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Human Resources
The business case for workplace diversity
A diverse workforce can strengthen overall corporate culture, enhance corporate reputations, act as a recruitment and retention tool, enhance service levels, reduce turnover, lower absenteeism rates, and improve a company’s global management capacity
By Barbara J. Bowes
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Management trends
Riding the wave of consolidation.
Successful senior executives anticipate inevitable changes and turn them into business advantages for their organizations
By Mark Moorman
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Business strategies
Tapping temporary talent.
Interim executives can hit the ground running on short notice. For small and medium-sized businesses, this can create substantial opportunities
By Ken Goodwin and Jane Matthews
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Money management
Bearing interest.
As stock markets experience the volatility caused by an uncertain housing market, it’s worth remembering the importance of diversification.
By Andrew Rickard
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Information technology
Contemplating the unthinkable-disaster recovery and the Canadian business environment.
Judging by media coverage of tsunamis, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks, Canadians are well aware of the many disasters that can affect a business. Most Canadian businesses, however, aren’t nearly as prepared to weather these events as their customers think they are.
by Jacob Stoller
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Government issues
Foreign investment in Canada: to be feared or welcomed?
The quickening pace of foreign acquisition of Canadian companies has reignited the debate over the “hollowing out” of Canadian economic sovereignty. As in most things, it’s necessary to understand all sides of the story.
By Alan Young
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Global view
Canada navigating challenging waters in exploring new Arctic opportunities.
Our country is in a race to reinforce its claim to the north. It’s not only a question of sovereignty, but economics, the rights of indigenous peoples, and a fragile environment.
By John Cooper
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Media bites
Achieving long-term goals
- Making Sustainability Work
- Strategy and the Fat Smoker
- Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
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News and views
New and noteworthy information you can use
- Poll: Canadians blame boss as reason for leaving job
- Strategic business risks rising
- Top Ten reasons accounting and finance professionals quit
- Moving accounting education forward
- Better health equals better business
- Fraud major threat to companies worldwide
- New Software
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