Sponsored Robert Half International and produced in collaboration with CMA Canada and CIMA, these Infocasts provide implementation guidance on strategic management topics.

The Fall 2009 Strategic Management Infocast Series features three programs targeted to help you and your company achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. This series is a free member benefit offered by the AICPA in collaboration with CIMA (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and CMA Canada.

Click on the links provided to register for any one of these FREE programs (optional CPE credit for $34 members/$44 non-members).

Our Fall series will kick off on September 24 with Supply Chain Managment: Relationships, Risks and Rewards. This presentation will feature Ed O'Donnell CPA, Controller at Teknor Apex Company and Paul Massey ACMA, Finance Leader at Cummins Turbo Technologies.  Participants will gain practical knowledge about managing the risks, and reaping the rewards, of supply chain relationships using a 7-step Supply Chain Managment Model. 

On October 15, the presentation will be on Evidence-based Management: Making Intelligent Business Decisions by Bernard Marr, PhD, Chief Executive and Director of Research of Advanced Performance Institute and Donny C. Shimamoto CPA.CITP, founder of Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC. The participants will learn about Evidence-based Managment or EBM and how to leverage Information Technology (IT) and Business Intellegence (BI) investments using the 5-step framework of the EBM model.

The Fall series will conclude on November 19 with a presentation on Business Intelligence: Driving Value by Turning Data into Decisions by Bernard Marr, PhD, Chief Executive and Director of Research of Advanced Performance Institute and Donny C. Shimamoto CPA.CITP, founder of Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC.

The participants will learn the concepts, principles and practices associated with Business Intelligence (BI) as well as practical guidance for managing an Enterprise BI Initiative.

The Spring 2009 Strategic Management Infocast Series is also  still available for viewing.

• Financial Risk Management: Essential Tools and Techniques
• Fraud Risk Management: It Can Happen to You
• Enterprise Risk Management: Rising Expectations

The Fall 2008 Strategic Management Infocast Series is also still available for viewing.

• The Management System: Toolkit for Success
• Break Free From the Budget Trap: Continuous Planning and Adaptive Control
• Strategic Performance Management: Keeping it Simple

The Spring 2008 Strategic Management Infocast Series is also still available for viewing.  

• Managing Opportunities and Risks: Developing Your Value Creation Lens  
• Report Leadership: Online Corporate Reporting and Executive Compensation Reporting 
• Impacting Future Value: Maximizing Intellectual Capital

Fall 2007 Infocast Archives Still Available for Viewing

Archives of the Fall 2007 Infocasts are available. Follow the links below to go to the Infocast Web site.

• Managing Customer Value: Not all Customers are Created Equal
• CIMA Strategic Scorecard—Engaging Boards in Strategy 
• Finance and Accounting Outsourcing: Minimizing Risks, Maximizing Relationships