CAGS News and Events 2011
Events 2011
- An Insider's Guide to Getting Published in Research Journals. Simon Linacre, Senior Publisher at Emerald Publishing - power point presentation
- The Long Road to Publishing: A User-Friendly Exposé. A Special CAGS Presentation by Professor Paul De Lange, RMIT
- Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Education: A Proposed Conceptual Schema of Commonalities. Professor Paul De Lange, RMIT
- Interviews - What We Can Learn From the Masters of the Media? Dr Gerard Stone, CAGS member, School of Commerce, UniSA
- Qualitative Research in Business: A Research Colloquium 26-27 July 2011
- AAMI Stadium Event - CAGS-Chinese Chamber of Commerce - CCH - Networking in Action
- Nvivo9 Workshops
- ICAA Business Forum
- CAGS-CPA Australia AAMI Stadium Event - Increasing engagement with the profession
- New book announcement - Environmental management accounting and supply chain management
- International visitor - Dr Federica Farneti, University of Bologna
- CAGS-Institute Forum - Is academic accounting research of any use to practitioners?
AAMI Stadium Event - CAGS-Chinese Chamber of Commerce - CCH - Networking in Action
It was wet and windy on
Sunday July 10th as CAGS hosted the UniSA Corporate Box at AAMI
Stadium, for the Port Adelaide vs St Kilda match.
CAGS would like to thank all
of those who braved the weather and gave up their Sunday to attend this
event. Our guests included Advisory Board Chair Darren Ball (KPMG) and Board
members Les Jones (Department of Premier and Cabinet), his partner
Geraldine, Steven Woolhouse (Shared Services) and his partner Brianna.
Carrie Rivers (CCH) and four Chinese Chamber of Commerce members were
also in attendance: Mr Kok Wah See (President Chinese Chamber of Commerce
SA/ See Brothers Seafood Pty ltd), Mrs Lisa See, Mr Chris Chong (Advisor to
YLT) and Ms Judy Ngei. In attendance from CAGS
were: Roger Burritt, Nathan Gray, John Medlin, Natalie Stuckings and Jo
Tingey-Holyoak.
Important connections were made by all and it was a very worthwhile and fruitful experience.
Nvivo9 Workshops
Two Nvivo9 workshops were held on 20 May and 10 June. Dr Sukhbir Sandhu from the School of Management, a former research assistant with CAGS and now lecturer, led 40 enthusiastic researchers through an exploration of this new version of Nvivo.The following comments were made by participants:
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I found it very
useful!
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A really beneficial
presentation, well paced and some really great tips.
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Useful ideas on
where to start and pitfalls to avoid.
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Sukhbir did an
excellent job. It was well-paced and Sukhbir was excellent
in responding to queries. Thanks for putting on this
workshop.
- I have used Nvivo quite a lot previously but only in a very limited way. I learnt many new skills today.
ICAA Business Forum
Our thanks to everyone who helped make the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Business Forum 2011 a success for both the School and for CAGS. As usual the event involved a genuine team effort – particular thanks go to Gloria Parker, Rainbow Shum, Alicia Foreman and Natalie Stuckings for preparation, setting up and removal of the Business Forum booth and for discussing the School and CAGS activities with people attending. In addition, Nathan Brookes, Roger Burritt, Vaso Caspro, Rizwan Hossain, Lyn Nipperess, Kath Pickering, Stephanie Wake and Julie Warnes all donated their valuable time.Professor Roger Burritt chaired a session at the Institute's Business Forum on networking, and delivered a forceful message about how seriously CAGS takes its networking and practitioner engagement responsibilities, hence our very enthusiastic presence at the Forum and our past and planned future interactions with practitioners. Many participants approached Roger at the close of the session and important contacts were established.
CAGS-CPA Australia AAMI Stadium Event - Increasing engagement with the profession
Professor
Lee Parker, Associate Professor Brenton Fiedler and Associate Professor
Margaret Lightbody from the Centre for Accounting, Governance and
Sustainability (CAGS) were hosts of a number of CPA Australia members on
Saturday 23 April in the Division of Business Corporate Box at AAMI Stadium.
The event provided an opportunity for CAGS to interact with a number of
major employers of our accounting graduates.
