Associate Professor Jayne Bi
sman
BBus (with Distinction) MitchellCAE, MEc NE, PhD CSturt, CA, FCPA
Office Location:
Room: 1.17
Building: S15
Mailing Address:
Charles Sturt University
School of Accounting
Panorama Ave
BATHURST NSW 2795
Tel: +61 2 6338 4101
Fax: +61 2 6338 4649
Email: Jayne Bisman 
Brief Bio
Jayne has a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in accounting and a sub-major in law, a Master of Economics degree majoring in accounting and financial management, and a PhD by thesis in accounting. She is a Fellow (FCPA) of CPA Australia and a Chartered Accountant (CA). She has around 25 years of experience teaching accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at universities and was a member of the team which won the Faculty of Business Teaching Excellence Award in 2007. Jayne is a management accounting specialist, with particular interests in the role and uses of management accounting in the contemporary public sector and small businesses, as well as historically during the Australian colonial period. Her primary industry experience has been in small business and educational consultancy. She currently teaches in the Master of Commerce (Accounting) and Doctor of Business Administration programs and supervises research students at Masters and Doctoral levels. She has in excess of fifty publications, including refereed journal articles, conferences papers, chapters in books, textbooks, and commissioned reports and professional publications. Jayne is a referee for several journals and received the Faculty of Commerce Award for Research Excellence in 2002.
Research Focus
Cost and management accounting and accountability in the public sector
Australian accounting history
Education in management accounting and accounting history
Research methods in accounting
Accounting and accountants in small businesses
She leads the Faculty’s Accounting and Accountability Research Team, is Managing Editor of the Faculty’s Working Paper Series, and is a key researcher in the Organisational Performance, Ethics and Leadership (OPEL) research group.
Teaching Responsibilities
Jayne currently teaches only at the postgraduate level in the subjects:
ACC510 Issues in Management Accounting
ACC519 Accounting and Financial Management for Small Business
ACC530 Special Topic in Accounting
ACC533 Readings in Accounting
ACC536 Accounting and Business History
ACC538 Accounting Project
ACC535 Strategic Cost and Management Accounting
ACC540 Research Methodology
DBA711 Research Issues
Administrative Responsibilities
Course Coordinator, Master of Commerce (Accounting) degree program
Member, CSU Senior Women’s Group
Accounting Discipline Representative and Member, Faculty of Business Research and Higher Degrees (Research) Committee
Leader, Faculty of Business accounting research group
Managing Editor, Faculty of Business Working Paper Series
Member, Faculty of Business Faculty Board
Member, School of Accounting and Computer Science Research Committee
Chair, School of Accounting and Computer Science Ethics in Human Research Minimal Risk Review Committee
Mentor, School of Accounting and Computer Science Staff Mentoring Program
Member, School of Accounting and Computer Science Assessment Committee
Member, School of Accounting and Computer Science School Board
Mentor, School of Accounting and Computer Science Accounting Student Mentoring Program
Professional Activities
Professional memberships:
Fellow, CPA Australia
Mentor, CPA Australia Practical Experience Mentor Program
Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
Member, Technical Committee, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
Convenor, 1st Accounting History Symposium (2008)
Deputy Convenor, Accounting History Special Interest Group of Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
Refereeing and ad hoc reviewer positions:
Journals:
Accounting Education: An International Journal (UK)
Australian Journal of Accounting Education
Education and Training (UK)
Essays in Economic and Business History (USA)
Accounting, Accountability & Performance
Rural Society
Conferences:
Fourth and Fifth Accounting History International Conference, Banff, Canada – 2007, and Braga, Portugal - 2005
Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference - 2005-2008
International Conference: Innovation in Accounting and Corporate Governance Education and International Conference on Innovation in Accounting Teaching & Learning – 2005 & 2007
Accounting Educators Forum, 2005-2006
3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, 2006
Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Conference, 2005
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Conference, 2003-2004
Selected Publications
Books (all):
Fatseas, V.A., Bisman, J.E. & Williams, J.F. 2004, Management Accounting for Costing and Control, 2 nd edn.,McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Fatseas, V.A., Bisman, J.E. & Williams, J.F. 2001, Management Accounting for Decision Making, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Fatseas, V.A., Bisman, J.E. & Williams, J.F. 2001, Management Accounting for Costing and Control, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Bisman, J.E. 1999, Costing for Outsourcing Decisions: Public Sector Perspectives, Management Accounting Centre of Excellence, Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, Melbourne.
Book Chapters (all):
Bisman, J.E. 2007, Educating accountants to act as small business advisors: A ten-year perspective. Chapter 3 in Accounting for SMEs: Multidimensional Aspects and Global Challenges, L. Mosnja-Skare (Ed.), Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia, 57-84.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2007, Researching accounting in small business: A critique of research methods and methodology. Chapter 5 in Accounting for SMEs: Multidimensional Aspects and Global Challenges L. Mosnja-Skare (Ed.), Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia, 103-123.
