Month: February 2014
Performance Improvement
Achieve Transformational Performance Measurement
This post is an extract from Dr Dean Spitzer’s book, Transforming Performance Measurement: Rethinking the Way We Measure and Drive Organizational Success. With more than 30 years of experience helping organizations worldwide achieve superior performance, Dr Dean Spitzer is regarded as one of the leading performance measurement experts. Performance measurement has evolved over the past read more
Cost and Profitability Analysis
ABC/M vs. Conventional Cost-Cutting
Business leaders always spend a lot of time thinking about costs and how they can reduce them, free resources for investment and improve the bottom line. The pressure to reduce costs is normally driven by cash flow position, shareholders, uncertainty, investments and the need to improve business performance. In light of the aftermath of 2008 read more
Risk Management
Identifying, Assessing and Managing Risks From an ERM Perspective
In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines “Black Swans” as random and rare events that underlie our lives and business, are nearly impossible to predict and have a huge impact when they materialize. According to Taleb, “Black Swans being unpredictable, we need to adjust to their read more
Unlocking Opportunities in Big Data
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in joint collaboration with the American
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The Strategic CFO: Taking Finance Beyond Reporting
Once regarded as stewards of organizational assets, financial executives in today’s information-driven market
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Achieving Product and Service Strategic Fit
The most visible aspects of a company to its customers, employees and the
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Moving From Reactive To Proactive Risk Management
As the risk landscape continues to evolve and threaten the stability, survival, value-creation
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