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Video Presentations

Accounting For Small Business, Part I-- 47:24 minutes.
UW Business & Economic Development Program, Seattle, WA, 1998

Accounting For Small Business, Part II-- 46:21 minutes.
UW Business & Economic Development Program, Seattle, WA, 1998

Accounting For Small Business, Part III-- 1:03:45 minutes.
UW Business & Economic Development Program, Seattle, WA, 1998.

Books

Strategic Performances Measures:  An Emerging Management Tool (Eds.) (with Kurt Fraenkel, et al.).  New York:  The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc., 1994.

Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations:  Text and Cases.  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1982.  612 pp.

Readings in Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations (with L. P. Hegstad).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1982.  380 pp.

Instructor's Manual to Accompany Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations.  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1982.  213 pp.

Accounting for Managerial Decision Making.  Second Edition (Eds.) (with Don T. DeCoster and Gary Sundem).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1978.  438 pp.

Profit and Growth:  Allowances for Owner/Operator Contributions in a Cost Related Prospective Payment for Services System for Nursing Home Care (with K. M. McCaffree, L. Muller, M. W. Maher and L. C. Miller).  Washington, D.C.:  American Health Care Association, 1975.  53 pp.

Accounting for Managerial Decision Making (Eds.) (with Don T. DeCoster and Gary L. Sundem).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974.  462 pp.

Parts of Books

(Cases and Instructor's Guides published as part of books are listed under “Published Cases,” in a later page.)

"How to Succeed in Nonbusiness Without Really Trying" (with W. L. Weis), in Wanda A. Wallace, Financial Accounting, Southwestern Publishing Company, Cincinnati, 1990.  A reprint.

"A Conceptual Framework for Performance Measures" (with Rebecca Todd) (as Chapter 2) in Measuring the Performance of Nonprofit Organizations:  The State of the Art.  Committee on Nonprofit Entities' Performance Measures, Sarasota, FL:  American Accounting Association, 1988.

"Toward A Theory of Corporate Social Accounting," in Accounting Theory & Policy:  A Reader (Eds.) (Robert Bloom and Peter T. Elgers).  (2nd ed.)  New York:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1987, pp. 640-654.  A Reprint.

"How to Succeed in Nonbusiness Without Really Trying:  A University Case Study," in Readings in Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations (Eds.) (K. V. Ramanathan and L. P. Hegstad).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1982 (with W. L. Weis).  A Reprint.

"Toward A Theory of Corporate Social Accounting," in Accounting Theory & Policy:  A Reader (Eds.) (Robert Bloom and Peter T. Elgers).  New York:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1981, pp. 434-448.  A Reprint.

"Designing the Technical Dimensions of a Management Control Process" (pp. 89-108).  In Educational Innovations in Social Welfare Administration (Rino J. Patti, ed.).  Seattle, WA:  University of Washington, 1979.  108 pp.

Introduction to Management Controls in Human Service Organizations:  Overview, Cases and Instructor's Guides.  Seattle:  Social Welfare Management Curriculum Development Project, University of Washington, 1978.  80 pp.

"Accounting for Social Costs of Business:  An Entry Market Price Based Approach."  pp. 17-34 in Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility (Lawrence A. Gordon, ed.).  Lawrence, Kansas:  University of Kansas Press, 1978.  130 pp.

"Toward A Theory of Corporate Social Accounting," Reprinted in Accounting for Managerial Decision Making.  Second Edition (Eds.) (Don T. DeCoster, Kavasseri V. Ramanathan, and Gary L. Sundem).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1978, pp. 425-438.

Educating for Management in Social Welfare:  A Report of the Social Welfare Management Curriculum Development Project (with R. J. Patti, J. A. N. Ellis, A. N. Page, R. Elmore, R. Weatherly, M. Hankins, P. Osborne and R. Rauch).  Seattle, WA:  The School of Social Work and the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Washington, 1976.

Articles

“Value-Based Performance Control Strategies,” Journal of Strategic Performance Measurement, June/July 1997, pp.12-17.

"How Am I Doing?" (with D. S. Schaffer), Journal of Accountancy, May 1995 pp. 79-82.

"Competing in a Global Economy:  New Challenges in Cost Management and Education," Research Bulletin, Vol. XIII, July 1995, pp. 82-87 (Published by the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India).

"Perceived Social Needs, Outcomes Measurement and Budgetary Responsiveness in a Not-For-Profit Setting: Some Empirical Evidence" (with Rebecca Todd), The Accounting Review, June 1994, pp. 122-137.

"A Proposed Framework for Designing Management Control Systems in Not-for-Profit Organizations," Financial Accountability and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1985, pp. 75-92.

