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Dr Monte Wynder

Dr Monte Wynder

BBus S.Qld., BCom(Hons) Qld., MCom(Hons) NSW, GradCertEdStud Newcastle, PhD NSW, CPA, CMA

Position: Senior Lecturer, Accounting
Office: K2.03
Tel: +61 7 5430 1263
Email: mwynder@usc.edu.au

Teaching areas

  • Management Accounting
  • Introductory Accounting
  • Accounting Theory

Research areas

  • Behavioural issues in management accounting
  • Continuous improvement
  • Creativity
  • Accounting education

Student research projects

  • Behavioural finance and Its implications for financial consultants: Evidence from a large financial services organisation, Trent McCamley, PhD candidate. (Co-supervisor)

Profile

Dr Monte Wynder came to academia from the banking industry. Prior to joining the University of the Sunshine Coast, he taught both management and financial accounting at the University of Southern Queensland, the University of New South Wales, the University of Lethbridge (Canada), and the University of Newcastle.

Monte's research has included the study of the effects of instruction and practice on the acquisition of accounting knowledge and the effects of management accounting control system design on creativity as manifest in continuous improvement programs in organisations. His current research continues to examine the effects of control system design on performance.

Publications

Book chapter
  • Wynder M. 2000. Theory of constraints. In: (Briers M, MacMullen J), Management accounting for change: Process improvement and innovation, Sydney: UNSW School of Accounting. (now in 3rd edition).
Journal articles
  • Wynder M. 2007. The interaction between domain-relevant knowledge and accountability on creativity, Australian Journal of Management, 32:1.
  • Wynder M. 2004. Facilitating creativity in management accounting: A computerised business simulation, Accounting Education: An International Journal, 13:2, 231-250.
Edited conference proceedings
  • Wynder M. 2003. Training novice management accountants for organisational learning,.In: (Flint J. ed.), Pathways to profit - 3rd annual Doing Business Across Boarders (DBAB) Conference, Ourimbah: University of Newcastle, November 2003 [CDROM].
  • Wynder M. 2003. The efficient and effective involvement of employees in continuous improvement: Leveraging ABC information through diagnostic control, In: (Flint J. ed.), Pathways to profit, 3rd annual Doing Business Across Boarders (DBAB) Conference, Ourimbah: University of Newcastle, November 2003 [CDROM].
Refereed conference papers
  • Wynder M. 2006. Preliminary results from an experimental investigation of the effect of performance-based rewards on standard cost variance analysis, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-4 July.
  • Wynder M. 2006. Creative management accountants: Short case studies to promote creativity in the classroom, Conference Poster Presentation - Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-4 July.
  • Wynder M. 2005. Creativity in the Classroom, International Innovation in Accounting Education Conference Proceedings 2005 Hobart, Tasmania, Feb 6-8 [CDROM].
  • Wynder M. 2005. A computerised business simulation to illustrate the Theory of Constraints, International Innovation in Accounting Education Conference Proceedings 2005 Hobart, Tasmania, Feb 6-8 [CDROM].
  • Wynder M, Luckett P. 2004. The interaction effects of cost information and control on employee involvement in continuous improvement programs, The 4th Conference on New Directions in Management Accounting: Innovations in Practice and Research, Brussels Dec 9-11.
  • Wynder M. 2003. MyMuse – A computerized business simulation”, Management Accounting Research and Case Conference – American Accounting Association, San Diego, California, Jan 10-12.
Presentation of working papers
  • Wynder M. 2007. Task complexity and performance-based rewards: An experimental investigation of the moderating effect of instruction. QUT, University of Lethbridge (Canada), University of Hannover (Germany).

Research grants

  • The Whole of University Experience: retention, attrition, and student support interventions throughout undergraduate Business studies. Lesley Willcoxson, Mark Manning, Monte Wynder, Carrick Institution, 2007-2010. A national study of the causes of attrition amongst undergraduate business students.
  • An experimental investigation of the interaction effect of knowledge structure and performance-based rewards on creativity. Monte Wynder, USC Internal Seed Research Grant. 2004-2005. An examination of the interaction effects of performance-based pay or a fixed-rate pay scheme and different forms of instruction on performance in a task involving both analytic and creative thinking.
  • The effect of control system design on creative problem solving, Monte Wynder, University of Newcastle Early Researcher Grant, 2002, A study of the interactive effect of results or process-based control and ABC or VBC cost information in employee involvement in a continuous improvement task.

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