NEW FACULTY CONSORTIUM
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                                                  February 1998

 

 

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                                              W. STEVE ALBRECHT

                               Brigham Young University

                 President, American Accounting Association


 

 

 

                               From AAA to AA

                                 

 

                              Thanks to

                                    Arthur Andersen

 

                             Funded New Faculty Consortium

                                  Ever Since Founded

                                      ( 15Years)

 

                             70 Participants _ 15 Years =

                                  1,050 Participants

 

                                    (Denny Reigle)

 

AAA   AA

 

                                  A True Partnership

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

                                 OUTLINE OF

                                  REMARKS

 

1.   Thanks to Arthur Andersen

(Denny Reigle)

 

2.   American Accounting Association

nMembership

nJournals

nSections

nRegions

nMeetings

nCommittees

 

3.  Faculty Life

 

4.   Suggestions for Success

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

        American Accounting Association

                     MEMBERSHIP

 

 

Full-Time Members             8430

U.S. - Canada                             6681

Foreign                                        1749

Academic                                    7118

Non Academic                            1312

Associate Members                      588

Emeritus                                 245

Life                                                 85

Academic - U.S./Canada            5657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

        American Accounting Association

                         JOURNALS

 

 

Association-Wide

1.  The Accounting Review

2.  Accounting Horizons

3.  Issues in Accounting Education

 

Section  

1.  Auditing

2.  Behavioral Research in Accounting

3.  The Journal of the ATA

4.  Journal of Information Systems

5.  Journal of Management Accounting Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

               American Accounting Association

                   SECTIONS AND REGIONS

 

                                                   SECTIONS

1.  Accounting, Behavior

and Organizations(ABO)...................................... Mid-year Meeting

2.  Administrators of Accounting

Program Group (AAPG).................................... Seminar               

3.  American Taxation

Association (ATA)............................................... Mid-year Meeting

4.  Artificial Intelligence/

Expert Systems

5.  Auditing................................................................ Mid-year Meeting

6.  Financial Accounting and

Reporting

7.  Gender Issues in Accounting

8.  Government and Nonprofit.................................... Mid-year Meeting

9.  Information Systems/Management

Advisory Services

10. International Accounting........................................ Mid-year Meeting

11. Management Accounting...................................... Mid-year Meeting

12. Public Interest

13. Teaching and Curriculum

14. Two-Year College

 

                                                    REGIONS

1. Mid-Atlantic                                                    Annual Meeting

2. Midwest                                                         Annual Meeting

3. Northeast                                                        Annual Meeting

4. Ohio                                                               Annual Meeting

5. Southeast                                                        Annual Meeting

6. Southwest                                                       Annual Meeting

7. Western                                                          Annual Meeting

Canadian (not official member)                             Annual Meeting     

 

 

 


 

 

 

American Accounting Association

MEETINGS SPONSORED

 

 

1.  AAA Annual Meeting

 

2.  Corporate Accounting Policy Seminar

 

3.  Doctoral Consortium

 

4.  Financial Reporting Conference

 

5.  International Accounting Research                Conference

 

6.  IMA/MAS Management Symposium

 

7.  New Faculty Consortium

 

8.  Trueblood Seminar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Accounting Association

       Committees

 

 

1.  Accounting Accreditation

2.  Accounting Education Advisory

3.  AICPA/AAA Collaborative Award        Selection

4.  By-Laws

5.  Carter Scholarships

6.  Interaction Between Two-year                College Faculty and Faculty at                other Institutions

7.  Competitive Manuscript

8.  Corporate Accounting Policy                  Seminar

9.  Deloitte & Touche Wildman Medal        Award

10. Distinguished International Faculty        Exchange

11. Doctoral Consortium

12. Doctoral Fellowships

13. Electronic Materials Dissemination

14. Finance

15. Financial Accounting Standards

16. Financial Reporting Issues                      Conference

17. Globalization Initiatives

18. Governance

19. Innovation in Accounting                        Education Award

20. Membership Services and                       Subscriptions

 

 

21.  Minority Faculty Development

22.  New Faculty Consortium

23.  Nominations

24.  Notable Contributions to                         Accounting Literature Award                 Screening

25.  Notable Contributions to                         Accounting Literature Award                 Selection

26.  Outstanding Accounting Educator          Award

27.  Professional Examinations

28.  Professionalism and Ethics

29.  Program Advisory

30.  Publications

31.  Research Advisory

32.  Securities and Exchange                         Commission Liaison

33.  True Blood Seminars

34.  Annual Meeting Review

35.  Regional and Section Meetings              Review

36.  Changing Environment

37.  Non-traditional Member

38.  Professional Relations

39.  Faculty Development Advisory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

                   FACULTY LIFE

 

 

1.       Work Alone

·Build reputation alone

·Wrestling Team (Not basketball team)

·Reputation distinct from university      

 

2.       Faculty Are Strange Employees

·Faculty are the university

·Have more freedom/unstructured work

·Work is difficult to evaluate and long-term

·Evaluated by peers

 

3.       Must Have Good Self-Management Skills

·Conduct self-directed, independent research

·Organize, plan, deliver high quality instruction

·Balance priorities / Say no

 

4.       No One Can Guarantee You Promotion

·Many groups and individuals involved in process

·Competing objectives (obligation to students/regard for faculty/ effective use of resources)

·Tenure and advancement rules change

 

5.       Academic Environment is Changing

·Fewer tenured faculty members

·More part-time faculty

·More technology - distance learning

·Increased globalization

·Reduced funding

·Increased accountability

 

 

 

 


 

                Ten Suggestions For

                   Being Successful

 

 

1.  Add Value Every Day

·Best Researcher

·Best Teacher

·Best Administrator

·Most Technologically Competent

·Greatest Technological Expertise

·Hardest Worker

 

2.  Keep Your Options Open

·Stay Visible

·Outside Service

·Be Nice Person

 

3.  Keep Good Records

·Build Teaching Portfolio

·Keep Copies of Articles, Positive Review Letters, etc.

·Keep Record of Presentations

·Exceed Minimum Requirements

 

4.  Leverage Your Activities

·Have Research Support Teaching

·Have Teaching Support Research

·Have Consulting Support Teaching and Research

 

5.   Stay Current

·Technologically

·Global

·Avid Reader

 

 

 


 

 

                Ten Suggestions For

              Being Successful Cont.

 

6.  Seek Peer Review Whenever Possible

·Teaching

·Research

 

7.  Seek Mentors & Coauthors

 

8.  Perform Service Whenever Possible

·Participate in Professional Organizations

 

9.  Develop Good Personal Skills

·Be Organized -- Clean Desk

·Be Punctual

·E-mail

·Telephone

·Meetings

·Focus on Goals and Priorities

·Continuously Improve

·Be Leader at Your School

 

10.  Do More Than Your Share

·Don’t Burn Bridges