Week Three: Article Research Paper and Posting - Potential Research Topics & Instructions

To complete the Article Research Paper due in Week 3, please select a topic from the list provided below.

1. Evolution of Management Accounting
2. The Role of Ethics in Managerial Accounting
3. Decision Management
4. Balanced Scorecard
5. Historical Cost in Accounting
6. Lean Accounting Systems
7. Responsibility Accounting
8. Opportunity Costs
9. Job-Order Costing Systems
10. Process Costing Systems
11. Activity-Based Costing
12. Activity-Based Management
13. Cost Behavior Pattern Analysis
14. Cost Estimation and Analysis Methods
15. Any other managerial accounting topics you wish to pursue from content addressed in Weeks 1-3.

Article Research Paper Instructions:

Article Research Papers and Posting:This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.

The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.