Use the power of...

Lawson - a popular mid-range solution. (Lawson Associates Inc.'s accounting software)(Software) (Evaluation)
October 1, 1991... Feature-rich and easy to use, this software is an excellent accounting tool for mid-sized companies. Lawson Associates Inc., with headquarters in Minneapolis and about 350 employees, has a good Canadian presence via its Canadian...

Using surveys to rate management accounting. (Public Sector Forum) (Column)
October 1, 1991... An effective way of finding out how well your management accounting function is serving its clients is to survey them directly. Last month's column focused on the public sector management accountant's challenge in knowing how well the...

Job hunters should watch their image. (Careers) (Column)
October 1, 1991... With little to go on, potential employers tend to judge you more by the image you project than by your accomplishments. You may not have met your Member of Parliament, but it's likely you have rated him or her from news reports and constituency...