Monash University
Address: Room 130A, 100 Clyde Road, Phone: +61 3 9904 7041
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Monash University
Address: Room 130A, 100 Clyde Road, Phone: +61 3 9904 7041
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Mahendra is a Lecturer in Accounting & Finance, Monash University Berwick Campus. He is also the CPA Australia's Campus Liaison Officer at Berwick campus. Mahendra is also AF Department's representative of B.Bus.Com. Coordinator and B.Bus.Com. Course Advisory Group member in 2010. Mahendra has also been worked as a Deputy Course Director of Bachelor of Business and Commerce, Faculty of Business and Economics - Berwick during 2000-2005. Mahendra's teaching area covers Financial Accounting Issues and Accounting Theory. His research interests are in the field of financial reporting issues. Mahendra is a member of several national and international academic and professional accounting bodies. He has been a Treasurer of International Accounting Group of Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) since 1992. Mahendra has held academic positions at the Southern Cross University; University of New England; Graduate School of Management and Public Policy - University of Sydney; University of Otago - New Zealand; and University of Rajasthan - India. Mahendra's personal interests are in the Yoga, Meditation, Volleyball, Cricket, Tennis and Morning Walks. He is in search for true knowledge by reading "Ramayan, Gita, Bhagavatams", etc and by visiting Temples (SV, HK) and listen discourses. He is married to Sunita and has two dedicated sons: Dr Chatar Sal Goyal (married with Vandana Goyal and has a daughter Radhika) working as a Orthopedic surgeon at the Eastern Health Medical hospital Melbourne and Mahi Pal Goyal (married with Ruchi Goyal) has its own practices as an Optometrist at Pakenham and Berwick. |
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
National Institute of Accountants
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
The Research Development Association - Jaipur
Punjab Journal of Business Studies
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Recent and selected publications
"Exploring the Relationships between University Course Branding, Length of Study and Employment Outcomes in Undergraduate Tourism Education", Tourism Recreation Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007, pp.7-19, co-authored with Professor Betty Weiler.
"A Comparative Study of Corporate Disclosure Issues in Emerging Economies", The Journal of Accounting & Finance, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2007, pp. 67-80, co-authored with Dr Shahadat Khan.
"Brand matters – Business degree branding proves popular with employers", Monash Business Review, Vol.2, No. 3, 2006, pp.38-40, co-authored with Professor Bettey Weiler.
“A Comparative Study of the Pricing of Audit Services in Emerging Economies”, International Journal of Auditing , Vol. 9, No. 2, pp.103-116, 2005, co-authored with Professor Kamran Ahmed.
“A Survey on Popularity of the Direct Method of Cashflow Reporting”, The Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research , Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 41-52, 2004.
“Forecasting Cash Flow Model”, The International Journal of Finance , Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 2363-2373, 2002, co-authored with Dr . Rabiul Alam Beg.
“Disclosure of Operating Cashflow Per Share – A Significant Improvement on Current Practice”, Journal of Accounting and Finance , Vol. 13, No. 2, September, pp. 39-50 1999.
“Span of Control, Task Interdependence and Usefulness of MAS Information in Not-for-Profit Government Organizations”, Financial Accountability and Management (FAM) , Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter, pp. 249-266, 1991, co-authored with Professor Lokman Mia.
Honours Research Supervision
Accounting students’ perceptions of corporate annual reports (co-supervisor: Dr Lisa Powell), Mr. Lefeng (Leo) Liang, 2009.
Walking the sustainability talk: environmental accountability and leadership action (co-supervisor: Dr Ruvendra Nandan), Ms Sesilia Posi, 2009.
An Examination of the Relationship between Accounting Students’ Spreadsheet Competency and Current Industry Expectations, Mr. Allen Tan, 2007.
The Analysis of Profitability in the Extractive Industry from the Adoption of Australian International Financial Reporting Standards, Ms Diane Rodrigo, 2006.
Accounting Harmonisation in a Developing, Transitional Country: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ms Mia Buljubasic, 2006.
Other Publications
Test Bank 2006 – An Electronic Multiple Choice Question Bank accompanied by Issues in Financial Accounting by Henderson and Peirson – Peirson Education Austrlia.
“Graduate Tracking Survey Final Report”, co-authored with Professor Betty Weiler, Monash Berwick Campus, May, pp.1-12, 2005.
Max-Mark Book 2005 – An Electronic Multiple Choice Question Bank (author: Mahendra K Goyal) accompanied with Australian Corporate Accounting by Sims and Clift, McGraw Hill – Australia .