Bisman, J.E. 2003, The ‘Beyond Bean Counting’ reports: A cautionary tale in researching professional practice. In Innovations in Professional Practice: Influences & Perspectives, P. Rushbrook (Ed), Centre for Research into Professional Practice, Learning and Education, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 1996, Generic competencies in accounting education: A role for the Internet. In Issues for Accounting Educators, L. Leveson & M. Appla (Eds), La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Bisman, J.E. 1991, Accounting for income tax (Tax effect accounting). In Australian company financial reporting, J.B. Ryan, B.H. Andrew, M.J. Gaffikin & T. Heazlewood (Eds), Australian Accounting Research Foundation, Melbourne. (Accounting Research Study: 11).
Bisman, J.E. 1991, Contingencies. In Australian company financial reporting, J.B. Ryan, B.H. Andrew, M.J. Gaffikin & T. Heazlewood (Eds), Australian Accounting Research Foundation, Melbourne. (Accounting Research Study: 11).
Selected Refereed Journal Articles (2004-present):
Bisman, J.E. (resubmitted following refereeing & revision 2008) The census as accounting artefact: A research note with illustrations from the early Australian colonial period, Accounting History.
Palm, C. & Bisman, J.E. (resubmitted following refereeing & revision 2008) Benchmarking introductory accounting curricula: Experience from Australia, Accounting Education: An International Journal.
Bisman, J.E. 2008, Australian public sector outsourcing in the ‘golden era’: Cost savings evidence or anecdote?, Australian Accounting Review, Vol.18, No.45, 108-122.
Bisman, J.E. 2007, Accounting concepts in the construction of social status and privilege: A microhistorical study of an early Australian convict, Australasian Accounting, Business & Finance Journal, Vol.1, No.4, 1-15.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2007, Development bank finance in India and the regional development agenda, Finance India, Vol.21, No.3, 907-921.
Bisman, J.E. 2005, Beneath the ‘Beyond Beancounting’ reports: Research, professional practice and politics in the public sector, Accounting, Accountability & Performance, Vol.11, No.1, 25-48.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2004, A model and research agenda for lease decision making, Indonesian Management & Accounting Research, Vol.3, No.2, 469-492.
Refereed Conference Papers and Proceedings (2002-present):
Liao, W. and Bisman, J.E. (forthcoming 2008), Scholarly literature on accounting in China 1999-2006: An analysis and evaluation, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Sydney, 6-8 July.
Bisman, J.E. (forthcoming 2008), Making accounting historians, 1st Accounting History Symposium, Sydney, 5 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2007, The learning journal as critical reflective assessment tool in accounting education, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 1-3 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2007, Small enterprise advisors: A model for industry-relevant education, The Norwegian Association of Authorised Accountants (NARF), Oslo, Norway.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, The census as accounting artefact: Illustrations from the early Australian colonial period, 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Leura NSW, 21-22 September.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, Organisational leadership and decision-making: A study of the politics of public sector outsourcing, 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Leura NSW, 21-22 September.
Lee, C, & Bisman J.E. 2006, Curricula in introductory accounting: An international student focus, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Leura NSW, 21-22 September.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, Cost savings from outsourcing in the Australian public sector: Anecdote or evidence? Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-4 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, Small enterprise advisors: A model for industry-relevant education, 51st International Council for Small Business World Conference, Melbourne, 18-21 June.
Lee, C. and Bisman, J.E. 2006, Education in introductory accounting: The ‘old’ and the ‘new’, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-4 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2005, Enriching learning, teaching and assessment: A trial of the learning journal in accounting, Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation in Accounting Teaching and Learning, Hobart, 6-8 February.
Bisman, J.E. & Goela, N. 2005, Financing regional development: The role and responses of the Small Industries Development Bank of India. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand, Armidale, NSW, 25-28 September.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2005, Method and methodology: Issues in researching accounting in small business. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand, Armidale, NSW, 25-28 September.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2005, Method and methodology: Issues in researching accounting in small business. XVII Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Wellington, New Zealand, 20-23 November.
McElroy, J. Bisman, J.E. & Mathews, M. R. 2005, Environmental accounting in NSW local government: Disclosures and motivations. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Melbourne, 3-5 July.
McElroy, J. Bisman, J.E. & Mathews, M. R. 2005, Environmental accounting in NSW local government: Disclosures and motivations. XVII Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Wellington, New Zealand, 20-23 November.
Bisman, J.E. 2004, The ‘Beyond Bean Counting’ reports: A cautionary tale in researching financial management education in the Australian public sector, Proceedings of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Alice Springs, 4-6 July, John Wiley Publishers.
