Praise for Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certifications"In a globalized world, employers are confronted by a bewildering variety of professional qualifications, some valid, some less weighty and some spurious and fraudulent. This excellent compilation enables the reader to touch base with such organizations and explore their true credentials through access to their whereabouts including Web sites. It is additionally pleasing that updates will be provided via the publisher's own Web site."--Professor Dr. Gerald Vinten Deputy Principal, Thames Graduate School, Ilford, LondonPast president, chairman and committee chair, and member of several professional bodies (including the Institute of Internal Auditors, Royal Society of Health, CIPFA, and AAT)"I've often wondered what the 'alphabet soup' after some colleagues' names means and how impressed I really should be. Now I can find out!...This directory will be a valuable reference guide for human resource professionals and anyone else who wants to know what those letters mean and how seriously to take them."--James Roth, PhD, CIA, CCSA President, AuditTrends"The Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certifications by Lal Balkaran is an indispensable reference source for anyone involved in the international accounting, auditing, and business professions. It is global, comprehensive, accurate, and easy to use. It is like having a personal contact book to all the world's professional organizations."--Belverd E. Needles Jr. Ernst & Young Alumni Professor, DePaul UniversityOrganized as a directory for easy reference of accounting and business designations, designatory letters, and contact information of all disciplines, Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certifications contains over 960 bodies administering well in excess of 2000 designations and designatory letters in 145 countries. This handy, yet comprehensive, directory also provides an index with a country-by-country listing of the professional designations that exist there.
Author(s): Lal Balkaran
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 286
Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certifications......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 13
ABOUT THE WEB SITE......Page 15
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 17
ARGENTINA......Page 21
AUSTRALIA......Page 23
AUSTRIA......Page 31
AZERBAIJAN......Page 32
BANGLADESH......Page 35
BELGIUM......Page 36
BOLIVIA......Page 38
BRAZIL......Page 39
BULGARIA......Page 41
CANADA......Page 43
CHINA......Page 59
COSTA RICA......Page 60
CYPRUS......Page 61
CZECH REPUBLIC......Page 62
DENMARK......Page 65
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC......Page 66
EGYPT......Page 67
ETHIOPIA......Page 68
FINLAND......Page 71
FRANCE......Page 72
GERMANY......Page 75
GREECE......Page 77
GUYANA......Page 79
HONG KONG......Page 81
HUNGARY......Page 84
INDIA......Page 87
INDONESIA......Page 91
IRAN......Page 92
IRELAND......Page 93
ISRAEL......Page 95
ITALY......Page 96
IVORY COAST......Page 97
JAPAN......Page 99
JORDAN......Page 102
KENYA......Page 103
KOREA (SOUTH)......Page 104
KUWAIT......Page 105
LATVIA......Page 107
LESOTHO......Page 108
LUXEMBOURG......Page 109
MALAWI......Page 111
MALAYSIA......Page 112
MAURITIUS......Page 115
MONGOLIA......Page 116
MOZAMBIQUE......Page 117
MYANMAR (BURMA)......Page 118
THE NETHERLANDS......Page 119
NEW ZEALAND......Page 122
NIGERIA......Page 124
NORWAY......Page 126
OMAN......Page 129
PAKISTAN......Page 131
PANAMA Asociación de Contadores Publicos Autorizados de Panamá......Page 133
PERU......Page 134
POLAND......Page 135
PORTUGAL......Page 137
PUERTO RICO......Page 138
ROMANIA......Page 139
RUSSIA......Page 140
SERBIA......Page 143
SINGAPORE......Page 144
SLOVENIA......Page 146
SOLOMON ISLANDS......Page 147
SOUTH AFRICA......Page 148
SPAIN......Page 153
SRI LANKA......Page 155
SWEDEN......Page 156
SWITZERLAND......Page 158
SYRIA......Page 159
TAIWAN......Page 161
TANZANIA......Page 162
THAILAND......Page 163
TURKEY......Page 164
UKRAINE......Page 167
UNITED KINGDOM and NORTHERN IRELAND......Page 168
UNITED STATES......Page 193
URUGUAY......Page 241
UZBEKISTAN......Page 242
VIETNAM......Page 243
ZAMBIA......Page 245
ZIMBABWE......Page 246
Appendix: UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS......Page 247
INDEX BY PROFESSION......Page 257
INDEX BY DESIGNATIONS......Page 259
INDEX BY COUNTRY AND ADMINISTERING BODIES......Page 275
