Professor Manzurul Alam- Accounting

MBA (Leuven)
PhD (LSE)

Murdoch Business School
Murdoch University
Tel: + 61 (08) 93606580
E-mail: M.Alam@murdoch.edu.au

Manzurul Alam is a Professor of Accounting at the Murdoch Business School. Prior to joining Murdoch University, he was Deputy Head of the Accounting & Finance Department at Monash University. He holds an MBA from KU Leuven and a PhD from London School of Economics. Manzurul’s current research interests focus on management accounting change, strategic performance measurement and governance, public sector management accounting, and accounting issues in developing countries. He has published in major accounting and management journals including Management Accounting Research (MAR), British Accounting Review (BAR), Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ), Accounting & Business Research (ABR), International Journal of Public Sector Management, International Journal of Business Management, Pacific Accounting Review, and Critical Perspectives in Accounting (CPA). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change and a member of the editorial boards for the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, and the Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research (JAMAR). He is a fellow member of CPA and an associate member of CMA Australia.

Key Publications & Research

Research Interests:

• Management accounting change
• Strategic performance measurement and governance
• Public sector management accounting
• Accounting issues in developing countries

Publications:

Refereed Articles and Publications in Academic Journals

• ‘Management Control Systems and Public Sector Reform: A Fijian Case Study’ Accounting Accountability & Performance (in Press) (with R Nandan)
• ‘Management Accounting & Stakeholder Value Model’ Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research, 2008, 6(1), pp. 75-86. (with M. Kelly)
• ‘Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development’ Jounal of Administration & Governance, (in Press) (with M. Kelly)
• ‘The Interaction Amongst Reform Drivers In The Process Of Governmental Accounting Reforms: The Case Of Indonesia’ Journal of Accounting & Organisational Change, 2006. (with Marwata)
• ‘Accounting and the Reproduction of Race Relations in Fiji: A Discourse on Accounting and Race in Colonial Context’ Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 2005 (with R. Nandan)
• ‘Privatisation, Management Accounting Change, and Cultural Values in a Developing Country: Case Studies from Bangladesh’ Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2004 (with Z. Hoque)
• ‘Changes in Management Control Systems in a State-Owned Development Financial Institution: Some Evidences from Fiji’ Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2004 (with R Nandan).
• ‘Accounting for economic development in the context of post-colonialism: the Fiji experience’, Critical Perspectives on Accounting’ 2003, 1-23 (with R Nandan and S Lawrence).
• 'Competition, New Manufacturing Practices, Management's Use of Balanced Scorecard Approach to Performance Measures and Changes in MAS: An Empirical Investigation' British Accounting Review, 2001 (with Z.Hoque, L. Mia)
• ‘Paradigm Shift and Changes in Accounting study: From Technical to Holistic’ Australasian Business and Behavioral Sciences Journal, 2005 (with M Kelly)
• ‘Disability support services in New Zealand’ International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2000. Vol.13 (3). (with S. Lawrence)
• ‘TQM Adoption, Institutionalism and Changes in Management Accounting Systems: A Case Study’ Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 29 (3), 1999 (with Z Hoque).
• ‘Tax Incentives and Capital Investment Decision Making: An Empirical Investigation’ Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 7 (2), 1999. (with K.F Alam)
• ‘Accounting Systems & Systems of Accountability in the New Zealand Health Sector’ Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol.10, No.5, 1997. (with S. Lawrence, T. Lowe, D. Northcott)
• ‘Uniform Accounting Systems’ The Journal of Accounting Case Research, Vol. 5 (1), 1999 (with Z Hoque).
• ‘Management Accounting & Stakeholder Value Model’ Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research, 2008, 6(1), pp. 75-86. (with M. Kelly)
• ‘Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development’ Jounal of Administration & Governance, (in Press) (with M. Kelly)
• ‘The Interaction Amongst Reform Drivers In The Process Of Governmental Accounting Reforms: The Case Of Indonesia’ Journal of Accounting & Organisational Change, 2006. (with Marwata)
• ‘Accounting and the Reproduction of Race Relations in Fiji: A Discourse on Accounting and Race in Colonial Context’ Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 2005 (with R. Nandan)
• ‘Privatisation, Management Accounting Change, and Cultural Values in a Developing Country: Case Studies from Bangladesh’ Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2004 (with Z. Hoque)
• ‘Changes in Management Control Systems in a State-Owned Development Financial Institution: Some Evidences from Fiji’ Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2004 (with R Nandan).
• ‘Accounting for economic development in the context of post-colonialism: the Fiji experience’, Critical Perspectives on Accounting’ 2003, 1-23 (with R Nandan and S Lawrence).
• 'Competition, New Manufacturing Practices, Management's Use of Balanced Scorecard Approach to Performance Measures and Changes in MAS: An Empirical Investigation' British Accounting Review, 2001 (with Z.Hoque, L. Mia)
• ‘Paradigm Shift and Changes in Accounting study: From Technical to Holistic’ Australasian Business and Behavioral Sciences Journal, 2005 (with M Kelly)
• ‘Disability support services in New Zealand’ International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2000. Vol.13 (3). (with S. Lawrence)
• ‘TQM Adoption, Institutionalism and Changes in Management Accounting Systems: A Case Study’ Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 29 (3), 1999 (with Z Hoque).
• ‘Tax Incentives and Capital Investment Decision Making: An Empirical Investigation’ Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 7 (2), 1999. (with K.F Alam)
• ‘Accounting Systems & Systems of Accountability in the New Zealand Health Sector’ Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol.10, No.5, 1997. (with S. Lawrence, T. Lowe, D. Northcott)
• ‘Uniform Accounting Systems’ The Journal of Accounting Case Research, Vol. 5 (1), 1999 (with Z Hoque).
• ‘From Dependency to Interdependency - A Case Study in a Developing Country’ International Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 5(2). 1997.
• ‘Institutional Aspects of Budgeting’ Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1994 (with S Lawrence).
• ‘New Era in Costing & Budgeting: Implications of Health Sector Reform in New Zealand’ International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 7 No. 6, 1994(with S Lawrence).
• ‘The Great Experiment- Financial Management Reform in the New Zealand Health Sector’ Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 3, 1994 (with S. Lawrence and T. Lowe)
• ‘Factors Affecting Students Career Choice’ Accounting Education, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1997. (with K. Ahmed, and K.F. Alam)
• ‘Budgetary Process in Uncertain Contexts: A Study of State-owned Enterprises in Bangladesh’ Management Accounting Research, 8, 1997.
• ‘Organisational Effectiveness and Budget Control: The Successful Turnaround of Healtheries New Zealand’ Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1996. (with B. Poulin)
• ‘Small Business Development in Hamilton: A Local Initiative’ Regional Economic Bulletin, March 1995.
• ‘Organisational Responses to Legislative Changes- Some Evidence From the Field’ Public Sector, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1994. (with S. Lawrence).

