CIMA takes training to another level. (Institute News).The institute has launched a new programme that will improve support for employers wanting to develop their financial and business managers to chartered management accountant level. CIMA Training provides official recognition for employers that meet CIMA's training standards, and offers managers and students benefits including guidance materials and technical support. CIMA Training builds on the strengths of the Training Through Partnership (TTP TTP (thymidine triphosphate): see thymine. ) scheme, and follows extensive research into the training needs and requirements of existing TTP employers. It requires employers to meet specific benchmarked training standards. CIMA Training also gives firms the opportunity to run in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. computer-based assessments for the Certificate in Business Accounting (foundation level) for all levels of staff (including non-financial managers) as well as for students who gain it as a springboard to the intermediate level of the CIMA qualification. Employers and students will receive the latest technical, corporate and product information from CIMA via a bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. electronic newsletter as well as access to a password-protected area of the CIMA website containing downloadable guidance material. The scheme offers two levels of certification: * CIMA Training: partner--a web-based entry level to CIMA Training representing the minimum level of support that should be provided by employers of CIMA students * CIMA Training: quality partner--the recommended level of support to enable students to progress successfully through the exams and achieve membership. The CIMA Training standards matrix comprises five standards that need to be met to achieve certification (compared with TTP's nine). Companies can apply to join the scheme on-line at www.cimaglobal.com/cimatraining. "The recent accounting scandals Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. in the US have demonstrated clearly the need for business accountants that investors, analysts and the public can rely on," said Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by Tilley Til´ley n. 1. (Bot.) The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. , CIMA's chief executive. "Leading employers recognise the competitive advantage to be gained by investing in the development of managers who not only have the financial and business management skills needed to deliver competitive advantage, but also the ethical and professional underpinning un·der·pin·ning n. 1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall. 2. A support or foundation. Often used in the plural. 3. Informal The human legs. Often used in the plural. gained through membership of a professional body such as CIMA." |
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