Con M5: Behavioral Management Accounting

Classification

Prerequisite for participation

  • Interested Master's students apply to participate in Prof. Gillenkirch's department
  • Applications are only possible by e-mail. E-mails should be sent to an:robert.gillenkirch@uni-osnabrueck.de
  • Mandatory components of the application are a short cover letter (= the e-mail itself) and a current transcript of records (= attached to the e-mail)
  • The application deadline and further application details will be announced in good time. Please refer to the current announcements of the department and StudIP.

Content & Scope

  • Introduction to Experimental Research in Accounting (event together with the doctoral students, 1 day)
  • Discussing Experimental Accounting Research Papers (event together with the doctoral students, 1 day)
  • Colloquium for Master students (1 day)
  • The amount of time corresponds to 3 full seminar days, i.e. approx. 2 SWS

Examination

  • The examination is an exercise with two partial performances:
    (1) Preparation of a discussion paper on a scientific essay from the field of Behavioral Management Accounting (individual performance)
    (2) Development of an experimental design for researching a question from the field of Behavioral Management Accounting (group or individual performance)
  • Both partial performances are graded. The overall grade for the exercise is calculated from the (unweighted) average of the grades for the two components

Materials

  • A set of slides will be made available on the 1st day of the event
  • A literature list will be made available on the 2nd day of the event

Further information

Detailed organizational information can be found in StudIP and under the current announcements of the department.

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