AUT - Zahir Ahmed

Dr Zahir Ahmed

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 5755

Email: zahir.ahmed@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy  (PhD), Manchester Business School, UK
• Master of Arts in Social Research, University of Manchester, UK
• Master of Commerce in Accounting, University of Dhaka
• Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Accounting, University of Dhaka
• Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), Australia

Memberships and Affiliations:

    Member, CPA Australia
    Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Teaching Areas:

•     Management Accounting
•     Advanced Management Accounting
•     Accounting for Strategic Decision Making
•     Accounting Systems
•     Management Accounting for Business (in MPA)
•     Management Accounting for Decision Making (in MBA)

Research areas:

•     Accountability and control in non-profit and voluntary sector
•     Management control in developing countries
•     Management accounting change
•     Performance management and control
•     Organization learning

Current Research Projects:

    ‘Hegemony, counter-hegemony and accountability change: BRAC in Bangladesh’ (with Professor Trevor and Dr. Danture Wickramasinghe).
    ‘Capturing the value of flexibility in public sector capital investment projects: Evidence from New Zealand Local Government Organisations (with Professor Deryl Northcott, Dr Ali Elharidy and Christine Fu).
    ‘Performance measurement systems in China-based global and local organizations’ (with Tracy Lu).
    ‘Gender and Management Accounting’ (with Professor Deryl Northcott and Qiang Tan Zhi).
    ‘Learn to succeed: A Testimony’ (with Professor Trevor and Dr. Danture Wickramasinghe). - The paper encompasses learning techniques adopted by NGOs to achieve organizational effectiveness and control.
    ‘Governance and accountability issues in Social Business Enterprises (SBEs)’ (with Professor Trevor Hopper and Professor Deryl Northcott).

Publications:

‘Implementing participatory budgeting approach in least developed countries (LDCs): myth and reality’, The Cost and Management, 2005, Vol. 33 (4), ICMAB, Dhaka.
‘Human resources development of Bangladesh: A study on Bangladesh perspective’, Journal of Management, 2002, University of Dhaka (with S. Hossain and M. Ahmed).
‘Association of audit delay and audit firm’s international links: Evidence from Bangladesh’, Managerial Auditing Journal, 2001, Vol-16 (3), MCB University Press, U.K (with S. Imam and S. Khan).    
'Bankruptcy Act 1997: An analysis on proceedings and settlement of claims’, Journal of Management, 2001, Vol. 5, 6,& 7, June, University of Dhaka (with S. Hossain and H. Bhuiyan)
‘Ethical issues in business - A critical review’, Social Science Review, 2001, Vol. 18(1), University of Dhaka.
‘South East Asian financial crisis – Lessons for LDCs’, Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies, 1999, Vol. 20(2),  University of Dhaka (with S. Bhuiyan and M. Islam).
‘Pricing practice of nationalised enterprises in Bangladesh – A critical review”, Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies, 1997, Vol. 18(2), University of Dhaka ( B.K. Khanam).

Awards:

•     ‘Excellence in Teaching Annual Award 2010’, Faculty of Business, AUT University, New Zealand.
•     Commonwealth Scholarship UK for PhD programme (2002-2005).
•     Commonwealth Scholarship UK for MA programme (2001-2002)
•     Merit Scholarship from University of Dhaka
•     ‘President’s Award’ for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Exam result, Bangladesh.
•     Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Scholarship, Bangladesh.