Articles from Financial Management (UK) (May 1, 2008)

1-49 out of 49 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
April fool?		Brief article	215
Beyond measure? Managers' productivity is rarely assessed because it's harder to gauge than that of front-line workers. Scott Payton asks what CIMA members could do to change this.	Payton, Scott	Company overview	2433
Business analyst: explains the qualities you need in order to be a business analyst in a blue-chip organisation.	Thornton, David		607
CFOs' responsibilities have expanded.			128
CIMA benevolent fund.		Brief article	220
CIMA South Africa office move.			45
CIMA's successes over the past year have only fuelled its ambitions for further expansion.	Grant, Gordon		572
Clinical excellence.		Brief article	153
Connection Seating.			20
Correction.		Correction notice	48
Correction.		Correction notice	45
Crunch points.	Premarathne, Lahiru	Letter to the editor	127
Diary: forthcoming local events in the UK.		Calendar	1700
Disciplinary committee.			456
Enterprise risk management: Artie Ng traces the steady globalisation of enterprise risk management and considers its main implications for companies in East Asia.	Ng, Artie		1380
Environmental responsibility: Paul Dickinson explains why the Carbon Disclosure Project has widened in scope to cover greenhouse gas emissions in companies' supply chains.	Dickinson, Paul		1220
Etrepreneur challenge.			200
Exam notice.			979
Funds manager.	Parkman, F.A.J.	Letter to the editor	156
How do you rate your institute?			118
IFAC's International Public Sector.			119
In the first ten months of 2007 the European Commission received 56 per cent more consumer safety alerts from EU member.			122
Indian firms in M&A spree.			314
InforSense.			33
Integrated management: is globalisation truly leading to a convergence in consumer tastes around the world? Alan Marsden investigates the strategy of "glocalisation".	Marsden, Alan	Company overview	1507
Management accounting performance evaluation: Ian Herbert analyses two "soft" management techniques used in manufacturing' quality management and just-in-time production.	Herbert, Ian		1677
Management accounting--financial strategy: eurobonds are a key source of finance, but many P9 students find it hard to get to grips with them, Doug Haste answers some common questions.	Haste, Doug	Interview	764
Mangled metaphors.		Brief article	138
Mind your Ps and Qs.	Howe, Mike	Letter to the editor	136
No, really?			55
On site and out of mind.	Clark, Tonia	Letter to the editor	110
One 2 one: Tariq Moghal ACMA CFO, outsourcing, Europe, Capgemini.		Interview	1427
Part-qualified; total conviction.		Brief article	286
Pension risk management: David Blake and John Pickles report on their research into aggregate longevity risk and its effect on defined-benefit schemes.	Blake, David; Pickles, John		1033
Pensions strategy: Charles Cowling asks why more firms don't encourage members of their pension schemes to transfer out to new ones.	Cowling, Charles		841
Presidential engagements.			49
Profile view.	Ashwell, Peter	Letter to the editor	191
Rentokil.			26
Sociable climbing: although damp mountain hikes in the Lake District remain as popular as ever--at least with employers--there's a whole raft of other team-building events to choose from, Charles Orton-Jones investigates whether such bonding experiences are worth the investment.	Orton-Jones, Charles		2092
Student one 2 one: Ghulam Murtaza Cheema, Trainee Management Accountant, Raco, Lahore, Pakistan.		Interview	550
SunsGard.			31
The international federation of Accountants (IFAC) is seeking comments from members.			69
The OECD Factbook 2008, containing economic, environmental and social statistics for OECD countries and other big economies, was published on April 8.			41
Tilley slams average-price idea.			209
Total recall: Jane Allan asks whether you are a right-brainer or a left-brainer--and what this means for the way you win friends and influence people.	Allan, Jane	Personal account	1407
Turner & Townsend.			29
Unclear fusion: there's an increasing body of anecdotal evidence to suggest that most takeovers fail to deliver their promised benefits, It's time for management accountants to bring a modicum of clarity to the murky world of M&As.	Brooks, Mike		730
Uplift and support: corporate social responsibility is not an attribute that most people would associate with the garment industry supply chain, but Sri Lankan company MAS Intimates is working hard to change preconceptions. Ruth Prickett reports on the CIMA award-winning firm's trailblazing CSR investments.	Prickett, Ruth	Company overview	2908
What s your poison? The UK government is constantly issuing warnings about the evils of booze, fags, fat, sugar, salt etc. Ruth Prickett is all for public information and safety, but this obsessive, nanny-state behaviour has created a weird and wasteful vicious circle.	Prickett, Ruth		817