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August/September 2010 |
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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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Online marketing: getting what you pay for?
Onlinemarketing: getting what you pay for?
It’s never been easy to measure the return on investment (ROI) in web-based advertising, but the new Internet marketing pay-off model, outlined in a new Management Accounting Guideline, promises to change all that
By Liz Murby
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A new kind of restructuring
What do you get when you combine a growing Canadian credit union with an equitable staffing measurement system? $370 million, that’s what.
By Kira Vermond
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Applying Bill 198 - "Canadian SOX"
As the deadline fast approaches for some companies to adopt the requirements of what some refer to as “Canadian SOX”, it’s worth considering how best to do so. CMA Madeleine Ferris takes a close look at CoCo and COSO in a soon-to-be released new book.
By Madeleine Ferris, CMA
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June/July 2007 |
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The Finance brand
Being a champion for change starts with creating a vision of what that change will look like. Branding that vision is the critical next step. In this case study, FCMA Steve MacDonald explains his own approach to the challenge.
By Steve MacDonald, CMA, FCMA
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R&D magic
When VoodooPC was bought out by HP last year, it turned a few heads. Ravi Sood, CMA, hopes that the new global gaming unit that was formed in the process will continue to surprise, by encouraging an innovative mindset and a more open approach to idea generation.
By Robert Colman
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Human resources
Breaking past the mental block. Sometimes, in the process of solving a business problem, managers hit a wall that, on their own, they can’t quite solve. Support from their peers can make a big difference.
Helen Dyrkacz, CMA
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Management trends
Selling a private company — common mistakes. Errors can occur both in the presale planning and preparation stage, and during the sale process itself. Here’s how you can avoid them.
By Howard E. Johnson, CMA, FCMA
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Business strategies
Setting long-term goals for internal audit. When preparing for your next internal audit, consider these top 12 priorities.
By Dan Swanson
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Book review
Can your organization maintain consistent growth? A new book suggests that developing a few basic organic growth keys can put any type of organization on the right path to success.
Reviewed by Robert Colman
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Information technology
IT and the environment — cutting consumption A decade ago, the suggestion that IT might have a noticeable impact on the environment would have been considered laughable. However, with the huge rise in data centre power consumption, and a growing waste disposal problem, that’s beginning to change.
By Jacob Stoller
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Government issues
Privacy at risk? Privacy issues are an increasing concern for Canadian businesses. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is working to help manage the challenge.
By John Cooper
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Global view
Expanding internationally? It just got a whole lot more complicated The federal budget announced in March included a number of major changes to international tax rules that will affect many Canadian businesses working abroad.
By Dom Cocco
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Media bites
People power
- Competing on Analytics
- Leading Leaders
- Mobilizing Minds
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News and views
New and noteworthy information you can use
- SEC announcement on IFRS in filings
- Constitutionality of U.S. accounting oversight board upheld
- IIA Canadian Council launches new website
- Middle management a roadblock to diversity initiatives
- Employers quick to judge interviewees: study
- Snapshot: Larry W. Oakley, CMA
- PCAOB approves new audit standard
- High tech: Optimized printing for the enterprise
- New software
- Rants and raves
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