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CMA Management is a dynamic business magazine designed to help senior management professionals make informed decisions and give them a strategic advantage. Published by CMA Canada, CMA Management is circulated to more than 35,000 CMAs and 10,000 CMA candidates and students. It is also available by subscription. |
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Board processes and the quality of board decision making
Sometimes good boards of directors make bad decisions, but it’s difficult to understand why. By considering some theories in group decision making, it’s possible to glean a few solutions to the problem.
By Anthony Atkinson, CMA, FCMA, and Michael Atkinson
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Hedging strategies and GAAP: a marriage made in heaven?
Canada’s new hedge accounting rules create new ways in which to make sense of hedging activities in financial statements. Make sure you know where it works best.
By Michel Blanchette, CMA, FCMA
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Global leadership
Becoming a savvy international business leader takes more work than simply understanding local etiquette. Work cultures around the world are remarkably different. Adapting to these differences, and keeping the focus on real business goals at the same time, is essential for global success.
By Marjo Johne
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Strategic focus — does your scorecarding system have it?
According to preliminary results of an international scorecarding study, many organizations around the world aren’t realizing the full benefits of their scorecarding systems. A failure to link the system to strategic planning may be the missing link between the winners and the losers.
By Raef Lawson, William Stratton, &
Toby Hatch
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Navigating strategic change
Dorothy Rice, CMA, FCMA, demonstrates the value of strategic management techniques. She does so by championing them, from conception through to delivery. Her dedication has changed the way Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems does business.
By Robert Colman
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Human resources
Tracking potential. After hiring a new employee, the resumes of those who didn’t quite make the cut are usually discarded. Don’t allow your company to make this mistake — turn unused resumes into future hires through effective resource management
By Marcus Miller
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Management trends
Keeping secrets. Have you done enough to protect your proprietary information?
By Mark Borkowski
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Business strategies
Outsourcing agreements: to renew or not to renew? While it’s tempting to re-enter a deal you’re used to, consider all of the options before getting comfortable again.
By Glen Wedel and Yvon Audette
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Money management
Enhancing portfolio performance.
Effective cost management is critical for improving personal investments. Make sure you consider all the factors.
By Ross McShane
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Information technology
Sophisticated IT and the smaller organization. For the smaller organization, IT is assumed to be a plug-and-play affair. But this isn’t the case for those whose stock and trade is information. The challenge for them is to support a broad range of IT functionality with limited resources.
By Jacob Stoller
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Government issues
The productivity agenda. Why the Federal Government is expected to get serious about lagging productivity growth.
By John Banigan
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Global view
Courting the bear once more. Russia proves an interesting puzzle for international business. Is it one worth solving?
By John Cooper
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Media bites
New rules, new responsibilities
- International Financial Reporting Standards Workbook and Guide
- Case Studies in Performance Management
- Riding Shotgun
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News and views
New and noteworthy information you can use
- CMA Canada announces launch of new global knowledge resource for accountants in business
- CMA Management garner Award of Merit
- Forum for small and medium entities identifies key market challenges
- IFAC strengthens international code of ethics
- Corporate reputation takes years to recover: study
- Investment managers bullish about future
- Canadian VCs stay close to home
- High tech: Lifebook slims down
- New software
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