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Making the Most of Managerial Accounting Magazines and Journals

Get ahead by making the most of managerial accounting magazines and journals

By Linda C. Ray
Accounting magazines give readers valuable information for everything from how you create client databases to what effect the current markets will have on future business. Journals on management accounting cover changes in the political climate as well as regulations that are most important to accounting professionals.

Read free accounting journals that can keep you updated with news and information that is specific to your company. Find publications on accounting to learn of the latest emerging information you may not have seen yet. Take advantage of trade groups that keep members apprised of innovations through their own management accounting articles and publications. Making the most of managerial accounting magazines and journals can help you stay in touch with developments in the industry so your company can remain competitive.

1. Keep up with management accounting industry leaders through online articles.

2. Follow the writings of an expert in a management accounting magazine to utilize the most current information.

3. Get additional managerial accounting articles published by your trade group that you can use in your own company.

 

Get regular managerial accounting news through online versions of magazines

Subscribe to electronic magazines from resources that you know will send you news that's important to your business. Register with a news source that keeps you updated on market and regulatory guideline changes. Look for publications that cover operational issues facing accounting firms to keep in touch with important issues.
Try: Log on to CPA Technology Advisor, a popular new online magazine that provides readers with updates going on in the industry, and incorporate the changes in your own business. Utilize the extensive library geared toward working professionals at AuditNet. There is also an auditor section for questions you need answered about topics such as new technology and auditing practices. WebCPA features news and online tools for accountants.

Read from the latest journals on management accounting to keep up with your peers

Read detailed reports and features on accounting leaders and industry movement. Watch for information about mergers and other big moves that industry leaders are making so that you can decide how the changes affect your own organization.
Try: Keep up with information that affects your firm through a subscription to The Trusted Professional, the publication of the NYSSCPA. CFO Magazine is an industry standard for the accounting professional to keep up with the times through a number of online blogs and publications. Subscribe free to the important industry magazine so that your company will be in the loop when big changes occur.

Join and participate in groups that provide articles on managerial accounting to its members

Most accounting trade associations produce valuable publications that they know will affect your business. Accounting professionals run the groups and have the same vested interest in regulatory and technical changes within the industry. Get involved with your trade association and take advantage of the group's accounting magazines.
Try: Get published in one of the many publications by the Institute of Management Accountants to increase your credibility. Check out the number of niche organizations putting out their own publications, such as the American Society of Women Accountants. Join the organization and find a local chapter where you'll get more information that pertains to your work in your local community.

 

  • Ask your peers what new journals on management accounting they are reading and try them out. Most publications will provide a free trial sample before you need to subscribe.

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