Articles from CMA Management (March 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Building Better Boards.		Brief article	272
Canadian banks gain momentum with economic capital.			395
Compliance burnout? Fight it.	Colman, Robert	Editorial	442
Core values: buying software is not the first step in an ABC project plan, or in any other type of upgrading process. Core values are at the heart of any project planning process. The challenge is determining what these are. An example of how Bank of America views its core values for ABC helps explain the process.	Vercio, Alan; Champion, Lee		2708
Creating the digital cockpit: Patrick Palerme explains how GE has taken flight with the introduction of integrated balanced scorecards.	Rivest, Daniele		1353
Designed to Win.		Brief article	138
Developing an effective mentoring program: mentoring programs support the goal of employee retention and can make it easier to transition new employees into the core organization. With the right approach, any organization can benefit.	Miller, Marcus		1343
Finance execs struggle to support growth.			276
Five steps to becoming a business partner: there are five prerequisites a management accountant should meet to become a truly effective business partner. By meeting these, a management accountant can add strategic value, building upon a company's strengths.	Caron, Marie-Andree		1420
IQ eluding firms, hampering growth.		Brief article	288
Multisourcing.		Brief article	164
New software.			23
New version of Simply Accounting software package aims to simplify the bookkeeping process for small and medium-sized businesses.	Benzacar, Karine		756
Password overload--a risky business.			306
Promoting better governance: serving on a board of directors has never seemed so fraught with potential pitfalls. Governance of Publicly Listed Corporations should help new and well-established directors to maintain a proper footing on the way to more effective governance practices.	Colman, Robert		813
Readjusted budgeting and analysis: despite the growing sophistication of financial software at all levels, organizations continue to be leery of changing their old habits. Those medium-sized organizations that have initiated change are anticipating great opportunities for their organizations from better budgeting and forecasting support systems.	Colman, Robert		1081
Research-to-market support: the Canada Foundation for Innovation expands its funding for technology development at Canadian universities.	Cooper, John		1324
Sarbanes-Oxley in review: despite challenging timelines and the introduction of new processes, the exercise of implementing Sarbanes-Oxley mandated controls was a useful one for many CMAs and their organizations. The lessons they learned can benefit others in the process of preparing for new Canadian regulations.	Colman, Robert	Cover story	3095
Western cities' economies growing fast.			282