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Kevin Baird

Kevin_Baird

Formal Name: Kevin Baird

Personal Title: Dr

Position: Senior Lecturer

Organisational Unit: Department of Accounting and Finance

Qualification: BEc(Hons), MCom (Acc), PhD, CPA

Telephone: (+61 2) 9850 8532

Fax: (+61-2) 9850 8497

Email: kbaird@efs.mq.edu.au

Location: E4A 209

Profile

Dr. Kevin Baird joined the Department in 1998, having previously been an Associate Lecturer at the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU). Kevin completed his Honours degree at Macquarie, and then achieved a Masters of Commerce degree at CSU, before returning to Macquarie where he completed his PhD, examining the adoption and success of activity based management practices. He has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in the management accounting area. He also has supervised Honours and PhD students across many different topic areas within the management accounting discipline including: Activity based management practices; Total quality management; Performance measurement systems; Management control systems; Outsourcing; Employee organizational commitment; and Employee empowerment.

Community Outreach

  • Member of CPA Australia

Teaching

  • ACCG200 Fundamentals of Management Accounting
  • ACCG201 Organisational Planning and Control
  • ACCG330 Strategic Management Accounting
  • ACCG828 Management Control Systems

Research

Research Interests

  • Management accounting practices
  • Management control systems
  • Performance measurement systems
  • Human resource management issues

Publications

Publications

  • Baird, K. and Wang, S, Employee empowerment: Extent of adoption and influential factors Personnel Review (forthcoming)
  • Baird, K., Schoch, H. and Zhan, C. "The prevalence and success of outsourcing in Australian Public sector organisations", International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, (forthcoming 2010)
  • Su, S., Baird, K., & Blair, B., Employee organizational commitment: The influence of cultural and organizational factors in the Australian manufacturing industry, International Journal of Human Resource Management (forthcoming).
  • Baird, K.; Perera, S.; and Meng, T. T. (2008) "Managers’ propensity to take risk in project selection decisions: the effect of payoff magnitude," Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal: Vol. 2: Iss 4, pp. 53 - 69
  • Baird, K., Harrison, G., & Reeve, R. (2007). Success of activity management practices: The influence of organizational and cultural factors. Accounting and Finance, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp.47-67.
  • Baird, K. (2007). The adoption of activity management practices in public sector organizations. Accounting and Finance, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp.551-570.
  • Baird, K., Harrison, G., & Reeve, R. (2007). The culture of Australian organizations and its relation with strategy. International Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 15-41.
  • Baird, K. & Narayanan, V., (2005). An analysis of students' perceptions of a workshop (cooperative learning) based approach to tutorials. Australian Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 73-87.
  • Baird, K., Harrison, G., & Reeve, R. (2004). Adoption of activity management practices: A note on the extent of adoption and the influence of organizational and cultural factors. Management Accounting Research, Vol. 15, pp. 383-399.
  • Baird, K. (2001). What is a Community Service Obligation (CSO)? An Analysis of the Issues Involved in Identifying and Accounting for CSOs within Public Sector Organisations. Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 50-66.
  • Baird, K. (1998). ‘Accounting for community service obligations: An analysis of the current accounting practises adopted and the development of a formal definition’. CPA On-line, www.cpaaustralia.com.au

Conference Presentations

  • Munir,R. Perera, S. and Baird, K. "An Analytical Framework for Examining Changes in Performance Measurement Systems within the Banking Sector", AFAANZ Conference 2009, Adelaide, Australia, July 5-7, 2009
  • Munir,R. Perera, S. and Baird, K. "Changes in Performance Measurement Systems in Banking Sector: An Analytical Framework", Performance Measurement Association Conference 2009, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand , April 14-17, 2009

Papers Under Review

  • Munir, R., Perera, S., and Baird, K. An Analytical Framework for Examining Changes in Performance Measurement Systems within the Banking Sector. Australian Accounting Review (Submitted September, 2009)
  • Hu, K., Baird, K., and Reeve, R. The relationships between organizational culture, customer focus, total quality management practices and quality performance. International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Submitted in March, 2009)
  • Baird, K. & Narayanan, V., (2005). The effect of a change in teaching structure on student performance.