FMN programs have been used by more than 700 of the
largest 1,000 companies in the U.S. and worldwide in 25 foreign
countries. The educational programs feature leading speakers who
have appeared in major professional conferences sponsored by the
Financial Executives International and the Institute of Management
Accountants. They also include notable experts.
If you are a licensed CPA, CMA, or other certified
professional who needs to keep up with trends and earn CPE credits
each year, FMN video programs can fulfill all those needs.
If you are a manager or senior executive who simply
wants to remain up-to-date on new technology, current issues, new
developments, and the latest buzzwords, FMN continuing education
programs will keep you informed and current.
Session One - Making Mission Critical Facilities More
Efficient and Reliable (Management Advisory Services)
After a year of heat waves, torrential downpours, intense winds
and tornados, steam pipe explosions, and the ongoing threat of
terrorism, the vulnerability of our aging power grid and
infrastructure is obvious. Peter Curtis, president of Power
Management Concepts, identifies why you need to do about your
company's mission critical facilities in the age of the smart grid.
Session Two - Monitoring Internal Control: Whose Job Is It?
(Auditing)
In this economic downturn, organizations strive to maintain
effective controls to mitigate risk. According to John McLaughlin of
SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, a static approach to
monitoring controls is neither efficient nor cost effective in an
era where rapidly changing market conditions require often-dramatic
shifts in operations and processes.
Session Three - R&D: Linking Your Company's Competitiveness to
the Tax Code (Taxes)
According to most observers, the tax code's research credit
allows American businesses to remain competitive by encouraging them
to devote substantial resources to R&D activities. Professor Michael
Tucker analyzes two recent, and favorable, court decisions reviewing
how you can document your company's eligibility for the research
credit.
Session Four - Professional Ethics: More than Just
Independence (Regulatory Ethics)
In most respects, corporate financial executives are expected to
observe the same overarching ethical principles as their
counterparts in public accounting: honesty, fairness, objectivity,
and responsibility. John Fleming of Loscalzo Associates explains how
these principles link to the issue of independence - and the
profession's Code of Conduct - for CPAs in industry.
Special Segment:
On the first anniversary of the roadmap for moving to
international financial reporting standards, many financial
executives still wonder when and if the conversion will actually
take place. On this quarter's Executive Enterprise Institute Update,
Dr. Thomas Selling distinguishes between adopting a single set of
global accounting standards and converging GAAP with IFRS.
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