NEW FACULTY

CONSORTIUM

February 1998

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

▪Membership

▪Journals

▪Sections

▪Regions

▪Meetings

▪Committees

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