CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from September 1996

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from September 1996

An opportunity - and a call - for builders of intellectual capital. (management accountants)
September 1, 1996... Continuing professional education supports a potent role for CMAs as builders and managers of today's most important wealth creator - intellectual capital. An increasingly prominent trend in management thinking is to view the organization's...

Adopting an organizational culture of continual change.
September 1, 1996... A leading-edge organization must innovate constantly and with courage - and organizational leaders must provide the context that nurtures and acknowledges such innovation at every level. The leadership of the CEO alone, while critically...

Financing your organization. (financial sources for Cabadian small- and medium-sized businesses)
September 1, 1996... There have never been more opportunities finding money to suit the financing needs of small and medium-sized business enterprises in Canada. Here's a run-down on today's options. Diversity is the underlying theme of this article. Never in my...

Small business: managing your systems.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1996... With a little common sense, some simple procedures, and today's new tools, even the most inexperienced can become effective systems managers. When you're part of a big corporation, system management is one of those jobs that's done quietly, in...

ABC and the bottom line on customers. (activity-based costing)
September 1, 1996... Activity-based costing provides new insight on how a customers subsidize many others, and what you can do about it. Most managers acknowledge the quality maxim that the customer is always right, but with today's accounting principles, they...

Managing customers through cost-to-serve. (VLSI Technology Inc.)
September 1, 1996... Before VLSI embarked on its cost-to-serve project, the company had focused its cost-management efforts primarily on above-the-line cost associated with manufacturing its application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). In 1994, VLSI decided to...

Information management: Toolkit. (Intranet - the inside Internet)
September 1, 1996... Two of the most widely discussed information technology topics recently have been business use of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Two significant factors make them so alluring. The Internet architecture allows any computer that is connected...

The three states of a quality system.
September 1, 1996... The understood principle of business is that if you produce a poor quality product or service, you will lose customers until you have none, and no business. Regardless of the type of organization - government, private industry, or not-for-profit...

Regional economic development programs. (Canada) (Perspective from the OAG)(Column)
September 1, 1996... Canada is an economically disparate country. This disparity stems from geography, history, climate, proximity to natural resources and other factors. As well, some parts of Canada are economically more advanced than others: Ontario, Alberta and...

The goods and services tax: reformed, not replaced. (Canada) (Taxes)(Column)
September 1, 1996... The federal government has met with much controversy regarding its perceived abandonment of the 1993 election promise to "replace" the GST. Also making headlines is the agreement reached with three Atlantic provinces to introduce a blended...