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…
ABC/M vs. Conventional Cost-Cutting
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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…
Unlocking Opportunities in Big Data
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in joint collaboration with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released a report on how organizations…
The Strategic CFO: Taking Finance Beyond Reporting
Once regarded as stewards of organizational assets, financial executives in today’s information-driven market must become more strategic. Focusing only on financial accounting, cost reduction and…
Achieving Product and Service Strategic Fit
The most visible aspects of a company to its customers, employees and the rest of the outside world are its products and services. As a…
Moving From Reactive To Proactive Risk Management
As the risk landscape continues to evolve and threaten the stability, survival, value-creation processes and performance of the business, the board and management team must…