AUT - Anil Narayan

Dr Anil Narayan

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Phone: + 64 9 921 9999 ext 5121

Email: anil.narayan@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Master of Economics (Accounting and Finance)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting
• Bachelor of Arts (Accounting)
• Diploma in Business Studies

Memberships and Affiliations:

Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) Australia

Teaching Areas:

MBA Programme:

•     Financial Accounting Framework
•     Management Accounting for Decision Making

BBus Programme:

•     Advanced Management Accounting
•     Management Accounting
•     Financial Accounting for Companies
•     Financial Management
•     Co-operative Education Supervision

Research areas:

•     University research commercialisation
•     Public sector accountability and reporting
•     Management accounting
•     Performance measurement and management
•     Non-financial reporting issues

Research Summary:

Recently completed the Doctor of Philosophy investigating how public tertiary education institutions (TEIs) identify and render accountability towards enabling commercialisation of academic research. The PhD thesis examined the operationalisation of TEIs broader commercialisation mission within the existing logic of accountability based on new public management (NPM) framework and performance-based research funding (PBRF) requirements.

Current Research Projects:

    Aligning Accountability Assessment with Accountability Purpose
    Framing Accountability in Uncertain Contexts
    Managing Accountability Expectations for Research Commercialisation

Publications:

In Conference Proceedings
Narayan, A. (2010). Managing Accounting Expectations in an Uncertain Context: A New Institutional Perspective. Sixth Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA), 11-13 July, 2010; University of Sydney, Australia.
Narayan, A., & Hooper, K. (2010). The Role of Government towards Encouraging the Development of Academic Research Commercialisation in New Zealand Universities: A Historical Overview of Policy Directions. Sixth Accounting History International Conference, "Accounting and the State", 18-20 August, 2010, Wellington, New Zealand.
Narayan, A. (2010). Framing Public Sector Accountability in Uncertain Contexts: A New Institutional Explanation. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 4-6 July, 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Narayan, A. (2009). Managing Accountability Expectations Using Structural and Communicative Mechanisms: A New Institutional Perspective. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 5-7 July, 2009, Adelaide, Australia.

Narayan, A. (2008). Research Commercialisation in New Zealand Universities: Public Sector Accountability and Reporting Challenges. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 6-8 July, 2008, Sydney, Australia.

Narayan, A. (2007). Window Dressing for Legitimacy? A Selected Review of Annual Reports of New Zealand Tertiary Education Institutions.  Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 1-3 July, 2007, Gold Coast, Australia.

Narayan, A. (2003). Recognising the Strategic Role of Management Accounting in Tertiary Institutions. 17th ANZAM Conference, 2-5 December, 2003, Freemantle, Western Australia.

Awards:

2009 Received the Best Paper Award in the Public Sector Stream of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 5-7 July, Adelaide, Australia.