Taking ownership of the job is more than a trendy theory of empowerment

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Jane Rybarz left KPMG to form her own accounting firm in Cairns. She and her partner, Rita Zapulla, have projected revenues of $500,000 for 1998. Rybarz started her firm with a mere $2000 investment in a computer. She now has six staff members and a customer base of 500. An established value for the firm is to have fun. Employees are given a set budget and they share 20% of what they make over the budget.

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No education or job and three to raise, a mother rises to the challenge

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Accountant Sheryl Haslam began operating Sheryl Haslam and Assoc in 1990. The company has 750 clients, seven employees and $650,000 in fees in 1997. Haslam also teaches finance courses at the Housing Industry Assn of Australia. Haslam went back to school after a divorce and began her own business after dissension among the partners at her first two jobs in accounting firms.

Working mothers, Haslam, Sheryl, Sheryl Haslam and Associates

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Big Five: Perhaps two and two could make three

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KPMG Australia, with a 1998-1999 net revenue of Australian $466 million, may be forced to merge with another Top Five or American accounting firm to compete with market share leader PriceWaterhouseCoopers if the US Securities and Exchange Commission does not stand in the way.

Australia, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission, KPMG Australia, Crawford, David, Jamieson, Brian

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