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Dr. Ralph L. Benke, Jr.
Scholarly Activities
Books Published
- College Edition of DacEasy Payroll, 329 pages, and College Edition
of DacEasy Payroll - Instructor's Manual, 126 pages; South-Western Publishing
Company, Cincinnati, 1995, with Dr. David R. Fordham.
- College Edition of DacEasy 4.3, 506 pages, and College Edition of DacEasy 4.3 - Instructors Manual, 279 pages; South-Western Publishing Company, Cincinnati, 1995.
- The Financial Accounting Cycle, 210 pages; Ivy Software, Charlottesville,
VA, 1992, with Dr. Robert N. Holt, Jr.
- College Edition of DacEasy 3.1, 397 pages; HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1991 (revised for South-Western Publishing Company, 1992, 395 pages); College Edition of DacEasy 3.1 - Instructors Manual, 250 pages; HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1991 (revised for South-Western Publishing Company, 1992, 300 pages).
- Faculty Performance Appraisals, edited by Alexander L. Gabbin, Scott
N. Cairns, and Ralph L. Benke, Jr., 264 pages; Center for Research in Accounting
Education, James Madison University.
- Dimensions of Faculty Research, edited by Charles P. Baril, Donna L. Street,
and Ralph L. Benke, Jr., 212 pages; Center for Research in Accounting Education,
James Madison University.
- Research in Testing, edited by Donna L. Street, Ashton C. Bishop, and Ralph
L. Benke, Jr., 197 pages; Center for Research in Accounting Education, James
Madison University.
- Research in Accounting Education, edited by Ashton C. Bishop, E. Kent St.
Pierre, and Ralph L. Benke, Jr., 234 pages; Center for Research in Accounting
Education, James Madison University.
- Essays on Accounting Education, edited by William Anderson, E. Kent St.
Pierre, and Ralph L. Benke, Jr., 240 pages; Center for Research in Accounting
Education, James Madison University.
- The Financial Accounting Cycle, 113 pages; Ivy Software, Charlottesville, VA, 1985, with Dr. Robert N. Holt, Jr.
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Editorial Experience
- Editorial Board, Review on Accounting Information Systems, 1997-present.
- Editorial Review Committee, Management Accounting, 1995 to present.
- Editor, "Trends In Education" column, Management Accounting, Institute of
Management Accountants, January 1995 to October 1995. (This column was
discontinued by Management Accounting.)
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Research In Accounting Regulation, 1994; Issues in Accounting Eduaction, 1994.
- Associate Editor for Systems, Journal of Accounting Education, 1993 to present.
- Co-Editor, "Trends in Education" column, Management Accounting, Institute of Management Accountants, 1987 to 1994, with Roger Hermanson, Georgia State
University.
- Associate Editor of Accounting Information Systems, Kent/Bentley Review:
Accounting and Computers, 1987 to 1991.
- Editor (and founder), Journal of Accounting Education, 1981 to 1986.
- Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Business Research, 1986 to present.
- Reviewer, Educational papers, Annual meeting of the American Accounting
Association, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995.
- Reviewer, Southeast American Accounting Association, 1986, 1987.
- Reviewer, Georgia Journal of Accounting, 1987 to 1989.
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Miscellaneous Publications
- The Accounting Library, Software Review, Management Accounting,
September, 1991, p.16-17.
- Case Music Store: A Computerized Practice Set, Ivy Software, Charlottesville, VA, 1985; Includes practice set disk and manual, and a computerized grading program to grade the practice set.
- Student Study Guide for Financial Accounting: The Accounting Cycle, IBM,
New York, 1983, 100 pages. Revised 1985.
- Instructor's Manual for Case Music Store: A Computerized Practice Set, Ivy
Software, Charlottesville, VA, 1985.
- Study Guide Part II for Financial Accounting by Jack Kiger, Steve Loeb,
and Gordon May, with Tom McKee; Random House, Inc., New York, 1984.
- Financial Accounting: The Accounting Cycle with Robert Holt and Lynn McKell, IBM, New York, 1983; Course covers the basic accounting cycle using twelve disks; Computer managed instruction is also included. Revised 1985.
- The Application of the General Rule for Transfer Pricing, Collected
Abstracts of the American Accounting Association's Annual Meeting, with James
Don Edwards, Boston, 1980.
- Professional Employees in Large CPA Firms: Why Do They Leave? Proceedings
of the Thirty-Second Annual Meeting, Southeast Regional Meeting, American
Accounting Association, Columbus, SC, April, 1980.
- Difference in Job Satisfaction of Professional Employees in Large CPA Firms,
Southeastern American Accounting Association, Miami, FL, 1979, with Johnny R.
Johnson.
