Rahat Munir
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Formal Name: Rahat Munir Personal Title: Mr Position: Lecturer Organisational Unit: Department of Accounting and Finance Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-4765 Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8497 Email: rahat.munir@mq.edu.au Location: E4A 340 |
Profile
Rahat has been an academic in accounting, banking and business studies disciplines for over 18 years. His teaching experience includes both undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in accounting and related subjects. Prior to joining Macquarie University in 2006, he worked for Greenwich University for 9 years (from 1987 to 1997) as Program Director (Academics). Rahat worked for the Institute of Bankers Pakistan as Director (Coordination) and subsequently as Executive Director - coordination for 8 years (from 1997 to 2005). During the last 10 years, Rahat has worked on various national and international projects. Rahat’s current area of research interests includes performance measurement systems, balanced scorecard, management control systems, banking systems in emerging markets. He has supervised Honours students successfully. He is affiliated with several professional bodies including Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA), Wilmington, USA. Rahat was the first Regional Director for Pakistan chapter. PRMIA’s mission is to provide a free and open forum for the promotion of sound risk management standards and practices globally. PRMIA is active in nearly every major financial centre worldwide and provides an extensive and engaged network of risk professionals in over 195 countries represented by nearly 60 chapters.
Teaching
Rahat’s current and past teaching include:
- Management Accounting
- Organisational Planning and Control
- Strategic Management Accounting
- Management Control Systems
- Banks Internal Control Systems
- Financial Statements Analysis
- Accounting Information Systems
Research
Research Interests
Rahat’s research goal is to extend the understanding of the development of performance measurement systems in the organisations, in general, and banking institutions, in particular, by examining the factors which influence the organisations to change their performance measurement practices. This is an emerging area with important implications for the management accounting and organisational change literatures as well as practitioners in the banking sector in terms of managing organisational change in the context of performance measurement system into their business operations. His current research includes examining changes in the performance measurement practices in banks operating in emerging markets. He has attended and presented papers in various national and international conferences in the field of accounting.
Conference Proceedings and Papers
Refereed Conference Proceedings and Publications
- Munir,R. (Perera, S. and Baird, K.), “An Analytical Framework for Examining Changes in Performance Measurement Systems within the Banking Sector”, with AFAANZ Conference 2009, Adelaide, Australia, July 5-7, 2009
- Munir,R. (Perera, S. and Baird, K.), “Changes in Performance Measurement Systems in Banking Sector: An Analytical Framework”, Performance Measurement Association Conference 2009, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand , April 14-17, 2009.
Research Seminars
- Munir R., “An Examination of the Change in a Performance Measurement System: Literature Review”, Faculty of Business and Economics Research Expo 2007, Macquarie University, Sydney, October 2007
- Munir R., “Analysing Changes in Performance Measurement Systems within the Banking Sector: A Framework”, Faculty of Business and Economics Research Expo 2008, Macquarie University, Sydney, November 2008
- Munir R., “An Examination of the Change in a Performance Measurement System: a case study from the banking sector in Pakistan”, Faculty of Business and Economics Research Expo 2009, Macquarie University, Sydney, October 2009
Work in Progress
- Rahat M., (with Baird K. and Perera S.), “Performance Measurement System Change in a Bank: a case study of from an emerging economy”