 |  Management Accounting: An Australian Perspective, 3/e Kim Langfield-Smith,
Monash University
Helen Thorne,
University of South Australia
About the Authors
Kim Langfield-Smith
Kim is Professor of Management Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Monash University, Australia. Prior appointments were at La Trobe University, and the Universities of Melbourne and Tasmania. Prior to entering academic life she worked as an accountant in several commercial organisations. Kim has a BEc from the University of Sydney in accounting, a MEc from Macquarie University, a PhD from Monash University and is a fellow of CPA Australia.
Kim’s research interests are in the area of management control systems. Current research topics include the adoption and implementation of innovative performance measurement systems, control implications of e-procurement systems, and behavioural aspects of management accounting systems. She has published articles in referred journals in both the accounting and management fields, including Accounting, Organisations and Society, Management Accounting Research, Human Factors, Journal of Management Studies and Australian Journal of Management. Kim sits on several editorial boards, and is an Associate Editor of Accounting and Finance.
Kim was President (Australia) of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) from 1999 to 2001, and is currently Associate Director Victoria of Insite Connect (formerly ACMAD).
Helen Thorne
Helen is Professor of Management and Head of the International Graduate School of Management at the University of South Australia. Previously she has held appointments in the Graduate School of Management and the Commerce Department at the University of Adelaide. She has a BEc and DipAcc from Flinders University, and a PhD from Adelaide University. Her research focuses on contemporary approaches to management accounting, including activity-based costing and strategic performance measurement systems, and she has published in refereed journals in these areas, including Journal of Cost Management, Advances in Management Accounting and Australian Accounting Review.
Before commencing her academic career, Helen worked as a management accountant with a major international company. Since then she has maintained her interests in the ‘real world’. She is an active member of CPA Australia and has undertaken consulting work in management accounting for a number of organisations in manufacturing and service industries.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education