David Bedford

BIO

David Bedford is a Professor at UTS Business School in the Accounting Discipline, which he joined in 2005. Prior to his appointment he served as an accounting intern at CBA and Bovis Lend Lease as part of the UTS Bachelor of Accounting program. David was awarded first class honours in 2004 and the University Medal and completed his PhD in 2011.

David has published in a number of leading international academic journals, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, and Journal of Management Accounting Research. David’s research interests focus on performance measurement systems and management control. Specifically, he has investigated the use of performance measurement systems in firms pursuing different types of innovation, the performance implications of using combinations of management controls in different firm contexts, and the use of management controls in private equity firms. David has been part of research grants and projects from CPA Australia, NSW Health, the Independent Health Pricing Authority (IHPA), and the Cleaning Accountability Framework (CAF).

David coordinates and lectures in the subjects Management Planning and Control, Accounting Information Systems, and Data Analytics for Decision Making. He is often cited as a top undergraduate lecture and regularly appears in the UTS Business School postgraduate teaching merit list.

AVAILABILITY

• Collaborative projects
• Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
• Masters Research or PhD student supervision
• Media enquiries
• Membership of an advisory committee
• Teaching provision

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Cost management
• Management control and decision-making
• Accounting analytics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Management control
• Performance measurement
• Innovation
• Contingency theory