Introduction
Sharon M. McKinnon Bruns, Ph.D., C.M.A.
Basic Information
Office Address: 404 Hayden Hall (617) 373-4648
Rank: Professor
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Broadcast Journalism (1971); UNC-Chapel Hill, NC
Master of Professional Accountancy (1978); Georgia State University;
Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration (1981); Georgia State University
Master of Public Health (1997); Harvard University
Employment Experience
Academic
1993 - Promoted to Full Professor, Northeastern University
1991 - 1995 Group Coordinator, Accounting Group
1986 - Received tenure at Northeastern University
1984 - Promoted to Associate Professor, Northeastern University
1982 - 1983 Consultant for Arthur, Young, McClelland, and Moores,
London, England; EEC Seventh Directive Research
1980 - Joined NU Accounting Group as Assistant Professor
1978 - 1980 Instructor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Sum 1979 Instructor, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
Non-Academic
1975 - 1977 Account Executive for Radio Sales; Media Sales/South; Atlanta, GA
1972 - 1973 Continuity and Production Director, WNOR Radio; Norfolk, VA
1971 - 1972 Continuity Director; WTAR Radio Station; Norfolk, VA
1971 Traffic Director, WSGN Radio Station; Birmingham, AL
Research and Publications
Books and Monographs
The Information Mosaic: How Managers Get the Information They Really Need, with William J. Bruns, Jr., (Harvard Business School Press) May 1992.
Highlights From The Information Mosaic, with William J. Bruns, Jr.; (Society of Management Accountants of Canada: Toronto, Canada) February 1992.
Accounting Principles,with Thomas P. Edmonds, (Dame Publications: Houston, Texas), Second Edition, 1987.
The Seventh Directive, published in paperback as Consolidated Accounts, (Kluwer Publishing: Amsterdam, The Netherlands), March, 1984.
Financial Accounting: An Elements Approach, with Thomas P. Edmonds, (Dame Publications: Houston, Texas), Second Edition, 1984.
Chapters In Books
"Specificity of Task and Activity Descriptions by Managers Under Alternative Performance Evaluation and Incentive Compensation Schemes," with William J. Bruns, Jr.,in Performance Measurement, Evaluation, and Incentives, (Harvard Business School Press), July 1992.
"The Development of Accounting Procedures: How Various Factors Influence Accounting Rules," Enciclopedia de Direccion y Administracion de la Empresa, (Ediciones Orbis, S.A.,Barcelona, Spain), 1986.
"Accounting for Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions," Enciclopedia de Direccion y Administracion de la Empresa, (Ediciones Orbis, S.A., Barcelona, Spain), with William J. Bruns, Jr., 1986.
Articles in Refereed Journals
"Task Characteristics, Managerial Socialization, and Media Selection," with Bairj Donabedian, and William J. Bruns, Management Communications Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3, February 1998, pp. 372-400.
"Solving the Puzzle of the Cashflow Statement," with Julie Hertenstein, Business Horizons, January/February, 1997.
"Achieving Focused Management Activities Through Formal Performance Evaluation: Results From a Field Study," with William J. Bruns, Jr., The Journal of Managerial Issues, Fall 1994.
"Information and Managers: A Field Study," with William J. Bruns, Jr., The Journal of Management Accounting Research, September 1993.
"Accounting for Non-Majority-Owned Intercorporate Investments: A Cashflow Assessment of Alternative Methods," with Katherine Halvorsen, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, January 1993.
"Serving the Daily Information Needs of Production Managers: A Challenge for Management Accountants," with William J. Bruns, Jr., Management Accounting, January 1993.
Management Information and Accounting Information: What Do Managers Want?" with William J. Bruns, Jr., Advances in Management Accounting, July 1992.
The Weak Dollar: How Does It Affect the Financial Reporting of High Tech Companies," Business Magazine, June/July, 1991.
Financial Distortion and Consolidation of Captive Finance Subsidiaries in the General Merchandising Industry," with Ronald Copeland, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Spring, 1987.
"Will Merchandisers Face New Rules for Balance Sheets?," with Ronald Copeland, Business Magazine, June 1986.
"The International Accounting Standards Committee: A Performance Evaluation," with Paul Janell, The International Journal of Accounting, Education, and Research, Fall 1985.
"Troubled Debt Restructuring: Is Accounting to Blame for the International Debt Crisis?" The Woman CPA, with James Volkert, Spring, 1986.
"How Important Are Those Foreign Operations? A Flow-Chart Approach to Analysis for Loan Decisions," Financial Analysts Journal, January/February 1985.
"A Cost-Benefit Study of Disclosure Requirements for Multinational Corporations," The Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, Winter, 1984.
"Evaluating Tasks for Operational Control," with William J. Bruns, Management Accounting, October, 1984, reprint in The Intercontinental Advanced Management Report, V6, N9.
"Accounting Myopia: The Deferred Income Tax Credit," with Paul Janell, The Woman CPA, January 1983.
