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August 2005
Technical articles
- IT development methodologies
- by Ruth Court
- relevant to Paper 2.1
- Performance measures to support competitive advantage
- by Graham Morgan
- relevant to Paper 3.3, Paper 3.4, Paper 3.5
- Residence and non-residence of individuals
- by Richard Thornton
- relevant to Paper 2.3(MYS), Paper 3.2(MYS)
Feature articles
- Lights, camera, auditors?
- Steve Taylor FCCA, senior Vice President - Finance, at Paramount Pitcures, tells Colette Steckel about his long career with the studio and why he's not into the glitz of Hollywood
- ACCA2007 results on consultation
- In March 2005 ACCA consulted with key stakeholders to gain their views on its proposals for a new Professional qualification which will be first examined in December 2007.
- Lighter touch regulation
- Lighter touch regulation is suddenly in fashion. On both sides of the Atlantic, regulators are being urged by governments not to throw the enterprise baby out with the dirty bath water of rogue behaviour.
- Making the most of your mentor
- Pippa Riley explains what to look for in a mentor if you are submitting your Research and Analysis Project for the Oxford Brookes University BSc in Applied Accounting
- Andersen's last hurrah
- Having gone, pre-Enron, from a Big Five firm employing 85,000 staff to, today, a rump organisation with just 200 employees, something has at last gone right for the once illustrious Arthur Andersen firm. Apparently it wasn't guilty after all.
- Crowd pleasers
- Lesley Meall discusses why communicating effectively means more than answering exam questions well and creating a good CV
- Under pressure
- The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is facing increased pressure from a range of interested parties to ensure that IFRS becomes more acceptable. ACCA is leading the critics.
- Five steps to recruitment success
- Angela Murray talks to recruitment consultants to find out how they add value to the job-hunting process and whether they can deliver the ideal job
- Graduate careers in audit
- ACCA is pleased to announce that, as part of KPMG's new recruitment programme for its audit practice, up to 40 graduates from the UK and Europe will be training with the firm in the UK from September 2005.