John Currie is a graduate of NUI Galway and University College Dublin. 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. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA). He sets examination papers (at final professional level) for the Instuitute of Certified Public Accountants and is external examiner at a number of third level institutions.

His main teaching interests are in management accounting (at masters and final year undergraduate levels), accounting research methods, and management of the research paper process for the Master of Accounting Degree. 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 (as of December 2010), most recently in aspects of strategic management accounting.
 

Selected Publications:

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. (2009). Managing and controlling research and development in the 21 ^st century: The contrast with Taylor ’s scientific management. Journal of the Institute of Management and Information Science, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2009, pp. 57-64. [ARTICLE]

http://www.nuigalway.ie/acc/staff/john_currie/index.html

Cacciaguidi-Fahy, S., Currie, J., & Fahy, M. (2002). Financial shared services centres: Opportunities and challenges for the accounting profession. London : Certified Accountants Educational Trust, 120 pp. ISBN 1859083765. [RESEARCH REPORT]

http://www.accaglobal.com/pubs/general/activities/research/research_archive/rr-079-001.pdf