Organisational management

Improving decision making in organisations

Category: Executive reports
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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.

Understanding corporate value: managing and reporting intellectual capital

Category: Technical reports
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Author: Danka Starovic, CIMA and Bernard Marr, Centre for Business Performance, Cranfield School of Management
Publication date: 30/06/2003
This briefing discusses the challenging areas of intellectual capital measurement and valuation. It also includes sections on knowledge management and the reporting of intellectual capital.

Data warehousing: its role in improved organisational decision-making

Category: Technical reports
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Author: CIMA Technical Services
Publication date: 18/02/2003
This briefing highlights the added value of data warehousing to companies through its role in the maximisation of ‘business intelligence’ and its contribution to a strategic enterprise management (SEM) approach to business management.

Information management - the fundamentals

Category: Technical guides
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Author: CIMA Information Management Key Target Task Force
Publication date: 01/04/2000
This guide explores the importance of an information management policy. In any type or size of organisation, everyone needs to understand the importance of safeguarding the valuable knowledge that permeates all of its day-to-day operations.
 

Data warehousing and the management accountant

Category: Research executive summaries
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Author: I Cobb
Publication date: 30/11/2001
Explores the implications of data warehousing for management accountants and management accounting. Suggests that management accountants are actively involved in shaping the direction of data warehousing in their organisations.

Contracting out the finance function

Category: Technical reports
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Author: CIMA Technical Services
Publication date: 01/08/2001
An introduction to the theory behind 'contracting out' as a strategic option for the delivery of financial services within organisations, this 2500-word briefing includes a summary of the reasons behind, and potential benefits of, outsourcing (aspects of) the finance function, and observations based on a case-study example.

Performance through people

Category: Technical guides
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Author: CIMA Executive Agencies Group
Publication date: 01/07/2001
This brief guide has been prepared to illustrate some of the techniques and practices that managers can adopt as part of communication and training programmes.

Effective information project management: a guide

Category: Technical guides
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Author: CIMA Education Group
Publication date: 03/11/1997
This guide is designed to show the potential managerial benefits of an efficient and effective information system, and to indicate the processes by which good information systems may be created or enhanced.