Refereed Conference Proceedings (last 5 years only)

• ‘Corporate Governance and the Emerging Role of Management Accounting’ American Accounting Association, 2008.
• ‘Visibility of Cost Function in Social Care Services: A Study in New Zealand Health Sector’ European Accounting Association Congress, Portugal, 2007
• ‘Organisational Change and Innovation in Small Accounting Practices: Evidence from the Field’ APIRA, Auckland, 2007
• ‘Corporate Governance and the Emerging Role of Management Accounting: Evidence from a Case Study’ AFAANZ, 2007
• ‘Public Sector Reform and Accounting Change in a Cultural Environment’ Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research, Poitiers, France, 2005
• ‘The Interaction Amongst Reform Drivers In The Process Of Governmental Accounting Reforms: The Case of Indonesia’ Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research, Poitiers, France, 2005.
• ‘Empowerment discourse under budget constraints: A study in a social service sector’ Australasian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association Conference Cairns: 5-7 August, 2005

Teaching

Professor Manzurul Alam is currently the Unit Co-ordinator for
• BUS227: Management Accounting
• MBS513: Accounting for Managers
• MBS627: Management Accounting

University and Community Service

Professor Manzurul Alam is a Fellow Member of CPA and an Associate Member of CMA Australia. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change, a member of the editorial boards for the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management and the Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research (JAMAR), and a reviewer for Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Management Accounting Research.

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