Perspectives on Management Accounting and Management Control

Knowledge After the course, students will have - Knowledge of the most seminal qualitative approaches in accounting research - Means to distinguish between various theoretical approaches to qualitative work - Demonstrate a knowledge of, and distinguish between, the different MA/MC research methodologies, with particular emphasis on qualitative research - Knowledge about the development of the research field and research frontier Skills After the course, students will have skills to - Critically assess and discuss the different qualitative approaches and their theories - Detect underlying theoretical assumptions of the presented theories - Relate own research to a qualitative approach and presented theories - Place research questions in their broad context(s) by review of the relevant literature - Make oral presentations and participate in debates concerning MA/MC problems Competence After the course, students will be able to - Position their own research to the accounting literature - Communicate and debate their own research findings both in writing and by oral discussions. - Communicate, discuss and be critical to accounting change research

The course consists of 3 interrelated workshops, which will comprise formal presentations by faculty members, discussions and presentations also by students. There will be introductory lecturers just as participants will be assigned the task of presenting and discussing the various papers in the course. There will also be trouble shooting sessions to relate presented theories to own PhD-projects.