On a roll: meet the CAs who are helping shape Canada's burgeoning golf industry - for these club owners and consultants, it's no longer just a game

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The golf industry is the latest challenge for Canadian chartered accountants, providing a new business environment where they can exercise their skills. Accountants who have bought interest in or have bought their own country clubs, are stretching their managerial and financial planning skills to turn around the golf club business back into profitability. The golf industry's decline in previous years has been attributed to the exclusivity of these clubs, which slowly decreased membership that is the primary source of revenue. Many of the accountants are finding new revenue sources from country clubs and from flexible membership schemes to improve club facilities and services.

Golf Courses and Country Clubs, Public golf courses, Management, Finance, Accountants, Country clubs, Golf courses

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So far, so good: in 1990 the CICA's information technology task force challenged CAs to embrace the information era. The message seems to be sinking in

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The accounting professions ability to adapt to change is its only assurance of relevance in the rapidly advancing global environment. This was the gist of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' Task Force on Information Technology's 1990 report. As of 1992, the accounting profession at large seems to have taken heed of the report's recommendations. Accounting firms have steadily embraced information technology in spite of much criticism of the report by some accounting circles.

Analysis, Accounting, Information technology, Science and technology policy, Technology application, Powers and duties, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Chief information officers

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Project power; managing the audit process just got easier with project management technology

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Project management technology can be applied in the auditing and accounting profession to increase efficiency and enhance data analysis and presentation. Auditors and accountants can select from a wide range of project management software to suit their specific needs. In choosing which software to use, however, they should take into consideration technical support availability and user-friendliness.

Prepackaged software, Software Publishers, Business Software Pkgs (Micro), Evaluation, Business management software, Suites (Software), Project management systems, Project management software, Auditors

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