Bisman, J.E. 2004, Working in a theoretical void: An accounting case study of rural and regional research and engagement, Proceedings of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance First National Conference, Bathurst, 14-16 July.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2004, Development bank finance in India: Misdirected or misunderstood, 17th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, 15-17 December.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2004, Methodological weaknesses of small business research: A revisitation, 18th Annual Conference of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management, Dunedin, New Zealand, 8-11 December.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2004, Development bank finance in India: Misdirected or misunderstood?, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Alice Springs, 4-6 July.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2004, Development bank finance in India: Misdirected or misunderstood?, Emerging Financial Markets & Services Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, 27-28 May.
Bisman, J.E. 2003, A case for multiple methods in management accounting research, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 7 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2003, The hidden cost of politics in Australian public sector outsourcing decisions, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 8 July.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2003, Re-examining the Australian lease decision making research agenda, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Brisbane, 8 July.
Bisman, J.E. 2002, The role of accounting in the construction of notions of wealth, success and respectability: A micro-historical study of an early Australian convict, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Accounting Historians, Melbourne, 30 July–2 August.
Bisman, J.E. 2002, The critical realist paradigm as an approach to research in accounting, Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Perth, 9 July.
Working Papers (2002-present):
Liao, W. & Bisman, J.E. 2007, The scholarly literature on accounting in China 1999-2006: An analysis and evaluation. Faculty of Business Working Paper No.14/07, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2007, The census as accounting artefact: Illustrations from the early Australian colonial period. Faculty of Business Working Paper No.6/07, Charles Sturt University.
Lee, C. & Bisman J.E. 2006, Curricula in introductory accounting: The ‘old’ and the ‘new’, Faculty of Commerce Working Paper No.20/06, Charles Sturt University.
Lee, C. & Bisman J.E. 2006, Curricula in introductory accounting: An international student focus, Faculty of Commerce Working Paper No.21/06, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, Cost savings from outsourcing in the Australian public sector: Anecdote or evidence? Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 03/06, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2006, Accountants as small enterprise advisors: Modelling an industry-relevant course development process, Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 04/06, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. & Goela, N. 2005, Financing regional development: The role and responses of the Small Industries Development Bank of India. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 10/05, Charles Sturt University.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2005, Method and methodology: Issues in researching accounting in small business. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 11/05, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2003, The ‘Beyond Bean Counting’ Reports: A cautionary tale in researching financial management practice and educational needs in the Australian public sector. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 28/03, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2003, The hidden cost of politics in Australian public sector outsourcing. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 08/03, Charles Sturt University.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2003, Development bank finance in India: Misdirected or misunderstood? Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 39/03, Charles Sturt University.
Wang, Y. & Bisman, J.E. 2003, A matter of trust: Accountability for trust money in the Australian public sector. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 31/03 2003, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2002, Accounting, a convict and society: A case study on Australian accounting history. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 27/02, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2002, Using multiple methods in management accounting research: An example from a study of costs in outsourcing decision-making. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 15/02, Charles Sturt University.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2002, Financial and accounting aspects of leasing decision-making in Australia. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 41/02, Charles Sturt University.
Goela, N. & Bisman, J.E. 2002, Methodological weaknesses of small business research: A revisitation. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 01/02, Charles Sturt University.
Bisman, J.E. 2001, Applications of critical realism to research in accounting. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper 12/01, Charles Sturt University.
Research Project Supervision
Management accounting
Public sector accounting and accountability
Accounting history
Accounting and small business
Current Research Students
Crofts. K., PhD:‘Accountability for grant funds by NGOs to public sector policy makers/funding agencies ’
Davis, N., PhD:‘Critical interpretations of public sector reporting’
Goela, N., PhD:‘Accounting and financial management for migrant small businesses in Australia’
Highfield, C., DBA:‘Why good accountants leave: The importance of organisational justice in professional staff retention in small public accounting firms in rural Australia’
McGrath, D., PhD:, ‘ Social Accounting: A reporting model incorporating stakeholder dialogue in the credit union sector ’,
Pawsey, N., MCom(Acc)(Hons), ‘IFRS adoption: Costs and benefits for Top 400ASX Listed Australian Companies’
Raz, M., DBA: ‘ Enterprise resource planning systems’
Grants and Awards
Key Researcher and participant in joint Research Group Competitive Grants – SEARG, OPEL (2003-present), $63,500
CRGT Publications Grant Scheme (2004-present), $4,200+
CRGT and Australian Graduate School of Policing Research Workshop-linked and Faculty Publications Research Funding (2003-2007), $7,000+
RIPPLE Competitive Conference Grant (2004), $1,000
Faculty of Commerce Research Excellence Award (2002), $1,000
CSU, Faculty & School Doctoral Research Funding (1997-1999), $5,500+