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Mr John Austin Currie

B.Comm., M.B.S.,

Contact Details

Lecturer Bar/College Lecturer
Dept. of Accountancy & Finance
Room 377
Cairnes Building
University of Galway
T: Ext. 3884
E: john.currie@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

John Currie is a lecturer in Accounting and Director of the Master of Accounting program at the University of Galway. He sets examination papers for the Instuitute of Certified Public Accountants and has been external examiner at a number of third level institutions in Ireland and the UK. He is a graduate of University of Galway and University College Dublin, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA). He has been a lecturer at University College Cork and a visiting lecturer at several European universities. He also has significant experience of working with small businesses in Ireland and Poland. His main teaching interests are in management accounting at masters and final year undergraduate levels. He has participated in successful research funding applications to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is author or co-author of 10 refereed publications in aspects of management accounting and accounting education.

Selected Publications: Bane, S., & Currie, J. (2011). Strategies and procedures for risk management in professional accounting firms: A case study. Journal of the Institute of Management and Information Science, Vol. 11, No. 2, July 2011, pp. 7-17. [ARTICLE]
http://www.nuigalway.ie/acc/staff/john_currie/index.html

Currie, J. & Murphy, N. (2009). Factors motivating the introduction of an activity-based costing system: A case study. Journal of the Institute of Management and Information Science, Vol. 9, No. 2, July 2009, pp. 59-67. [ARTICLE] http://www.nuigalway.ie/acc/staff/john_currie/index.html
Currie, J. (2008). Business strategy and website content: The case of discount grocery chains. Advances in Management, Vol. 1, No. 6, September 2008, pp. 42-47. [ARTICLE] http://www.nuigalway.ie/acc/staff/john_currie/index.html

Research Interests

Management accounting (including activity-based management, revenue management, and strategic management accounting): Student stereotypes of accountants & accounting.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'What gave you that idea: Factors impacting on students¿ perceptions of accounting and accountants' Navallas Labat, B.; Cotter, S.; and Currie, J. (2024) 'What gave you that idea: Factors impacting on students¿ perceptions of accounting and accountants'. 32 (2) [Details]
	(2009)	'Managing price as a strategic variable' Currie, J. (2009) 'Managing price as a strategic variable'. Journal of Future Business, 3 (2):69-76 [Details]
	(2009)	'Factors motivating the introduction of an activity-based costing system: A case study' Currie, J. & Murphy, N. (2009) 'Factors motivating the introduction of an activity-based costing system: A case study'. Pratibimba Journal Of The Institute Of Management And Information Science, 9 (2):59-67 [Details]
	(2011)	'Strategies and procedures for risk management in professional accounting Firms: An empirical study' Bane, S. & Currie, J. (2011) 'Strategies and procedures for risk management in professional accounting Firms: An empirical study'. Pratibimba Journal Of The Institute Of Management And Information Science, 11 (2) [Details]
	(2009)	'Managing and controlling research and development in the 21st century: The contrast with Taylor’s scientific management' Currie, J.A. (2009) 'Managing and controlling research and development in the 21st century: The contrast with Taylor’s scientific management'. Pratibimba Journal of the Institute of Management and Information Science, 9 (1):57-64 [Details]
	(2008)	'Business strategy and website content: The case of discount grocery chains' Currie, J.A. (2008) 'Business strategy and website content: The case of discount grocery chains'. Advances in Management, 1 (6):42-47 [Details]
	(1992)	'The role of quantitative models in management accounting education' Currie, J.A. (1992) 'The role of quantitative models in management accounting education'. BRITISH ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 24 (1):3-16 [Details]
	(1990)	'The development and use of an expert system to interpret an accounting standard' Currie, J.A. (1990) 'The development and use of an expert system to interpret an accounting standard'. BRITISH ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 22 (4):311-329 [Details]
	(1989)	'Capital budgeting in the management-controlled firm' Currie, J.A. (1989) 'Capital budgeting in the management-controlled firm'. BRITISH ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 21 (3):255-266 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2002)	Financial shared services centres: Opportunities and challenges for the accounting profession, Certified Accountants Educational Trust London. Cacciaguidi-Fahy, S., Currie, J., & Fahy, M. (2002) Financial shared services centres: Opportunities and challenges for the accounting profession, Certified Accountants Educational Trust London. [Details]
	(1995)	Deciding the future: Management accountants as decision support personnel Chartered Institute of Management Accountants London. Currie, J.A. (1995) Deciding the future: Management accountants as decision support personnel Chartered Institute of Management Accountants London. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	Irish Accounting & Finance Association, Begoña Navallas Labat, John Currie, Breda Sweeney (2019) Annual Conference 2019. [Oral Presentation], Irish Accounting & Finance Association, Dublin City University , 16-MAY-19 - 17-MAY-19. [Details]

Workshops

	Year	Publication
	(1992)	Decision support systems and management accounting: Current applications and future trends. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1992 K. Warnock & J. F. Collins Irish Accounting Association. Currie, J., Donnelly, R., Fahy, M., Murphy, C. (1992) Decision support systems and management accounting: Current applications and future trends. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1992 K. Warnock & J. F. Collins Irish Accounting Association. Workshops [Details]

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland	Examiner in Strategic Performance Management / Strategic Management Accounting	/
	Chartered Association of Certified Accountants	Fellow	/

Languages

	Language
	Polish

Outreach Activities

	Description
	External Examiner - Bachelor of Business, Limerick Institute of Technology (2011 to date).
	External Examiner - Master of Arts in Accounting, Athlone Institute of Technology (2011 to date).

Teaching Interests

Management accounting (postgraduate and final year undergraduate levels).
Examiner in Strategic Performance Management, Institute of Certified Pubic Accountants in Ireland.

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code	Subject / Desc
Semester 2	Management Accounting III	AY322	Final year undergraduate
Semester 2	Accounting for Management Decisions	AY874	Postgraduate Diploma Group
Semester I	Management Accounting II	AY321	Final year undergraduate
Semester 1	Management Accounting	AY5103	Master of Accounting