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Read the following article: "The Cost Accountant is Dead; Long Live the Business Process Analyst". Could you please help me in discussing the change in roles from Cost Accountant to Business Process Analyst?

See the following link for the attachment: http://www.imanet.org/PDFs/Public/SF/2005_12/1205xbrl.pdf

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This solution discusses the change in roles from cost accountant to business process analyst.

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The article that you provided has done a very good job at providing an overview of the difference between cost accountant and business process analyst. During the early 1900's the majority of the focus in the work environment was on the manufacturing sector and ensuring that a particular product was ...

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