To complete the Article Research Paper due in Week 6, please select a topic from the list provided below.

1. Evolution      of Management Accounting
2. The      Role of Ethics in Managerial Accounting
3. Decision      Management
4. Balanced      Scorecard
5. Historical      Cost in Accounting
6. Lean      Accounting Systems
7. Responsibility      Accounting
8. Opportunity      Costs
9. Job-Order      Costing Systems
10. Process      Costing Systems
11. Activity-Based      Costing
12. Activity-Based      Management
13. Cost      Behavior Pattern Analysis
14. Cost      Estimation and Analysis Methods
15. Cost-Volume-Profit      Analysis
16. Managing      and Measuring Quality Costs
17. Budgeting      and the Budgeting Process in Organizations
18. Flexible      Budgeting
19. Responsibility      Accounting
20. The      Balanced Scorecard
21. Other      managerial accounting-related topics (by approval of the professor) 

Article Research Paper Instructions:

Article Research Papers and Posting: This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.

The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.

Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition, the instructor has provided additional resources, including a research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course.

Assignment Requirements:

1. Choose      a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by      your professor.
2. Research/find      a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different      peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the      Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be      relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant      articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5)      years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to      the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
3. Write      a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing      the findings on your specific topic in your own words. Note –      paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s).
4. Structure      your paper as follows:
   1. Cover       page
   2. Overview describing the importance of the research topic       to current business and professional practice in your own words
   3. Review       of the Literature summarized       in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of       literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with       direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the       major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with       appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly.       Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a       requirement; just a general observation).
   4. Practical       Application of the literature.       Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can       shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice       related to your chosen topic.
   5. Conclusion in your own words
   6. References formatted according to APA style requirements
5. Attach      your paper to the Discussion board by the Friday due date (150      points). Note: be sure to provide your paper as a Microsoft Word      document attached to your submission in the discussion forum. You      should also copy and paste the contents of your paper as the body of your      post to make it easier for students to review and read.

Read and respond to at least four (4) other student postings by the Sunday due date (20 points).