CPE Session 14: Sunday, August 3, 8:00 AM
– 12:00 PM
Creating Strategic Responses to Risks Facing
Accounting Education
Description/Objectives:
| Topic |
Objectives and
Content |
I. Introduction
to KPMG’s BMP Model
(20 minutes)
|
This session introduces
KPMG’s Business Measurement Process
(BMP) Model and discusses how the firm developed
this holistic risk assessment framework
to manage risks and provide client solutions.
Participants learn how the model categorizes
business risks in terms of strategic, process,
and measurement issues. |
II. Application
of BMP to Accounting Education Today
(100 minutes)
|
This session adapts the
BMP to identify over 100 specific major
strategic, process, and measurement risks
facing accounting programs. Specific examples
highlight the controllable risks
that accounting faculty can manage and unmasks
potential hidden opportunities for improving
educational processes and executing substantive
curriculum change. This session provides
direction for accounting departments facing
challenges driven by dynamic markets, AASCB
accreditation standards, university initiatives,
senior administrators, and resource constraints. |
III.
Assessing Risk at Your Institution
(105 minutes)
|
This interactive session
shows participants how to use the BMP framework
to identify and prioritize risks at their
institution. Participants will engage in
a risk assessment exercise, share findings,
and propose feasible strategies for managing
critical risks. This session illustrates
an effective format for structuring actual
strategic planning meetings and curriculum
change initiatives. Participants will find
the session very useful in preparing for
re-accreditation under the AACSB’s
revised standards and processes. |
Format/Structure:
The first two sessions will follow primarily
a lecture format, followed by a third hands-on
risk assessment workshop. Each session will
be highly interactive, with participant questions
and experience sharing encouraged. Much of the
technical content will be based on actual experiences
in executing and managing curriculum change.
This is a practical seminar that demonstrates
how KPMG’s BMP process can be used by
accounting educators to strategically assess
risks facing their departments. It is expected
that the three sessions (listed above) will
run a total of 4 hours, including a 15-minute
break.
Intended Audience:
This program will appeal to a very broad constituency.
Any senior administrator or faculty member interested
in strategic planning and/or effecting successful
curriculum change will find the applied nature
of this program to be invaluable. Participants
will appreciate the seminar for the insights,
interaction, practical guidance, and useful
framework that it offers in managing the risks
facing accounting education today.
Presenters:
Anthony H. Catanach, Jr., Villanova University
Noah P. Barsky, Villanova University
Bette M. Kozlowski, KPMG LLP |
