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Biography
Dr Paul Thambar is a lecturer with the Department of Accounting of the Monash Business School. Paul has peer-reviewed publications in academic journals including one article in Accounting Organisations and Society (AOS), a Monash Faculty Group 1+ (ABDC A*). He has also a number of articles in the submission process at AOS and in Management Accounting Research (MAR), a ABDC A* journal. Paul has brought in external research income ($633,000) in the past 3 years including the largest Category 3 industry grant ($598,000) ever received by the Department of Accounting. Paul teaches management accounting units in the Master of Accounting and Master of Professional Accounting programs and has previously taught in the Monash MBA program.
Prior to joining Monash in Feb 2016, Paul was at UTS Business School from 2010 to 2015. At UTS Business School, Paul was involved in teaching management accounting and strategy subjects in postgraduate programs including MBA and Executive MBA programs. Paul was also intimately involved in the design and launch of a new MBA program in entrepreneurship and innovation (MBAe).
Prior to academic appointments, Paul worked in the financial services and healthcare industries in a range of senior financial and strategy roles. Paul has worked as a Financial Controller in Banking and in Healthcare and in Operations and Strategy roles in General Insurance and with IBM's Global Business Services division.
Paul completed a PhD in Accounting in 2015 at UTS. Paul's thesis topic was examining the role of management control systems in enabling strategy formation at the inter-firm level.
Paul is a Fellow member (FCMA) of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and holds the CGMA designation.
Research interests
management control systems and practices, strategy and strategizing, performance management systems, accountability, institutional theories
Case study and field research
Monash teaching commitment
ACF 5350 Applied Contemporary Accounting
ACF5955 Management Accounting
ACF5510 Integrated Accounting
MBA 5704 Accounting
Community service
Regional Board Chair and member, CIMA (2007-2012)
Research area keywords
- Management Accounting
- Strategy
- Performance Management
- Management Control Systems
Network
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Projects 2016 2019
Volgren Lifecycle Cost
Napper, R., Kober, R., Thambar, P. & Chiu, W.
1/08/16 → 3/10/16
Project: Research
Research Output 2016 2019
Applying target costing to the service sector: Sunline Auto Insurance case
Wakefield, J. & Thambar, P., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Issues in Accounting Education. 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Managing systemic uncertainty: the role of industry-level management controls and hybrids
Thambar, P. J., Brown, D. A. & Sivabalan, P., Aug 2019, In : Accounting, Organizations and Society. 77, 20 p., 101049.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Mutual Value: How is it Understood, Created and Assessed: Findings from Phase One of the Mutual Value Measurement Research Project
Adams, S., Hall, M., McNicoll, Y., Millo, Y., Thambar, P. & He, W., Feb 2019, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University. 34 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
Life cycle cost analysis of Australian route buses
Napper, R., Thambar, P., Kober, R. & Roberts, S., 2016, Caulfield, Vic, Australia: Monash University. 18 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
Press / Media
How tough love and good accounting helped save Phoenix House
1/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature