The following article is from guest blogger, Gary Cokins. Please forgive me for my persistent rant and criticism against accountants who continue to calculate the substantial and growing high indirect and shared costs originating from resource expenses such as salaries, supplies, power, information technologies, and travel. I cannot seem to…

The following article is from guest blogger, Gary Cokins. There is a widening gap between what the CFO and accountants report and what internal managers and employee teams want. This does not mean that information produced by the accountants is of little value. In the last few decades, management accountants…

The following article is from guest blogger, Gary Cokins. Can you imagine accountants as American cowboys of the Wild, Wild West in the 1800s? I can. And they can be dangerous. Yeehaw! Yippee-i-o-i-a! In place of guns in their belt holsters the cowboy accountant may be carrying a smartphone. Their…