Dr. Charles Brandon
 

Contact

Office:             Mauney 208
Office phone:  828 328-7198
Email:             charles.brandon@lrc.edu

Education

         Ph.D. Accounting, University of Georgia

         M.S. Accounting, Florida State University  

         B.S. Accounting, Florida State University  

 Teaching Experience

       Professor, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL     

•  Managerial accounting, financial accounting, financial statement analysis, activity-based costing, business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, for full-time and executive MBAs.

• Director of the Global Business Practicum 1992 to 1995. Responsible for developing and managing international projects in Ireland, Spain, Mexico, France and Germany .

• Director of the Domestic Business Practicum. Developed and administered program from its inception in 1997 to 2000.

• Implemented Six-Sigma program resulting in Green Belt certification.        

       Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL             
Cost accounting for undergraduates and managerial accounting for MBAs.  

         Visiting Associate Professor, Baruch College , City University of New York    
Cost accounting for undergraduates and managerial accounting for MBAs.  

         Visiting Associate Professor, Boston University, overseas program                      

European Master Program in Business. Managerial accounting, financial accounting, and financial management for MBA level in Germany, Italy, and Germany.  

         Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI                 
Managerial accounting for MBAs and undergraduate cost accounting.  

         Assistant Professor, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO    
Managerial accounting, financial accounting and managerial finance at the MBA level.

Teaching Specialties  

	Managerial Accounting
	Financial Accounting
	Activity-Based Costing
	Business Valuations
	Mergers and Acquisitions

Publications

Textbook:

·         Management Accounting: Strategy and Control, with Ralph Drtina, Irwin/ McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1997.  

Journals:

·         Flexible Strategies -- Implications for Planning & Control, co-authored, chapter in Global Business Trends: Contemporary Readings , 1996 ed., The Academy of Business Administration.

·         Consensus Forecasting Using Relative Error Weights, co-authored, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Volume 12, Number 1, 1994, pp. 37-41.

·         Winter Park Brewing Company, co-authored, Cases in Managerial Accounting, Advanced Edition. Eldon J. Gardner (ed.), 1990. Third Prize Winner in the International Case Writing Competition, University of Lethbridge , 1988.

·         A Comparative Study of Forecasting Accuracy of Holt-Winters and Economic Indicators of EPS for Financial Decision Making, co-authored, Special Issues On Financial Forecasting, Managerial Finance, 1987.

·         Comparing Forecast Accuracy for Exponential Smoothing Models of Earnings Per Share Data for Financial Decision Making, co-authored, Decision Sciences., Spring, 1986.

·         Using Modeling Languages in Managerial Accounting: An Example of Pricing Decisions, co-authored,  Journal of Accounting Education, Spring 1986.

·         Improving Accuracy of Forecasts by a Cost Effective Method, co-authored, Futures, February 1986.

·         Forecasting Earnings Per Share, co-authored, Journal of Business Forecasting, Fall, 1986.

·         Model Specification: A Reply, co-authored, Annals of Tourism Research, 1985.

·         Combining Forecasts Based on Weighing Scheme, co-authored, Journal of Business Forecasting, Winter 1984-85.

·         Combining Time-Series and Econometric Forecasts of Tourism Activity, co-authored, Annals of Tourism Research, 1984.

·         Revising Forecasts of Accounting Earnings: A Comparison with the Box-Jenkins Method, co-authored,  Management Science, February 1983.

·         What to do with a Bad Forecast, co-authored, Journal of Business Forecasting, Winter, 1983-84. Reprinted in: Understanding Business Forecasting: A Manager's Guide, 1985.

 ·    Econometric Forecasts: Evaluation and Revision, co-authored, Applied Economics,

·         On the Predictability of Growth in Earnings Per Share, co-authored, The Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 1983.

·         Revising Earnings Per Share Forecasts: An Empirical Study, co-authored, Management Science, March, 1979.

·         Experimenting with Students' Ability to Forecast, co-authored, The Accounting Review, July, 1977.

·         Accuracy of Externally Prepared Forecasts, co-authored, Review of Business and Economic Research, Fall, 1977.

·         Grade Inflation in Accounting?, co-authored, The Woman CPA, October, 1977.

·         A Suggested Approach to Forecast Improvement, co-authored, Business and Economic Perspectives, Fall, 1977.

·         Evaluating Accounting Forecasts, co-authored, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Autumn, 1976.

·         A Further Note on the Role of Assumptions in Case Studies, Decision Line, Fall, 1976.

·         A Suggested Social Responsibility Financial Statement, co-authored, Certificate of Merit Winner. Management Accounting, November, 1975.

·         Accuracy of Forecasts in Annual Reports, co-authored, Financial Review, 1974. Reprinted in: The CFA Digest, Summer, 1975.  

Consulting Experience  

             Business Valuations

             Business Damages

 
Certifications and Memberships

       Certified Public Accountant, State of Florida

        American Accounting Association

      Institute of Management Accountants

         Cost Management Group of IMA

        Florida Institute of CPA's