While contingency research has highlighted the importance of achieving a match between strategy and an organisation's management control system (MCS), much of the literature to date has concentrated on cross-sectional analysis. This has resulted in a static representation of the relationship,...

This teaching note reports and evaluates an initiative to enhance first-year accounting students' written communication skills in a large class setting. The procedures adopted are outlined and empirical evidence of the effectiveness of these procedures in enhancing writing skills is provided....

Recent international developments have refuelled the debate on public sector conceptual framework issues. Drawing on the Australian experience, this study surveys stakeholders of public sector financial reports to examine issues of concern in the development of concepts, definitions and...