"Accounting and Corporate Accountability:  An Extended Comment" (with Hein Schreuder), Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 9, No. 3/4, 1984, pp. 409-415.

"Accounting and Corporate Accountability:  A Postscript" (with Hein Schreuder), Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 9, No. 3/4, 1984, pp. 421-423.

"How to Succeed in Nonbusiness Without Really Trying:  A Reply" (with W. L. Weis), Journal of Accountancy, June 1981, p. 113.

"Supplementing Collegiate Financial Statements with Across-Fund Aggregations:  An Experimental Inquiry" (with W. L. Weis), Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1981, pp. 143-151.

"How to Succeed in Nonbusiness Without Really Trying:  A University Case Study," Journal of Accountancy, October 1980, pp. 46-52.

"Preference Congruence, Information Accuracy and Employee Performance:  A Field Study" (with M. W. Maher and R. B. Peterson), Journal of Accounting Research, Autumn 1979, pp. 476-503.

"Tax Features of Securities Options" (with D. Alkire and M. F. Foran).  Condensed and reprinted in The Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, June 1978, pp. 45-52.

"Selling Options:  A New Twist in Securities Trading" (with M. F. Foran), Reprint No. 77-4.  Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Washington, 1977.

"Tax Features of Securities Options" (with D. Alkire and M. F. Foran), The Tax Auditor, November 1977, pp. 652-655.

"Social Responsibility of Human Service Agencies," Journal of Contemporary Business, Winter 1977.

"Toward A Theory of Corporate Social Accounting," The Accounting Review, July 1976, pp. 516-528.

"State of the Art of Social Accounting--A Critical Analysis," in "Report of Committee on Accounting for Social Performance," The Accounting Review.  Supplement to Vol. XLXI, 1976, pp. 45-51.

"Selling Options:  A New Twist in Marketable Securities Trading" (with M. S. Foran), Journal of Accountancy, June 1976, pp. 57-64.

"Strategic Goals and Performance Criteria in CPA Firms" (with R. B. Peterson and M. W. Maher), Journal of Accountancy, January 1976, pp. 56-64.

"Profit and Growth" (with K. M. McCaffree, L. Muller and M. W. Maher), Governing Council Report, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1975, pp. 57-59.

"Public Law 92-603 and Accounting Problems in Nursing Homes" (with K. M. McCaffree), Governing Council Report, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1975, pp. 51-56.

"Accounting for Puts and Calls" (with M. F. Foran), Journal of Accountancy, January 1975, pp. 88-91.

"Changing Perspectives for Accounting Education" (with D. T. DeCoster), CA Magazine, May 1974, pp. 63-66.

"Make-or-Buy Decision and Standard Costs--Some Managerial Implications" (with Naomi Tsumagari), Kaikei:  The Journal of Japan Accounting Association, Vol. 105, No. 1, January 1974, pp. 41-54.

"Concepts and Standards:  Internal Planning and Control Systems--Report of the AAA Committee on Concepts and Standards:  Internal Planning and Control," The Accounting Review.  Supplement to Volume 49, 1974, pp. 78-96.

"An Algebraic Aid in Teaching the Differences Between Direct Costing and Full Absorption Costing Models" (with D. T. DeCoster), The Accounting Review, October 1973, pp. 800-881.

"Size, Growth Rates and Merger Valuation" (with A. Rappaport), The C.F.A. Digest, Spring 1972 (A Digest).

"Size, Growth Rates, and Merger Valuation" (with A. Rappaport), The Accounting Review, October 1971, pp. 733-745.

"Risk Recognition in Investment Models and Some Implications for Corporate Planning," Western Economic Journal, September 1971 (Abstract).

Published Cases

Othello Corporation (A) and Instructorsí Guide in R. S. Kaplan and A. A. Atkinson, Advanced Management Accounting, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1998.

The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group: Design Process Evolution, (with K. A. Brown and T. Schmitt), in C. W. L. Hill and G. R. Jones, Strategic Management, 4th edition, 1998.

The following cases and instructors’ guides were published in

Cases From Management Accounting Practice, The Institute of Management Accountants, Montvale, New Jersey, 1997-98.

“The Boeing Company (A):  Process and Activity Analysis at Propulsion Systems Division”

“The Boeing Company (B):  Process Improvement at Propulsion Systems Division”

Instructorís Guide: The Boeing Company (A):  Process and Activity Analysis at Propulsion Systems Division

  Instructorís Guide: The Boeing Company (B):  Process Improvement at Propulsion Systems Division.

The following cases and instructor's guides were published in Mary T. Ziebell and Don T. DeCoster, Management Control Systems in Nonprofit Organizations, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1991.

"Midtown Mental Health" (case), pp. 140-143.

"Midtown Mental Health" (instructor's guide), pp. 53-56.