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Refereed Articles
- The Evolution of an Accounting Information Systems Concentration: Concepts and an Example, Review of Accounting Information Systems, Forthcoming Spring 1997 with David Fordham and Stephanie Bryant.
- Comparing Introductory Financial Accounting Textbooks, Journal of Accounting Education, forthcoming Spring 1997 with Cathy Sullivan.
- Managing Risk with Derivatives, Management Accounting, November 1996; with Charles P. Baril and Gerald Buetow. This article won the Lybrand Gold Medal for 1995 with 600+ manuscripts submitted.
- The IMA and Preparing Management Accountants, in Change in Accounting Education: A Research Blueprint, November, 1995, p.37-42; Edited by Charles P. Baril, Published
for the Federation of Schools of Accountancy by the Center for Research in Accounting
Education, James Madison University. (Reprinted in the Journal of Accounting Education,Summer 1996. See Reprints)
- Research, Teaching, and Service in Promotion and Tenure Decisions of
Accounting Faculty, Journal of Accounting Education, Vol.11, 1993, p.43-60;
with Donna L. Street and Charles P. Baril.
- Accounting Education Research Methodology, Accounting Education, Vol.1, No.1,
1992, p.33-45; with Donna L. Street.
- The Lease, Cash Purchase, or Purchase with Financing Decision, Computers in
Accounting, January, 1991, p.35-46; with Charles P. Baril.
- The Lease Purchase Decision, Management Accounting, March 1990: 42-46: with Charles P. Baril.
- A Review of "A Framework for the Development of Accounting Education Research,"
Management Accounting Newsletter, American Accounting Association, Vol.7, No.1,
Spring, 1989, p.13-14; with Donna L. Street.
- Using an Authoring System in Accounting Education, Kent/Bentley Journal,
Vol.V, Fall, 1989, p.21-31.
- Applying an Opportunity Cost General Rule for Transfer Pricing, Journal of
Applied Business Research, Vol.5, No.1, Winter, 1988-89, p.1-9.
- The "Health" of Accounting Education, Mary Ball Washington Forum Series in
Accounting Education, Vol.IV, September, 1988, p.51-54.
- The Agency's Absent Asset, CPCU Journal, Vol.41, No.3, September, 1988,
p.161-166; with Alexander Gabbin.
- Transfer Pricing in an Oligopolistic Market, Journal of Cost Analysis,
Vol.4, No.2, Fall, 1986, p.69-81; with Ashton Bishop.
- Research Methodology for Accounting Education, in Research of Accounting
Education, 1986, p.55-67; edited by Ashton Bishop, E. Kent St. Pierre, and
Ralph L. Benke, Jr., for the Center for Research in Accounting Education,
James Madison University.
- Computer Needs in the Modern Academic Environment, Journal of Applied
Business Research, Vol.2, Winter, 1985-86, p.19-26; with Joe Hollis.
- Computers in Accounting, New Accountant, November, 1985, p.4-8,46.
- Differences in Leader Behavior in Large CPA Firms, Virginia Accountant,
September, 1985, p.20-26; with Harry Dickinson.
- Intent to Turnover Among Higher Level Employees in large CPA Firms,
Advances in Accounting, 1984, p.157-174; with John Grant Rhode.
- Information Systems and Fixed Costs in Multidivisional Companies, Cost and
Management, March-April, 1983, p.21-25; with Bruce Caster.
- Conceptual Framework Project, Virginia Accountant, March 1983, p.9-15;
with Don-Rice Richards.
- Flexible Cash Budgeting for the Independent Insurance Agency, CPCU Journal,
June, 1982, p.100-108; with Ashton Bishop.
- Applying an Opportunity Cost General Rule for Transfer Pricing, Management
Accounting, June, 1982, p.43-51; with James Don Edwards and Alton Wheelock.
This article won the Lybrand Silver Medal for 1981 with 900+ manuscripts submitted.
- Professional Employees in Large CPA Firms: Why Do They Leave? Virginia
Accountant, March 1982, p.7-10; with Claire Arevalo.
- Reporting Expirations, CPCU Journal, Vol.35, No.1, March, 1982, p.16-19;
with E.J. Leverett.
- An Application of the General Rule for Transfer Pricing: The Birch Paper
Company Case, The Accountant's Magazine, Scotland, Vol.LXXXV, No.902, August,
1981, p.259-262.
- The FASB's Conceptual Framework Project: Part II, The Michigan CPA,
Vol.XXXIII, No.1, Summer, 1981, p.23-28; with Bruce Caster.
- Should You Use Transfer Pricing to Create Pseudo-Profit Centers? Management
Accounting, February, 1981, p.36-39,43; with James Don Edwards.
- The FASB's Conceptual Framework Project: Part I, The Michigan CPA, Vol.XXXII,
No.5, Spring, 1981, p.21-26; with Bruce Caster.
