Articles from Financial Management (UK) (November 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
All at sea.			50
British bias.	Murray, Peter	Letter to the editor	219
CIMA has warned that companies around the world are putting their competitive position at risk by failing to transform their finance functions to improve decision-making at every level.			99
Collaborative projects around the world keep CIMA at the cutting edge of innovation.	Grant, Gordon		609
Conversion course: Natalie Gordon offers her plan for surviving and thriving during an organisational change programme--as both a leader and a follower.	Gordon, Natalie		1387
Customer profitability: Liz Murby explains why a strategy of keeping every one of your customers satisfied is unlikely to optimise your bottom-line results.	Murby, Liz		1582
Diary.		Calendar	1254
Director debit: Northern Rock's board has been portrayed as the villain of the piece, but it's unfair to blame it for everything and accuse it of immorality, writes Ruth Prickett, If anything, it was guilty of underestimating the media's ability to whip up a panic.	Prickett, Ruth	Viewpoint essay	857
Disciplinary committee.			489
Elections to council 2008.			90
Exam notice: visit www.cimaglobal.com regularly for updates.			973
Fighting talk.	Cable, Vince		16
Finance business partnering: Noel Cullen and Shetal Patel explain why effective business partnering can be an elusive goal--and offer their tips on how to make it work.	Cullen, Noel; Patel, Shetal		1922
Freestyling FCMA conquers channel.			405
Front-office business and project manager: Martin Long explains what a career at the sharp end entails.	Long, Martin		744
Geology or meteorology?			12
Get a grip.			43
Going downhill fast: Danielle Cohen shares the true story of a CIMA member who contacted the institute's ethics helpline for advice, His problem stemmed from allowing what seemed, on the face of it, a minor issue to snowball into a job-threatening situation.	Cohen, Danielle	Personal account	791
Keeping it clean.		Letter to the editor	50
Laurence Yuen FCMA: authorised representative and joint company secretary, Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels (Group).		Cover story	1197
Learning how to value a company or appraise a capital expenditure are just two subjects in CIMA's new range of online courses.			75
Lobby correspondence: the investment community's appetite for non-financial information has never been so voracious. In order to assure itself that companies' actions match their CSR rhetoric, it now wants them to report on what they are doing to persuade legislators to act in their interests. Scott Payton explains the implications of this trend.	Payton, Scott		1825
Management accounting--performance evaluation: Grahame Steven compares budgeting methods and considers whether the activity-based approach provides a basis for better financial planning.	Steven, Grahame		1899
Management accounting--risk and control strategy: Steve Whittenbury casts a critical eye over recent events to highlight how business risks are created and managed--effectively or otherwise.	Whittenbury, Steve		1370
Penalty zone.	Potter, Bernard; Mallett, Richard	Letter to the editor	352
Performance measurement: Richard Bull explains the three "effs": efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy.	Bull, Richard		1508
Presidential engagements.		Calendar	91
Press release of the month: hacked off? Hacking kits for sale on eBay.			155
Quack shot.	Jones, Mark	Letter to the editor	144
Run that one past us again.		Brief article	69
Shipping forecast: as East Asian factories multiply and more ports worldwide reach capacity, Charles Orton-Jones spots a storm brewing. How will your business fare if it has to wait for its ship to come in?	Orton-Jones, Charles		3747
Shortlist announced for CIMA Financial Management Awards 2007.			208
Student one 2 one: Ozgur Kilic, Head of Oncology Finance, Novartis, Milan.		Interview	612
Tabloid taste.	Orme, Alan	Letter to the editor	50
The (un)clear winner.			60
The University of York is to offer accelerated masters degrees for CIMA members, aiming particularly at those working in the public sector or healthcare.			164
Transforming finance: a CIMA forum has warned business leaders that a failure to change their finance functions could harm their competitiveness.	Simons, Peter		1294
Why gut reactions rule.			390
Zambia hosts key event.		Conference news	188