"Vallejo Transit System" (case), pp. 566-571.

"Vallejo Transit System" (instructor's guide), pp. 281-287.

The following cases and instructorsí guides are published in Management Accounting, A Decision Emphasis (D. T. DeCoster and E. L. Schaefer), New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1982.

"Cost Determination and Reimbursement in Not-for-Profit Setting," pp. 293-295.

"Pricing in a Public Marina."

The following cases and instructorsí guides are published in Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations:  Text and Cases (K. V. Ramanathan), New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1982.

"United Way of King County (A)," pp. 24-38.

"Portable Kidney Dialysis Manufacturers," pp. 100-116.

"United Way of King County (B)," pp. 97-99.

"Midtown Mental Health Center," pp. 157-159.

"Fogbank Public Port (A),", pp. 191-197.

"Seattle Children's Home (A)," pp. 197-206.

"Fogbank Public Port (B)," pp. 241-245.

"Fogbank Public Port (C)," pp. 245-252.

"Maple Glen Nursing Home," pp. 290-293.

"Overseas Cash Management," pp. 293-297.

"Norfolk Community Clinic," pp. 388-390.

"Office of Operations Review," pp. 391-396.

"Seattle Children's Home (B)," pp. 501-516.

"Vallejo Transit System," pp. 581-585.

"Bhatia Radio Stores," in John Dearden, et al., Management Accounting, MacMillan Publishing Company, Bombay, 1981.

"Truckee River Campgrounds (A):  A New Business Proposal (with D. J. Piehl), in Policy Formulation and Strategy Management (F. Glenn Boseman), New York:  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1976.

"Caterpillar Tractor Company," in J. T. O'Neil, L. C. Farwell and F. V. Boyd, Quantitative Controls in Business, Homewood, IL:  Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1965, pp. 227-235.

"Benton Spring Company," in J. T. O'Neil, L. C. Farwell and F. V. Boyd, Quantitative Controls in Business, Homewood, IL:  Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1965, pp. 314-321.

"Midwestern Plastics Corporation," in J. T. O'Neil, L. C. Farwell and F. V. Boyd, Quantitative Controls in Business, Homewood, IL:  Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1965, pp. 370-374.

Cases Listed in Clearing Houses

The following case is listed in the European Case Clearing House in 1997.

The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group: Design Process Evolution, (with K. A. Brown and T. Schmitt). 1997,  Ref. # 397-037-1.

The following cases are listed in the European Case Clearing House in 1994.

The Boeing Company (A): Process and Acting Analysis at the Propulsion Systems Division. Ref.†#†194ñ016-1.

The Boeing Company (B): Process Improvements at the Propulsion Systems Division. Ref. #  194-017-1.

Instructor's Guide:

The Boeing Company (A):  Process and Activity Analysis at Propulsion Systems Division.  Listed in the European Case Clearing House,   Ref.†#†194-016-8.

The Boeing Company (B):  Process Improvement at Propulsion Systems Division.  Listed in the European Case Clearing House,  Ref. # 194-017-8.

The following cases are included in D. J. Piehl, Entrepreneurship:  To Start A New Business Enterprise and Avoid Going Broke.  Seattle:  ASUW Lecture Notes, University of Washington, 1975.

"Truckee River Campgrounds (A):  A New Business Proposal" (with D. J. Piehl), pp. 6-24.

"Advani Enterprises:  A proposal for the New Business Venture in India with U.S. Collaboration" (with D. J. Piehl), pp. 25-37.

"Truckee River Campgrounds (C)" (with D. J. Piehl), pp. 93-101.

"Truckee River Campgrounds (B)" (with D. J. Piehl), pp. 123-139.

The following cases are included in Intercollegiate Bibliography:  1974 New Cases in Administration.  Boston:  Intercollegiate Case Clearing House, 1974.

"Liberal Art of Accounting" (with J. H. Herstenstein), in Intercollegiate Case Bibliography:  1979 New Cases in Administration.  Boston:  Intercollegiate Clearing House, 1979.  This case is used in Harvard University Advanced Management Programs regularly.

"Advani Enterprises:  A Proposal for a New Business Venture in India with U.S. Collaboration" (with D. J. Piehl).

"Truckee River Campgrounds:  A New Business Proposal" (with D. J. Piehl), in Intercollegiate Bibliography:  Cases in Business Administration.  Boston:  Intercollegiate Clearing House, 1973.

The following cases are included in Bibliography of Indian Cases in Management, Amedabad, India:  Indian Institute of Management.

"Lyons Industrials Ltd.," 1970.

"Air India (I)," 1967.

"Bombay Drug Stores (B)," 1967.

"Chacko Agencies," 1967.

"Lilac Flour Mills," 1967.