Publication Type
Report
Publication Date
11-2014
Abstract
Faced with a tightening labour supply, raising productivity has become an increasingly important issue for manybusinesses in Singapore. To understand how this impacts on the F&A functions of businesses, the Instituteof Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) collaborated with Robert Half to survey over 550 senior financeexecutives in Singapore and also the region to understand the focus of F&A functions of businesses andcorporations regarding raising productivity and effectiveness. Our findings are presented in a series of three reportswith the following themes – (1) Trends in implementing productivity initiatives, (2) Challenges faced in implementingproductivity initiatives, and (3) Essential skills and training needed to drive productivity
Discipline
Accounting | Finance
Research Areas
Corporate Reporting and Disclosure
Publisher
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Robert Half
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
GOH, Clarence.
Raising the bar 2: Challenges to productivity initiatives in the finance and accounting function. (2014).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1610
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