2024
18th New Zealand Management Accounting Conference
Management Accounting Innovations in Asia-Pacific
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Kia Ora,
Welcome to the 18th New Zealand Management Accounting Conference (NZMAC 2024) hosted by the Department of Accounting and Finance, Business School at The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Special thanks go to our sponsors: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), CPA Australia, AFAANZ, ACCA and CMA.
We hope you enjoy the conference and your stay in Auckland.
Conference Chair:
Dr Sharlene Biswas
Department of Accounting and Finance
Business School
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Organising Committee:
Professor Paul Rouse
Associate Professor Julie Harrison
Dr Angela Liew
Dr Ramona Zharfpeykan
Dr Fangbin Lin
Department of Accounting and Finance
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Keynote Speakers
Professor Norio Sawabe
Professor at Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
Tevita Funaki
Chief Executive Office at The Fono
Professor Sawabe specialises in accounting research, covering both management and financial accounting, and has a particular interest in developing institutional evolutionary perspectives to understand the evolution of accounting practices. He has been conducting action research on the development of management accounting profession in Japan lately.
He has published in leading international journals, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, while publishing books and articles in Japanese.
Sawabe served as a vice president of Japan Management Accounting Association, and Japan Cost Accounting Association, and a board member of Japan Evolutionary Economics Association, and European Accounting Association. He is a founding member and a director of Maki Makoto Foundation which supports management accounting research in Japan. He is currently the Dean at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Japan.
Fiugalu Tevita Funaki MNZM has dedicated his entire career to promoting Pasifika health and wellbeing. His contributions were recognised in the New Year Honours 2024 when Tevita was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).
Born in Auckland and raised in Tonga, Tevita completed his education in Dunedin, obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce at Otago University.
Tevita has been CEO of The Fono Trust since 2010. Before joining The Fono Trust, he was the Pacific Health Manager for ProCare Health Ltd and the National Pasifika Liaison Advisor for Massey University.
Tevita also contributes to Pacific health in a wide range of advisory positions. He is a Director of ProCare Network (Co-Op) Ltd. Chairman of the ProCare Health (PHO) Ltd Board, the Ministry of Social Development Pacific Reference Group and the Oceania Career Academy.
He is also a member of Te Whatu Ora’s Health Services Committee, the Police Commissioner National Pacific Forum, and the Waitematā District Commander Pacific Advisory Group. In addition, he sits on the Sector Reference Group for Te Hiringa Mahara Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and the Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa Inaugural Governing Council.
The conference theme:
Management Accounting Innovations in Asia-Pacific
We define this theme broadly but recognise that an ever-present challenge for management accountants is to identify and respond to the needs of their organisation. Thus, the practices and innovations ought to adapt to the unique features of the business setting. In an age of globalisation, automation, and digitalisation it can be easy to overlook the rich and storied nature of local cultures and business practices.
We invite presentations on topics such as (but not limited to):
What is unique about business and practice in the Asia-Pacific region?
How do characteristics peculiar to Asia-Pacific organisations challenge innovations for management accounting?
What are examples of local practices that fit an organisation well but, perhaps, defy international conventional wisdom?
We invite both full paper and extended abstract.
· Full papers should not exceed 25 pages in length (double spaced).
· Extended abstracts should be between 2-3 pages (double spaced).
