Executive reports
Financial reporting supply chain
Category: Executive reportsPDF 386Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 30/05/2008
This report gives finance directors a snapshot of their perrs' opinions on how financial reporting needs to move forward. It is based upon a research project commissioned by the International Federation of Accountants (IFSC) and chaired by Norman Lyle, retired group finance director of Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong. It also includes candid opinions of named financial leaders who attended a CIMA hosted round-table debate that was chaired by Charles Tilley, Chief Executive at CIMA.
The pension liability - managing the corporate risk
Category: Executive reportsPDF 2420Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 01/03/2008
Updated for March 2008.
This high level guidance aims to assist finance directors to understand, and help the Board to manage, the corporate risks arising from defined benefit pension liabilities.
The pension liability - your checklist
Category: Executive reportsPDF 593Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 01/03/2008
Updated for March 2008.
To be read in conjunction with 'The pension liability - managing the corporate risk', this checklist is designed to assist you in helping to ensure the Board as a whole is aware of the defined benefit pension liability risks to implementing strategy, and that these risks are proactively managed.
Improving decision making in organisations
Category: Executive reportsPDF 122Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 24/09/2007
Based on case studies, experiences and opinions gathered from members of the CIMA 'Improving decision making in organisations' forum. Discusses how improving decision making could become the key to superior business performance. Shows how leading businesses have benefitted from finance transformation and improved the efficiency of their finance and accounting operations, to improve decision making across the business.
Corporate reputation: perspectives of measuring and managing a principal risk
Category: Executive reportsPDF 676Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 29/06/2007
Based on interviews with key individuals from a number of industries, this report provides insights into how the risk to reputation should be managed and reported upon. It does this from various perspectives including governance, legal and human resources.
CIMA Strategic scorecard™: boards engaging in strategy
Category: Executive reportsPDF 503Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 30/03/2007
The CIMA Strategic ScorecardTM: boards engaging in strategy demonstrates how the scorecard can be used as a tool to bring all your strategic information together in a summarised and consistent format. This will assist your board in balancing time spent on strategy and time spent on governance issues. The report outlines what the scorecard is and how you can adopt one in your own organisation, including a suggested methodology and tools and techniques to assist with implementation.
CIMA Strategic scorecard™: boards engaging in strategy – executive summary
Category: Executive reportsPDF 399Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 30/03/2007
The CIMA Strategic ScorecardTM: boards engaging in strategy demonstrates how the scorecard can be used as a tool to bring all your strategic information together in a summarised and consistent format. This will assist your board in balancing time spent on strategy and time spent on governance issues. This executive summary will help you understand the basic concept and approach of the scorecard.
Enterprise governance - getting the balance right
Category: Executive reportsPDF 733Kb
Author: CIMA and IFAC
Publication date: 01/02/2004
This report develops the concept of Enterprise Governance. Using 27 case studies from various companies world-wide it will demonstrate to you what can go wrong in an organisation, but what can also go right.
Enterprise governance - getting the balance right - executive summary
Category: Research executive summariesPDF 150Kb
Author: CIMA and IFAC
Publication date: 01/08/2004
Why corporate governance often fails in companies and what can be done to ensure success. Investigates this using a number of case studies. Defines enterprise governance, explores strategic oversight, and offers tools and techniques including the Strategic Scorecard to help address problem areas.
