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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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IFRS - reporting standards in transition
Canada’s public companies need to start preparing for their conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards now. These are the essential steps you need to take
By Gundi Jeffrey
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Cascading a clear focus
How strategy maps are helping to create a clear, coherent focus throughout Ontario’s health system.
By Yee-Ching Lilian Chan, CMA, FCMA
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Creating a conservation culture
Ontario’s electricity distributors are developing conservation programming and smart metering that will re-shape an industry. More importantly, perhaps, these efforts are likely to re-shape the energy use culture in business and society at large.
By David Collie, CMA, FCMA
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October 2007 |
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How good is your PR?
You’ve done your homework, found a white-hot PR firm that seems to really get your company, and you’re ready to set them loose. But don’t think your work is done. Hiring a PR agency is only the first step to making an impact and getting results.
By Kira Vermond
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Innovation and regulation - maintaining balance in a bold market
Bermuda is the second largest market in the world for the insurance
business. Maintaining its reputation as a leader in the field in a dynamic regulatory environment demands savvy strategic management.
Shanna Lespere, CMA, helps lead the way.
By Robert Colman
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Human resources
Tackling stress head-on. 12 tips to help re-adjust the work-life balance.
By Barbara Bowes
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Management trends
Alignment — has your organization got it? The concept of aligning an organization seems simple, but few do it effectively.
By Cam Scholey, CMA
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Business strategies
Planning for M&A success. The near future may not be rosy for firms left holding the record-smashing buyout bag in Canada. Garnering high rates of return on investment will depend on how well private equity firms and corporate buyers plan and manage post-merger activities.
By Ramesh Swamy, CMA
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Tax tips
Big bucks for business innovations. The federal and provincial governments continue to sweeten the Scientific Research and Development Tax Incentive program.
By Sandy Hale
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Information technology
How e-ready is Canada?
According to a global study, Canada has slipped from 9th to 13th place in e-readiness, or in having the collective resources to compete in the global information economy. The results aren’t a reflection that Canada is declining, but that the world is changing.
By Jacob Stoller
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Government issues
Give the government a piece of your mind.
The Government of Canada Fellows Program offers a select few Canadians an opportunity to share their ideas with the Feds.
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Global view
Checking Canada’s global pulse.
A new federal competition review panel will explore Canada’s competition policies to see where the country stands internationally
By John Cooper
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Departments |
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Media bites
New toolkits for innovation
- Toolkit for Organizational Change
- Human Sigma
- We Are Smarter Than Me
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News and views
New and noteworthy information you can use
- New IFAC paper on internal control
- India announces convergence with IFRS
- M&A action to peak, says KPMG study
- Renewable energy market heating up
- Sapshot: Bruce Swanson, CMA
- Web 2.0 set to create opportunities and challenges
- High tech: Print perfection
- Marshall Islands no longer on the outs
- New software
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