In attendance were:
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Langdon Blight, General Manager, CPA Australia’s South Australia Office;
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Alan Martin, General Manager, Corporate Services, SA Government Department of Treasury and Finance
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Elizabeth Moran, Service Delivery Director, Accounting and Taxation, SA Government Department of Treasury and Finance;
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Michael Sedgman, General Management Corporate, Adelaide City Council.
The guests and
their accompanying partners enjoyed our hospitality and a thrilling match in
which the recently formed Gold Coast Suns won their first ever game.
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New Book AnnouncementEnvironmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, Vol. 27
Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management flyer and order form available (PDF 1186kb) |
International Visitor - Dr Federica Farneti, University of Bologna
16th January
to 11th February 2011
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Vandana Arya
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Dr Kym Fraser
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Joanne Tingey-Holyoak
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Dr Paul Shum
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Professor Janek Ratnatunga
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Dr Elvia Shavki
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Dina Wahyuni
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Dr Marilyn Waldron
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Professor Lee Parker
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Amanpreet Kaur
During her visit, Dr Farneti was
involved in the preparation of the following paper: Rammal, H., Tucker, B.,
Farneti, F., and Burritt, R., (2011), Knowledge transfer and sustainability
performance. A comparison among MNCs and NGOs? to be submitted to the
Journal of International Business Studies.
Federica held meetings with the
editorial board of the
Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability (APCEA) journal,
Prof. Roger Burritt and Dr. Sumit. K. Lodhia, and asked to act as ad hoc
reviewer for a paper submitted to
Accounting Auditing and
Accountability Journal (editors Prof. Lee Parker and CAGS RPP Prof.
James Guthrie).
Dr Farneti presented to a full room of
staff and students on the 8th February, her paper: ‘Voluntary Reporting in
Italian State Universities‘.
Along with CAGS, Dr Farneti is a member
of the Joint Mobility project funded under the ICI Education in higher
education and training between the EU and Australia, Sustainable Management
for Organisations, Business and Government, and was able to meet and work
with the CAGS staff who are also members of this initiative in developing
the next stage for implementation of this project.
Dr Farneti was also able to continue
development of the Accounting Research Forum to be held 16th June 2011,
University of Bologna. The SIDREA Forum will be on Acting in an
International accounting research setting, and Federica is involved in
organising the event with Professor Lee Parker, Deputy Director of CAGS.
CAGS-Institute Forum: Is academic accounting research of any use to practitioners?
The Relationship between Academic Accounting Research and Professional Practice
On February 1 CAGS jointly hosted with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (the Institute), a forum to explore the relationship between academic accounting research and professional practice. This was a collaborative forum that investigated the contemporary challenges around accounting education, academe, policy and the profession in Australia.
Following opening remarks by Professor Caroline McMillen, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President: Research and Innovation (UniSA), two plenary sessions were presented by Professor Göran Roos, Adelaide’s 20th Thinker in Residence and Emeritus Professor Richard Laughlin, King’s College London. These two plenaries considered the interaction of research and innovation and the creation of a nexus between research, policy and practice. Click here for the agenda.
Six sessions followed the plenaries and focussed on areas of research interest. Each of these sessions was co-presented by an academic and practitioner:
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Organisational practices: Professor Suresh Cuganesan (Swinburne University) and Dr Len Gainsford (Department of Transport, Victoria)
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Financial reporting: Professor Tyrone Carlin (The University of Sydney) and Kevin Stevenson (Australian Accounting Standards Board)
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Sustainability accounting: Professor Roger Burritt (University of South Australia) and Geraldine Magarey (the Institute)
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Audit: Professor Philomena Leung (Macquarie University), Professor Barry Cooper (Deakin University) and Lee White (the Institute)
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Tax: Professor Margaret McKercher (University of NSW) and Yasser El-Ansary (the Institute)
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Academic research: Professor Keryn Chalmers (AFAANZ) and Associate Professor Sue Wright (AFAANZ)
A joint CAGS/ Institute publication under the same name will be available later this year which encapsulates the key points raised during the day. The forum was a lively interchange and enjoyed by all. It is hoped that the Forum starts an ongoing debate over the relationship between academic accounting research and professional practice.