Data Warehousing and the Management Accountant

This report details the findings from a questionnaire survey and a field study of data warehousing and its implications for management accountants and management accounting. The report suggests that management accountants are actively involved in shaping the direction of data warehousing in their organizations. The contents includes a brief discussion on managers' information needs, an overview of the data-warehousing process, the findings of the survey of CIMA members, a detailed description of the experiences of data warehousing at ten company sites and finally some conclusions are provided.Cobb, Ian is the author of 'Data Warehousing and the Management Accountant' with ISBN 9781859714904 and ISBN 1859714900.