Vicki Baard

My current research interests include the specific areas of management accounting and accounting and finance education.

Within the area of management accounting my interests extend into performance measurement in service industries, performance measurement and management in small business, the use of management accounting techniques in small business and capacity management within the service industry.

Within accounting and finance education my interests extend into attitudes towards introductory statistics, student perceptions of research and the development of a student research journal to raise interest in and to facilitate the recognition of the importance of research at all student levels.

2008

• Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
• • Project: Increasing Productive Limits in the Airline Industry: Integrating a Logistics Capacity Model with a Customer-value Capacity Model to Make Visible the Structural Limits of Capacity
    

2007

• CPA Australia Small Business Research Grant
• • Project: Achieving and Maintaining Sustainable Performance in Small Business
• Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences:  Early Career Researchers Grant
• • Project: Understanding Students’ Perception of Research: A  Strategic Approach (This award was received with Dr. Alanah Kazlauskas from the Australian Catholic University)
    

2005

• University of Wollongong, School of Accounting & Finance: Faculty of Commerce Research Grant
• • Project: The Development of an Industry Specific Performance Measurement Model for Service Organisations within the Small Business Sector (This award was received with Dr. Ted Watts from the University of Wollongong)
    

2004

• Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Faculty Research Grant
• • Project: The Development of an Industry Specific Performance Measurement Model for Service Organisations within the Small Business Sector
    

• Best Paper Award Management Accounting: Global Accounting and Organisational Change Conference 2008, for the paper titled, “Advanced Capacity Cost Management Models: Making Visible the Structural Limits of Capacity”

Honours

• Samya Ghiasy, 2009, “An Exploration of Performance Measurement in Australian Religious Charitable Organisations in the Non-profit Sector: An Institutional Theory Perspective”
• Zhiping Li, 2009, “Performance Management Systems in China’s SME Tourism Industry” with Ass. Prof. Maria Dyball
  

Postgraduate

• Gabriella Lopes Damiani, PhD, current, “Factors Influencing the Accreditation Process for Australian Residential Aged Care Homes: An Institutional Theory and Quality Perspective”, with Dr. Ted Watts (University of Wollongong)
• Gabriella Frota Lopes, (Australian Catholic University), Master of Management, completed in 2006, “An Analysis of a Patient Focused Quality Index in the Private Hospital Sector: A Case Study.”

Learning and Teaching Research Group, Faculty of Business and Economics, since 2008

Book Chapter

• Baard, V and Watts, T. 2006, Using Capacity Management to Address Issues in Airport Management. In Business and Informatics – Current Trends, Kisilowska, H. and Seruga, J. (eds), Warsaw University of Technology Press, Poland.

Refereed Journal Publications

• McNair, C.J., Watts, T., Baard, V. and Polutinik, L. 2011, Improving Productive Potential in the Airline Industry by Exploring the Productive Limits of Capacity, International Journal of Critical Accounting, 3(2) (Forthcoming).
• Baard, V. 2010, A Critical Evaluation of Interventionist Research, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management (QRAM), (In Press)
  
• Watts, T., McNair, C.J., Baard, V. and Polutinik, L. 2009, Structural Limits of Capacity and Implications for Visibility, Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change, 5(2), pp.294-312
• Watts, T. and Baard, V. 2008, The Value of Prerequisites: A link between understanding and progression, eJournal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2(1), pp.1-10
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2007, Breaking the Paradox of Innovation in Small Businesses through Disruptive Reinvention, Australasian Accounting, Business & Finance Journal, 1(2), pp.25-33
• Baard, V.C. and van den Berg, A. 2004, An Interactive Information Consulting System for Small business – Part 2, South African Journal of Information Management, 6(4).
• Baard, V.C. and van den Berg, A. 2004, An Interactive Information Consulting System for Small business – Part 1, South African Journal of Information Management, 6(2).

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Watts, T and Baard, V. 2009, The Rise and Decline of a Mandatory Accountability Measure. In The Sixth International Conference on Theory and Practice in  Performance Measurement. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, April 14-17.
• Watts, T., McNair, C.J., Baard, V. and Polutinik, L. 2008, Advanced capacity cost management models: Making visible the structural limits of capacity. In Global Accounting and Organisational Change Conference (GAOC), ed. Z.Hoque. La Trobe University, Melbourne
• McNair, C.J., Watts, T. and Baard, V. 2008, The only limits are those we place upon ourselves: Improving productive potential by exploring the productive limits in the service industry. In Critical Perspectives in Accounting Conference, ed. T. Tinker.  City University of New York, New York
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2007, Measures that Matter: A review of performance measurement in small service businesses. In Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland
• Watts, T. and Baard, V. 2006, Breaking the paradox of innovations: Lessons from history, the study of a small manufacturing company. In International Accounting Conference: Emerging Issues in International Accounting & Business 2006, Niagara University and University of Padua, Padua, Italy
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2006, The Value of Prerequisites: Providing the link between understanding and progression, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
• Baard, V. 2006, Improve Your Small Firm Performance: The Benefits of an Interactive IT Consulting System. In: Proceedings of the 51st International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2006, Factors Contributing to Success: A Performance Measurement Model Specific to Small Service Sector Firms. In: Proceedings of the 51st International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2005, The design of a performance measurement model for small firms within the service sector. In: Proceedings of the Small Business Development Conference, Tasmania, Australia
• Baard, V. 2005, The design and implementation of an interactive IT consulting system to improve performance in small service firms. In: Proceedings of the Small Business Development Conference, Tasmania, Australia
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2005, The development of an industry specific performance measurement model for service organisations within the small business sector. In: Proceedings of the 5th Hawaii International Conference on Business
• Baard, V. 2005, Crossing the divide: a successful integration of information technology into South African Small Business. In: Proceedings of the 5th Hawaii International Conference on Business

Non-refereed Publications

• Successful Global Women: The Benefits of an MBA, Management Today, 2003, 19(4): 39-40
• The Utilisation of Information Technology as a Critical Success Factor in South African Small business, The Small business Monitor, 2003, 1(1): 103-110

Academic Seminars

• Baard, V., 2007, Creating a student journal from concept to reality: Reflections from an Editor, CPA Accounting Educators Forum, October, Sydney, Australia
• Baard, V and Watts, 2006, Factors Contributing to Success: A Performance Measurement Model Specific to Small Service Sector Firms, University of Wollongong, School of Accounting, 4 May, Wollongong, Australia
• Baard, V. and Watts, T. 2005, The Design of a Performance Measurement Model for Small Service Businesses, ACU School of Business and Informatics Research Conference, 28-29 November, Sydney, Australia
• Baard, V. 2005, The Classroom Performance System: The utilization of wireless technology as an empowerment tool for facilitator and learner, ACU School of Business and Informatics Research Conference, 28-29 November, Sydney, Australia
• Baard, V and Watts, T. 2005, The Development of an Industry Specific Performance Measurement Model for Small Services Firms, Helsinki School of Economics, 10 November 2005, Helsinki, Finland
• Baard, V. 2004, Fostering Student Research: An exploratory study of the merits of a peer-reviewed student specific research publication, ACU School of Business and Informatics Research Conference, 24-25 June, Brisbane, Queensland.