- The Job Satisfaction of Professional Employees in Large CPA Firms, Accounting
Organizations and Society, Vol.5, No.2, 1980, p.187-201; with John Grant Rhode.
- Organizational Behavior and Operating Budgets, Cost and Management, July-August, 1980, p.21-27; with William Timothy O'Keefe.
- Setting and Using Control Limits on Operating Budgets, Managerial Planning,
July-August, 1980, p.21-26.
- Transfer Pricing: Techniques and Uses, Management Accounting (Research Reports), June, 1980, p.44-46; with James Don Edwards.
- Flexible Budgeting for the Independent Agency, CPCU Journal, Vol.31, No.3,
September, 1978, p.145-150; with Dave Hampson and Ed Laney.
- Profitability Analysis by Product Line, Best's Review, February, 1978,
p.14-15,65-67; with Dave Hampson and Ed Laney.
- Utilizing Operating Budgets for Maximum Effectiveness, Managerial Planning,
September-October, 1976, p.33-36.
- Human Behavior and Control, Managerial Planning, July-August, 1975, p.18-23
- Managerial Behavior and Operating Budgets, National Public Accountant,
June, 1974, p.20-25.
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Reprints by Other Journals or Books*
- The IMA and Preparing Management Accountants, Change in Accounting
Education: A Research Blueprint. Reprinted in the Journal of Accounting
Education,Volume 14, No. 2, Summer 1996:187-192.
- The Lease Versus Purchase Decision, Management Accounting. Reprinted
in IEEE Engineering Management Review, September, 1990, p.64-68.
- Should You Use Transfer Pricing to Create Pseudo-Profit Centers? Management
Accounting. Reprinted in Annotated Management Accounting Readings, Ed. Donald K. Clacy; Dane Publications, Inc., Houston, 1986.
- Should You Use Transfer Pricing to Create Pseudo-Profit Centers? Management
Accounting. Reprinted in Readings in Cost Accounting, Budgeting, and Control, Sixth Edition, Ed. William G. Thomas, Jr.; South-Western Publishing Company, Cincinnati, 1982.
- CPA Firm Turnover: Why Accountants Leave, Virginia Accountant. Reprinted in the Journal of Accountancy, July, 1982, p.100 (This is an excerpt from the article in the Virginia Accountants, March, 1982.)
- Should you Use Transfer Pricing to Create Pseudo-Profit Centers? Management
Accounting. Reprinted in Advanced Management Report, May, 1981, p.10-12.
- Transfer Pricing: Techniques and Uses. Management Accounting. Reprinted
in the Journal of Marketing, Abstracts Section, Summer, 1981.
- Flexible Budgeting for the Independent Agency, CPCU Journal. Reprinted in
Agency Management Operations, Society of Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriters, 1979, p.61-67.
- Profitability Analysis by Product Line, Best's Review. Reprinted in the
Texas Insurer, July/August, 1978, p.24-28.
- Managerial Behavior and Operating Budgets, National Public Accountants. Reprinted in Accountants Index. September,
1974.
*For a reference to the original publication, see
Refereed Articles
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Research Monograph
- Transfer Pricing: Techniques and Uses, National Association of
Accountants (Institute of Management Accountants): New York, 1980; 154 pages with James Don Edwards. (This monograph was funded by the NAA)
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"Trends in Accounting Education Columns"
Management
Accounting
- Why Are Students Underprepared for Product Costing? April, 1995, p.63.
- Teachers Behavior Inventory, March, 1992, p.58-59.
- Teaching and Learning with Microcomputers, September, 1991, p.60.
- Scholarly Productivity and Teaching Effectiveness, December, 1990, with
Dr. Brad Roof.
- An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Correct Grammar 2.0, Grammatik IV,
and RightWriter 3.1 in Improving Technical Writing, October and November,
1990, with Ronald Nelson.
- Improving Teaching, May, 1990, p.72.
- Be A Better Teacher, April, 1990, p.56-57.
- A Challenge to Our Readers: The Grade Point Average of Accounting Majors,
September, 1989, p.51.
- Accounting Faculty and Computers, August, 1988, p.62.
- Computer-Based Accounting Education in Business, May, 1988, p.72, with Dr.
Robert N. Holt, Jr.
- Sequencing Questions: What is the effect? April, 1988, p.60.
- Measuring Quality Teaching, Part 1 - January, 1988, p.61, Part 2 - February
1988, p.40-41.
- A Critical Look at Mailed Questionnaires, December, 1987, p.61-62.
- Continuing Education for Employees? September, 1987, p.55.
- How Important is Academic Research? August, 1987, p.63-64.
- Teaching the Basic Management Accounting Course: How Should We Rate Our
Efforts? July, 1987, p.54-55.
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