Financial Management (Chartered Institude of Management Accountants)

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Articles in September, 2002 issue of Financial Management (Chartered Institude of Management Accountants)

• Intransigence from the top. (News Round-Up).(Brief Article)
• Foresight saga: the onus is on employees to raise their concerns if they feel they are under excessive stress. But employers can't shirk their duty of care where the risk is predictable. (Legal).
  by Nickson, Sue
• Driven to distraction: traditional financial reporting gives non-accountants few useful signposts to aid decision-making and even creates unneeded diversions, argues Keith Cleland. He explains how to keep managers' eyes on the road by using a simple busin
  by Cleland, Keith
• Dyer Engineering. (On the move). (Trevor Adamson appointed financial controller).(Brief Article)
• Institute diary.
• Hotels endure premiums hike: insurance charges have spiralled since 11 September. (Risk Management).(Brief Article)
  by Parry, Charlotte
• IFAC offers IT monitoring advice. (New Round-Up).(The International Federation of Accountants)(Brief Article)
• Orchestral manoeuvres. (News Round-Up).(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gets new financial software from Access Accounting)(Brief Article)
• Raising the disinterest rate; should the FSA bring in stringent rules to ensure that analysts give impartial advice about firms they a reconnected with, asks Anita Howarth, or simply leave investors to decide for themselves? (Investment).(Brief Article)
  by Howarth, Anita
• University of British Columbia. (On the move). (Niranjan Subramanian appointed senior manager financial systems).(Brief Article)
• Firms revalue their technology. (News Round-Up).(Brief Article)
• Call waiting. (Letters).
• Nasa. (On the move).(Owen Barwell named senior financial advisor)(Brief Article)
• Cause and effect: it is highly inadvisable to set performance objectives and then let the measures take care of themselves. Mike Bourne and Andy Neely show how easily dysfunctional behaviour can result from a lack of forethought. (Management: balanced sco
  by Bourne, Mike; Neely, Andy
• IASB issues changeover guidance. (Technical Update).
• EU firms unprepared for IAS. (News Round-Up).(international accounting standards )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• The credible journey: the huge gap that has opened up between operating earnings and reported earnings among US firms has prompted Standard & Poor's to propose much-needed reforms. (City).(Brief Article)
  by Stone, Ted
• Council seeks ways to differentiate ClMA's public image from auditors. (Institute News).(Brief Article)
• Adventus. (On the move). (Robert Todd appointed director).(Brief Article)
• NHS receives shot in the arm; but the big cash injection will not be enough on its own. (Public Finance).(Brief Article)
  by Hayward, Cathy
• Allen key? (Letters).
  by McIlroy, Jim
• Bukhatir. (On the move). (Bhaskar Banerjee appointed executive director).(Brief Article)
• Disciplinary cases. (Institute news).(Fellow Chartered Management Accountant)(Brief Article)
• Editorial comment.(Brief Article)
  by Prickett, Ruth
• How to manage the risk of terrorism. (News Round-Up).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Mixed messages: the UK's economic signals are confusing, having changed dramatically over the past couple of months. David Ross considers whether a further cut in interest rates is on the horizon. (Economics).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Ross, David
• CIMA sets up database of tutors. (Institute News).(Brief Article)
• Dublin City University. (On the move). (John Lawlor awarded honours degree in information technology).(Brief Article)
• Pickering's proposals `fall short': many stakeholders were hoping for more radical plans. (Pensions).(Brief Article)
  by Hayward, Cathy
• Protection racket? (Letters).
  by Orme, Alan
• Sweet clarity: rightly or wrongly, recent high-profile accounting scandals in the US have dented shareholders' faith in the quality of UK firms' financial reporting. The whole accountancy profession is under pressure to improve the transparency of the inf
  by Prickett, Ruth
• New council member required. (Institute News).
• PDV. (On the move). (Christine Caffrey appointed finance director).(Brief Article)
• Ministers issue reform proposals. (News Round-Up).(Brief Article)
• Whistle stop. (Letters).
  by Brooks, Alan
• Adams Childrenswear. (On the move).(Kevan Witts hired)(Brief Article)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing. (On the move).
• Generation next: world-class organisations are increasingly demanding that their finance functions move away from number-crunching and start creating real value. Margaret May explains how the profession must transform itself in order to rise to the challe
  by May, Margaret
• Accounting Standards Board to postpone full FRS17 implementation. (Pensions).
• Setting a standard. (Letters).
  by Frampton, Mike
• Artistic direction: as lover of fine art, Ian Blatchford, the new FD at the Victoria and Albert Museum, is happily mixing business with pleasure. He explains to Cathy Hayward why the job is never a case of painting by numbers. (Profile: Ian Blatchford).
  by Hayward, Cathy
• United Nations Mission in Support of East Timor (UNMISET). (On the move). (Moses Tefula appointed consultant).(Brief Article)
• Defence mechanism: it's impossible to eradicate the threat of fraud, but there are several steps that employers can take to minimise this very real risk. David Cafferty and Judy Finn offer a strategy aimed primarily at deterring would-be offenders. (How t
  by Cafferty, David; Finn, Judy
• Thinking outside the black box. (Letters).
  by Cassell, Merrill
• Cheque up: in his latest spending review, the chancellor announced that the health service would receive 40 billion [pounds sterling] of extra cash. Anita Howarth finds out what this means to NHS financial managers. (Finance: NHS).(Brief Article)
  by Howarth, Anita
• CIMA members awarded in queen's birthday honours list. (Institute Diary). (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).(Brief Article)
• Altrix Healthcare. (On the move). (Neil Bundy appointed finance manager).(Brief Article)