“Analysis of Performance Indicators and Information Sources – The Australian and Indian Electricity Industries”. Chapter Six in Mita Bhattacharya, Russell Smyth and Marika Vicziany (eds.). South Asia in the Era of Globalization: Trade, Industrialisation and Welfare , Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York , pp. 71-86, 2004.
“Cash Flow Statements - Concept, Requirement, Construction and Interpretation”. Chapter Three in P.Mohana Rao and A.K. Pramanik (eds.). Current Issues in Accounting , ISBN 81-7391-048-0, Kanishka Publishers, pp. 40-64, 1994.
“Getting their Measure: EPS or OCF/S? Depends on your Point of View”, JASSA (Journal of the Securities Institute of Australia ), Issue 4, Summer, pp. 26-30, 1999, co-authored with Mr M.W.Zhang.
“Measuring Per Share: How Useful?”, Australian Accountant , Vol. 67, No. 11, December, pp. 53-55, 1997.
“Management Control - Government Administrative Systems Scrutinised”, Accountants' Journal , July, pp. 44-47, 1990, co-authored with Mr M.N.Miah.
"Application of Debt-Equity Ratio to Apex Cooperative Banks", Indian Cooperative Review, Vol. XXII, No. 3, January, pp. 309-313, 1985.
"Cash Ratio of Apex Cooperative Banks - An Important Tool to Measure Short Term Solvency", The Maharashtra Co-operative Quarterly, Vol. LXVIII, No. 1, July, pp. 1-2, 1984.
"Deposit Mobilisation by Apex Cooperative Banks in India",
Indian Cooperative Review, Vol. XVII, No. 1, October, pp. 13-17, 1979.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS:
"A Comparative Study of Disclosure Issues of Financial, Environmental and Social Responsibility in Emerging Economics", research paper presented at the International Conference on Emerging Issues in Accounting, Information Technology, Business & Management held at the Research Development Association, Jaipur - India during January 9-10, 2006.
"A Comparative Study of Disclosure Issues of Financial, Environmental and Social Responsibility in Emerging Economies", research paper presented at the Nirma International Conference On Management (NICOM-2006) on "Managing Finance & Growth - Emerging Issue & Challenges" held at the Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad - India during January 2-4, 2006.
“A Comparative Study of Pricing of Audit Services in Emerging Economics”, American Academy of Accounting and Finance at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11th to 14th December, 2003. co-authored with Dr Kamran Ahmed.
"A Survey on Direct and Indirect Approach to Cashflow Reporting", Fourth International Conference on Management of Finance & International Accounting Issues, Jaipur, India, January 2001.
"Performance Indicators in the Australian Electricity Industry", Proceedings of the Asian Academic Accounting Association (AAAA), Inaugural World Conference, Singapore Management University, Singapore, August 2000.
"Sources of Information Affecting Performance Indicators in the Australian Electricity Industry", Proceedings of the First International Power and Energy Conference, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Australia, November 1999.
"The Usefulness of Earnings Per Share and Operating Cashflow Per Share for Performance Measures", presented at the AAANZ conference at Adelaide on 7th July 1998.
"A Theoretical Model of Earnings, Dividends, Returns, and Cash Flows", presented at the 18th Annual European Accounting Association Congress, Conference at International Convention Centre, Birmingham, UK, 11 May 1995.
FULL WRITTEN PAPERS - NON-REFEREED:
"Operating Cashflow Per Share - A Significant Improvement On Current Practice", Working Paper No. ACC1/97 School of Business and Electronic Commerce, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, March, ISBN 0 909170 86 X, 1997.
"Electronic Banking", presented at Technical Session H68, Australian Society of CPAs Congress 1996, Melbourne 25th October 1996.
"A Theoretical Model of Earnings, Dividends, Returns, and Cash Flows", Working Paper No. 94-25 Faculty of Business & Computing, Southern Cross University, Lismore, November 1994.
"Management Control Systems in Government Administrative Departments - Some Preliminary Findings," Working Paper No. 71 School of Business, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, May 1990.
"Accounting Methods in Cooperative Societies", Sahakar Darshak Weekly, May 31, pp. 3-4, 1984.
"State and Central Cooperative Banks - A Practical Auditing", Raj News Fortnightly, December 15, p. 2, 1983.
"Analysis of Cost of Management of State Cooperative Banks", Sahakar Darshak Weekly, December 1, pp. 4-5, 1983.
(Last updated May 2010)
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE