Accounting and Accountability Assignment -

Individual Research Report - The essay should also show extensive evidence of research, pursue a coherent argument and have a sound structure and analytical framework. You are expected to use journals and textbooks published after 2000. Cite references in Harvard style.

Required:

1. Identify an area of research that your group believe is both important and interest, and write a short paragraph indicating why your group believe this area of research is important, and why it is interest to your group. (400 words)

2. Write down a research question that would guide your exploration in the area of research interest that you have identified. (Approximately 100 words)

3. Find  EIGHT  (8)  academic  journal  articles  that  relate  to  your  area  of  research  interest  - write  a maximum of 150 words for each article indicate why that article is  relevant to your  research, and the useful information and findings that it conveys for this project. (1200 words max)

4. Discuss the findings of the research above in relation to your research question (approximately 300 words).

5. In approximately 500 words indicate which of the accounting theories you have studied this semester might  help  to  explain  your  research  questions,  and  why  these  accounting theories would  be appropriate.