"A Survey of the Fringe on Top: The Present State of Taxation of Perquisites," Business Magazine, Sept/Oct 1979.
Non-refereed Articles and Case Notes
"Evolving Roles for Management Accountants", Management Accounting and Finance Audio Digest, April 1993.
"Identify the Industries," HBS Case N9-193-066 Case and Teaching Note, November 1992.
"The Bottom Line: Accounting for the Effect of Dollar Fluctuations on American Business," The Business Report From Northeastern, Vol. 8, No. 2.
"EEC Company Law Harmonization and Accounting - 1983" with William J.Bruns, HBS Case 9-183-181, April 1983.
College and University Service
1999 - 2000 Chairman, Committee on Funding Priorities
1999 - 2000 Member, Faculty Policy Committee
1998 - 1999 Member, Faculty Policy Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, Committee on Funding Priorities
1997 - 1998 Chairman, Faculty Policy Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, Financial Affairs Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, Physical Planning Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, University Accreditation Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, Arts and Sciences Dean Search Committee
1997 - 1998 Member, Music Department Chair Search Committee
1995 - 1996 Chairman, Procedures Committee of Presidential Nominating Council
1995 - 1996 Member, Presidential Nominating Council
1995 - 1996 Member, Senate Agenda Committee
1995 - 1996 Senator from College of Business Administration
1995 - present Member, CBA Centennial Committee
1993 - 1994 Chairman, Northeastern University Faculty Senate Agenda Committee
1991 - 1995 Group Coordinator, Accounting Group
1991 - 1994 Member, Sabbatical Leave Committee
1992 - 1994 Member, Senate Agenda Committee
1991 - 1992 Member, Senate Financial Affairs Committee
1990 - 1991 Member, Senate Admissions Policy Committee
1991 Member, Provostial Admissions Operations Committee
1990 - 1994 Senator from College of Business Administration
1989 - 1990 Acting Group Coordinator, Accounting Group
1989 Member, Sabbatical Leave Committee
1989 - 1990 Member, Search Committee, McDonald Chair
1989 Governing Board - NU Media Productions
1989 Member - Search Committee, Director of NU Media
1988 - 1990 Member, Tenure and Promotion Subcommittee
1988 - 1989 Member, Ad Hoc Committee to restructure NUniversity Recording Label
1988 - 1989 Secretary, Faculty Policy Committee
1987 Member, CBA Dean's Search Committee
1987 Chairman, Faculty Policy Committee
1986 - 1989 Member, Faculty Policy Committee
1986 Member, CBA Strategic Planning Council
1983 - 1986 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching Excellence
1983 - 1986 Member, Undergraduate Programs Committee
1983 - 1985 Member, Academic Standing Committee
1984 - 1985 Faculty Vice President, Beta Alpha Psi
1983 - 1984 CBA Representative to University Excellence in Teaching Committee
1983 - 1984 Member, committee established to evaluate the accounting curriculum
1981 - 1982 Member, University Parking Committee
1981 - 1982 Faculty Advisor, Accounting Society
Professional Activities
Member of the following professional organizations:
American Accounting Association 1980-1996
Administrators of Accounting Programs Group - 1991-1995
The American Accounting Association (AAA) - Intn'l Acctg Committee 1984-85
The Institute of Management Accountants
Financial Executives Institute (FEI) - Hospitality Com 1990-91 Education Com 1993-94
European Accounting Association
Served as alternate representative at the FASB task force meeting on accounting for foreign currency translation, 1981.
Reviewer for The Journal of Managerial Issues 1993-95
Over 20 papers presented at academic conferences and seminars
Other Teaching and Consulting
Phonema Consultants, Milan, Italy (sessions in US)1991;Alcan Aluminium, Ltd., Magog, Quebec 1992; Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co.,Hartford,CT 1988; US International Trade Commission, Washington,DC 1988; The World Bank, Washington, DC 1984; International Business Machines, Briarcliff, NY 1984-86; AMSA International, (Arthur Young) London, UK 1982-83; Citizens & Southern Bank, Atlanta, GA 1980.
Community Service and Other NU Activities
Member of Board - All Newton Music School - 1996-1998
Volunteer - New England Medical Center - 1995
Recording for the Blind - Recorded all HBS control cases for blind students- 1992
Treasurer, New School of Music, Cambridge, MA 1989-1995
Member, Board of Directors, New School of Music, 1988-1995
Interim Treasurer, International Arts Exchange 1991.
NU Chamber Music Society, 1988-1994
NU Choral Society, 1989
NU Elderhostel Program 1990
Volunteer reader for Massachusetts Association for the Blind program, 1981-82
Recording for the Blind, Athens, GA. 1980
Awards, Honors, and Honorary Organizations
Best Paper Award, Western AAA convention, Palm Desert, CA. May 1995.
Best Theoretical Paper Award, NE Decision Sciences convention, Boston, MA. May 1988.
Reisman Research Professorship, CBA 1985-1987
Phi Chi Theta award for outstanding teaching in CBA, Ga.State University 1980
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma