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Enhancing the leadership
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cover story
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Successful Outsourcing Does Not
Happen by Accident |
"Successful outsourcing -- and in
particular, outsourcing that drives transformation and helps achieve
broad strategic goals -- requires companies to follow a disciplined
process that keeps them focused on taking the right steps and making the
right decisions. In short, outsourcing initiatives succeed by design,
not luck. This report explores the key dimensions of that design -- five
main dimensions of the outsourcing process that companies must progress
through, as well as the factors that must be considered within each in
order to reap the full benefits of the outsourcing." These dimensions
are:
- Rightsize the Deal
- Build a Solid Foundation
- Select the Right Vendor
- Strike the Deal
- Manage Compliance
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Deloitte
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flash file
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bankruptcy |
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Getting Off to a Fresh Start |
"The impact of bankruptcies continues
to amplify...accounting for bankruptcy emergence -- or 'fresh start
accounting' -- is under a brighter and broader spotlight.
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Bank of America
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xbrl |
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Stepping Into XBRL |
"XBRL is not just for SEC
companies...Small businesses...could soon be using XBRL to submit
information to bankers, the IRS, and other agencies."
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AICPA
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tax departments |
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Tax Departments Mired In Muck
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"Numerous tax processes remain
resistant to the best-of-breed technologies and Web-based systems
that have transformed reporting and analysis in other parts of the
enterprise."
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Business Finance
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audit
committees |
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Audit Committees Look Beyond the Norm |
Recession-related risks, risk
intelligence, culture of the organization and incentives are among
top concerns for audit committees in 2008.
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KPMG
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career
development |
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Smaller May Be Better |
"With the U.S. economy under duress,
a growing number of...workers may find themselves moving from large
companies toward smaller...firms."
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Wall Street Journal
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Career Don't from the Candidates |
"Take cues from the Presidential
hopefuls-while avoiding their missteps-and apply them to your own
career campaign."
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Business Week
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bonus: warren
buffet |
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Learn from the World's Richest Man |
Warren Buffett's annual letter to
shareholders has become a business institution. Modest forecasts is
one idea he promotes. Another is to buy low, undervalued businesses.
Read more.
Berkshire Hathaway
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professional development
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How to Measure Financial Success
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exposure to these measures, their mechanics, and the advantages and
disadvantages of each. And most importantly, you'll learn how to
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Senior Financial Analyst
(Dallas, TX)
The Senior Financial Analyst assists the Central
Region Director of Finance and Operations in supporting the leadership of the
Central Region. Essential duties include owning the financial reporting
function; maintaining regional monthly rolling forecast; analyzing and
researching basic to intermediate financial statements; assisting with the
annual business planning and budgeting process.
Grant Thornton LLP specializes in serving mid-cap, small-cap and privately held
clients, and is a preferred provider of selected non-audit services to selected
markets. The firm's success is attributed to an adherence to its Guiding
Principles of respect for firm policies and people, a commitment to integrity,
professional excellence, and leadership in the accounting profession and the
business community.
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