My Cheese!

Who Moved My Cheese?
An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

By: Spencer Johnson

Editorial Reviews

Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings live in that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice--nonanalytical and nonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related to our livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in--although it can stand for anything, from health to relationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert to changes in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.

Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplace where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just 94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always will change. And while there's no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler

Biography

Spencer Johnson, M.D., is one of the world's most respected thinkers and beloved authors. Dr. Johnson earned a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California, an M.D. degree from the Royal College of Surgeons, and medical clerkships at The Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School. More than forty-six million copies of Spencer Johnson's books are in print worldwide in more than forty-seven languages.

My Reviews

Spencer Johnson has a series of One Minute books that include topics in management as well as topics about your personal life.  He has become a well respected motivational writer through out the years.  “Who Moved My Cheese” is a book that Dr. Hatfield often references in class to describe human nature’s approach to change.  There are two predominate ways that you can deal with change.  A person can either resist the change or be in the forefront and demanding change.   

Who Killed Change?

Editorial Reviews

Who Killed Change?  Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change

Every day organizations around the world launch change initiatives—often big, expensive ones—designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to 70 percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization's resources, energy and morale.

Who or What Is Killing Change?

That's what you'll find out in this witty whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style detective, Agent Mike McNally, who's investigating the murder of yet another change. One by one, Agent McNally interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Victoria Vision; a chronically tardy manager named Ernest Urgency; an executive named Clair Communication, whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible; and several other dubious characters.

The suspects are sure to sound familiar and you're bound to relate them to your own workplace. In the end, Agent McNally solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your own organization.A step-by-step guide at the back of the book shows you how to apply the story's lessons to the real world. Key questions help you evaluate the health of your organization's change initiatives, and you'll learn best practices for enabling and sustaining the desired change.

About the Author

Ken Blanchard is an international bestselling author and motivational speaker whose books, including The One Minute Manager^®, The One Minute Entrepreneur^™, and Leading at a Higher Level, have sold more than eighteen million copies in thirty languages. He lives in San Diego, California.

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My Reviews

Group A choose Who Killed Change? Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change for our Book Review Presentation in Organizational Behavior.  The book was very interesting.  I particularly liked that it was written as a murder mystery because that is my favorite genera of novels.  The determined Agent McNally was endearing and persistent when interviewing the suspects and finally solving the mystery.  I think it would be a great book for managers to give to employees that are in the process of change in the organization.  It really shows how the different departments interrelate and are responsible for ensuring that the change will be successful. 

CPA Certification

 New 2011 Uniform CPA Examination

Major Developments That Will Be New and Different on the Uniform CPA Examination

effective on January 1, 2011

Authoritative Literature

A new release of authoritative literature – with FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ – will be made available for the CPA Examination. To prepare for this release, view the new Tutorial and Sample Tests to be posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

Calculator

A new online calculator will be introduced on the CPA Examination. To learn about its features, view the new Tutorial and Sample Tests to be posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

Candidate Performance Report

The report providing candidates with information about the strengths and weaknesses of their examination performance will be revised. A description of the new candidate performance report will be widely distributed and posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

Content of the CPA Examination

New Content and Skill Specification Outlines (CSOs/SSOs) will go into effect. Candidates planning to test in or after 2011 should review and become familiar with the subject matter that will be eligible to be tested. The new CSOs/SSOs are available at the website http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ExaminationContent/ContentAndSkills/DownloadableDocuments/CSOs-SSOs-Final-Release-Version-effective-01-01-2011.pdf.

International Standards

International Standards – including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) – will become eligible to be tested. Questions on international standards will begin to be gradually integrated into the examination. Questions on U.S. standards will continue to be part of the examination. For more information, refer to the article on international standards in the Spring 2010 issue of The Uniform CPA Examination Alert available at the website http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ExamNewsletter/DownloadableDocuments/Spring_2010_CPA_Alert_FINAL.pdf.

Passing Score

The AICPA Board of Examiners (BOE) will make a decision on the passing score in the early months of 2011, after data from the first testing window of the new examination release become available. Information about the passing score decision will be widely distributed and posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website.

Research Task – New Format

A new research task format will be introduced on the CPA Examination. To learn how to respond to research tasks, view the new Tutorial, and to see the new format in action, view the new Sample Tests. Both will be posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

Scoring Weights

In the Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), and Regulation (REG) sections, Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) will account for 60% and Task-Based Simulations for 40% of the total score.

In the Business Environment and Concepts section (BEC), Multiple- Choice Questions (MCQs) will account for 85% and written communication tasks for 15% of the total score.

For more information, read the article in the Spring 2010 issue of The Uniform CPA Examination Alert at http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ExamNewsletter/DownloadableDocuments/Spring_2010_CPA_Alert_FINAL.pdf.

Section Structure

The components of the Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) and Regulation (REG) sections will be:

• Three Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) testlets, and

• One testlet containing six or seven short Task-Based Simulations (TBS)

The components of the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section will be:

• Three Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) testlets, and

• Three written communication tasks on BEC topics

For more information, read the article in the Spring 2010 issue of The Uniform CPA Examination Alert at http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ExamNewsletter/DownloadableDocuments/Spring_2010_CPA_Alert_FINAL.pdf.

Section Time Allocations

Testing time for the Auditing and Attestation (AUD) section will be shortened by a half hour to four hours. Testing time for the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section will be increased by a half hour to three hours. Testing times for the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) and Regulation (REG) sections will remain the same as before at four and three hours, respectively. The total testing time for all sections of the examination remains unchanged at fourteen hours.

(Candidates should note that these changes refer to testing time only. Time scheduled at test centers will continue to include an additional half hour for the check-in process and completion of the survey at the end of the session.)

For more information, read the article in the Spring 2010 issue of The Uniform CPA Examination Alert at http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ExamNewsletter/DownloadableDocuments/Spring_2010_CPA_Alert_FINAL.pdf.

Spreadsheet

A new spreadsheet will be introduced on the CPA Examination. To learn about its functionality, view the new Tutorial and Sample Tests to be posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

Task-Based Simulations (TBS) – New Question Format

Short TBS will replace simulations in the current (long) format on the CPA Examination. To learn what TBS will look like and how to respond in the new format, view the new Tutorial and Sample Tests to be posted on the http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam website in early Fall, 2010.

http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/ForCandidates/HowToPrepare/DownloadableDocuments/New_2011_CPA_exam_guide_to_CBTe.pdf