Nonstop Risk
Companies face a variety of different risks around the world. Identification and assessment remain critical components to success.
FAST AND LEAN! THE FASTCAP STORY
Resistance to change is natural. But at FastCap, Lean thinking inspires employees to embrace change and nurture continuous improvement.
SHATTERED TRUST: FRAUD IN THE FAMILY
Even in family-owned businesses, proper internal controls are a necessary deterrent to fraud.
CHIP CARDS: ARE CONSUMERS READY?
Consumers support replacing magnetic-strip cards with embedded-chip ones, but they haven’t done so on their own.
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECT
Respect—both showing it and earning it—is a necessary element for a successful career.
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MARC PALKER NAMED IMA CHAIR-ELECT
Palker will be IMA Chair-Elect for 2015-2016, which means he will be IMA Chair for 2016-2017.
Raise Your Technical Intelligence
Management accountants need to raise their technical intelligence to keep pace with today’s rapidly changing technologies.
LEAN LEADERSHIP: COACHING TO CONNECT THE DOTS
Coaching your employees helps them develop a continuous improvement mind-set.
EXCELLING AS BUSINESS PARTNERS
IMA provides a number of resources to help CFOs excel in their roles as business partners.
EXCEL: CREATING TERRITORIES
Excel 2013 lets you build pivot tables with data from more than one source.
The Affordable Care Act’s impact on business
IMA® surveyed members in senior financial positions about how the Affordable Care Act will affect their companies.
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TOOLS FOR ETHICAL SUCCESS
The notable ethics failures of 2014 give insight into the actions companies can take to protect an ethical culture.
TECHNOLOGY’S DEFLATIONARY CURVE
As the power and effectiveness of computing continues to increase, the progress is producing even greater discounts.
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The Global Growth of the CMA
CMAs and CMA candidates can be found in more than 100 countries around the world.
TAXES: LOCAL LODGING RULES
Certain local lodging expenses may now qualify as deductible business expenses if the right conditions are met.
ACCESS: BREAKING UP TEXT
The MID and INSTR functions help you manipulate text from your data.
SUCCEED AT CHANGE
Organizational change management helps ensure that the human perspective isn’t overlooked when implementing significant changes.
IMA LIFE: REACH YOUR POTENTIAL
Rosemary Amato describes how her career as a management accountant unexpectedly brought her to a public accounting firm.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Microsoft adds the lower-priced Surface 3 to its tablet line to directly compete with Apple’s iPad.
A COLLECTIVE SHRUG ABOUT PRIVACY
Users haven’t changed their behavior online despite greater awareness of privacy concerns.
REDEFINING “FIDUCIARY”
Business groups worry that a new definition will lead to restrictions on what they can tell investors.
SMALL BUSINESS BILL FACES VETO
The bill that makes permanent certain tax breaks for small businesses would add $79 billion to the budget deficit.
BOOK REVIEW: UNDERSTANDING THE INDIA WAY
Business success in India is helped by employing a philosophy based on four fundamental management practices.
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