Smart stops on the Web.BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SITES Plan for Change www.boozallen.com CPAs, CEOs and CFOs can visit this business strategy consulting company's Web site and download the "Ten Guiding Principles of Change Management" for strategies and tips on managing change within an organization. Users also can read free articles such as "Reducing Overhead Costs overhead costs see fixed costs. Is Still the Top Priority for Chief Financial Officers" and get a free issue with a subscription to the online version of Booz Allen's monthly magazine, Strategy+Business. Resources for Women www.women-21.gov Female professionals who visit this e-stop will find helpful finks to employment tax forms and tax tips from experts at the Department of Labor and the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , to name a couple. The site also features business development resources on expanding and financing a business, training and counseling. Expert Advice www.sales-masters-world.com CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. firm owners looking to share advice about conferencing, Internet marketing See Internet advertising. and investment and financing matters with other practitioners can register for a free membership to this e-site. All visitors can find articles such as "Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements Remain a Wild Card for Outsourcers." Meet Ms. Sarbox www.sox-online.com In addition to links to the flail text of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act See SOX. of 2002 and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. e-stops, CPAs who visit this light-hearted Web site can find a compliance checklist for nonprofits and charitable foundations, read cartoons and jokes and play the Jeopardy-style Sarbanes-Oxley game with categories including new disclosure and officer certification. Users Call read articles from Ms. Sarbox's private collection on related topics including accounting, auditing and legal concerns. Are You Ready Yet? www.ndsweb.com/spotlights/starbox_overview.shtml Compliance officers visiting this site call find an overview of Sarbanes-Oxley, definitions of related terms, a series of questions to assess clients' compliance readiness and a best practices list. There also are white papers entitled, "Focus on Critical Business Processes to Drive Rapid Application Deployment" and "Uncovering Hidden Liabilities and Predicting Revenue Drag in Verb 1. drag in - force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" embroil, sweep up, tangle, drag, sweep Mergers and Acquisitions." Take a Tip www.botinternational.com/sox.htm CPAs interested in information on streamlining office processes and meeting risk-management requirements can visit this Web site to read white papers such as "Establishing a Continuous Improvement Culture to Improve Project Results" and "The Sayings of Confucius and the Art of Project Management Processes" as well as current and archived tips of the week back to 2002. GENERAL INTEREST SITES Get on a Roll www.nationalpayrollweek.com This e-stop reminds U.S. wage earners that National Payroll Week begins September 6 with special sections on how to mark the occasion at your office and links to video clips and print files of media coverage. Regular site features include Managing and Maximizing Your Paycheck, with information on using direct deposit and on personal finance. Other areas offer retirement planning Retirement financial planning refers to a collection of systems, methods, and processes which, in their aggregate, support a family unit's (client's) desire to achieve a state of financial independence, such that the need to be gainfully employed is optional. and savings calculators. Smooth Office Relations Do you work for a monster of a boss or have to share a project with a mean-spirited coworker co·work·er or co-work·er n. One who works with another; a fellow worker. ? If so, register for free at these two Web sites and shore up interpersonal skills "Interpersonal skills" refers to mental and communicative algorithms applied during social communications and interactions in order to reach certain effects or results. The term "interpersonal skills" is used often in business contexts to refer to the measure of a person's ability : * www.workworries.com With more than 1,200 links to articles such as "Being Cool When the Boss Is Not" and "20 Ways to Deal With Difficult People," as well as human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. survey results from the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos., this stop offers a variety of information on handling problem personalities. * www.badbossology.com This site has entire sections devoted to "bad boss behaviors"--bullying, incompetence, harassment and discrimination, inadequate compensation, disrespect of rights and privacy invasion--and general solutions and advice for dealing with them. Research for Techies www.technologyowl.com At this Smart Stop CPAs and tech enthusiasts can read news and reviews of the latest technology products before buying that next peripheral. Categories include computers, mobile phones and personal digital assistants for the office. Users can scan headlines and summaries for links to reviews on digital and home entertainment products. "Just the Good Stuff" www.thegadgetbox.com A new high speed public dryer that sucks the water right off your hands? Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 made it happen. Read all about it and other gadgets at this fun Web site. CPAs also can check out a computerized "smart shoe" from Adidas and T-Mobile's answer to the Blackberry--Sidekick--which purportedly is a hit in Hollywood. Featured gadgets for the office include a travel power briefcase and an iceless can cooler. |
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