Publications
2011
Paul de Lange & Kim Watty (2011): Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 and Challenges Facing Accounting Education in Australia , Accounting Education, 20:6,625-630 (PDF)
Of the various reports released in 2010, two purport to examine the state of accounting education in Australia. These are Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 and Challenges Facing Accounting Education in Australia. Both were released as collaborations of the leading academic organisation, the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand(AFAANZ) or professional accounting bodies in Australia including the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA),1 and Certified Practising Accountants of Australia (CPA Australia). As their titles imply, the main thrust of these reports is to examine the challenges facing accounting education in Australian universities and, as such, they act as the input for this AE Briefing. The main challenges articulated in these reports portray a sector suffering from the combined pressure of a large international student enrolment, high student-to-staff ratios, an inadequate funding model, and an ageing academic staff profile. By way of commentary, we suggest that, if these gloomy circumstances continue to develop unabated, then the future for the sector will play out as a ‘perfect storm’2 with the sector suffering on-going troubled development.
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Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 (7.2MB Pdf) Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Burritt and James Guthrie |
Accounting for Sustainable Aviation, Charter September 2011
Aimed at members of the profession the article ‘Accounting for Sustainable Aviation’ published in Charter September 2011 draws attention to the importance of sustainable fuels for the future of the global airline industry, and the role that strategic leaders in the profession might play in developing accounting for biofuels. The authors, Professor Roger Burritt, Professor Stefan Schaltegger and Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, ask whether accountants might help towards sustainability. The authors suggest: accounting for sustainability performance through introduction of biofuels, a mind-set which is aware of all the players in the value chain, clear identification of direct and indirect fixed and variable costs of fuel switching.
Bridging the Gap between Academic Accounting Research and Professional Practice
Why is academic accounting research still
lacking impact and relevance? Why is it
considered so detached and worlds apart from
practice and society? These and many more
questions are tackled in this new
publication commissioned by the Institute
and the Centre for Accounting, Governance
and Sustainability (CAGS) in the School of
Commerce at the University of South
Australia.
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Bridging the Gap between Academic Accounting Research and Professional Practice (1.2MB Pdf) Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Burritt and James Guthrie |
Responses in the Press |
Stephen Matchett "No accounting for tastes", The Common Room Blog, The Australian July 5th, 2011 |
2010
Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010
CAGS
has collaborated with
the Institute for Chartered Accountants to produce this publication.
Each chapter examines key challenges facing the profession,
including:
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Staff shortages combined with the pressures of
an ageing academic
population
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The changing skill-sets of accounting and the
misalignment with employer
expectations
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The large classes in university business
faculties now leading to
undesirable, sub-optimal
teaching and learning
outcomes
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The impact of alternative pathways to
professional programs via
private providers and
vocational studies.
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Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 (7.2MB Pdf) Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Burritt and James Guthrie |
CAGS Occasional Working Paper Series
- Ratnatunga, J. and Waldmann, E. (2010), Transparent Costing: Has The Emperor Got Clothes? Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability Occasional Working Papers, No. 1, April, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
- Burritt, R.L. Schaltegger, S., and Zvezdov, D. (2010), Carbon management accounting – practice in leading German companies, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability Occasional Working Papers, No. 2, May, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
2009
Way Lee - 100 Years On
- Access PDF (1.8MB) here of a monograph celebrating the life of Way lee and contribution to Adelaide, co-authored by Professor Roger Burritt, Dylan Walker, and Amanda Carter.
2008
A-CSEAR 2008 - Conference Proceedings
- Access PDF (2MB) here of the proceedings of the A-CSEAR Conference 2008