Requirements

Research Journal case studies.

Assignment Description

Emsley (2005) suggests that management accountants have been criticised for their

inability to innovate. The author reports that researchers have also examined the

changing roles of management accountants.

Journal article reference –

Emsley, D. (2005). Restructuring the management accounting function: A note on the

effect of role involvement on innovativeness.Management Accounting Research, 16 (2),

157-177, Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com

Author details: David Emsley, Discipline of Accounting and Business Law, School of

Business, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

You should answer:

1. Do you believe the Method (section 4: page 164) adopted by the author is

adequate/not adequate for his research. What improvements you believe can

be made. (5 marks)

2. What are the limitations of his research and future research needs to

address that the author has discussed. (5 marks)

Your discussion needs to be synthesized within the theoretical developments

outlined in the journal paper (Emsely 2005).