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"There are many strategies, but only one way to gain competitive advantage: deliver more value in less time than your competitor. To succeed in the new global economy, every employee should stay focused on two issues - how do I create more value to the customer and shareholder, and how do I reduce the time in which to do it?"

 

 

 

 
Kavasseri V. Ramanathan
Professor Emeritus of Accounting


PhD, Northwestern University, 1970
MBA, Northwestern University, 1962
B Com, Calcutta University, 1954
FICWA, Fellow, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, 1958



Phone:   
 206-543-4378 Mailing Address:
Fax:
 206-543-9875 Michael G. Foster School of Business
Office:
Email:
 257 Mackenzie Hall
kramnath@u.washington.edu
 Accounting Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     
Faculty Personal Web Page:   http://faculty.washington.edu/kramnath


Specialties

    Strategic planning, cost management, budgetary control systems, process improvement.

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1969
    Professor at the Indian Institute of Management (1964-66)
    Visiting professor at the University of Auckland, Harvard University, New York University, and Simon Fraser University
    Visiting fellow at the Australian National University and Monash University
    Industry experience (1949-1960)

Selected Publications

  • "The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group: Design Process Evolution," with K.A. Brown, and T. Schmidt, Strategic Management, 4th ed., C.W.L. Hill and G.R.Jones, 1998.

  • "Othello Corporation (A) and Instructor's Guide," Advanced Management Accounting, 3rd edition, R.S. Kaplan and A.A. Atkinson, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,NJ, 1998.

  • "Competing in a Global Economy: New Challenges in Cost Management and Education," Research Bulletin, July 1995.

  • "Perceived Social Needs, Outcomes Measurement and Budgetary Responsiveness in a Not-For-Profit Setting: Some Empirical Evidence," with R. Todd, The Accounting Review, June 1994.

  • Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations: Text and Cases, John Wiley and Sons, 1982.

  • Accounting for Managerial Decision Making, with D. DeCoster and G. Sundem, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1978.

Current Research

    Yoga principles of management.

Honors and Awards

    The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, New Delhi dedicated in my name its Center for Excellence in Management and Cost Accounting (January 5, 2006)
    MBA Professor of the Year (1982)
    Fulbright Scholarship (1960)

Selected Consulting Experience

  • Boeing, Tektronix, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, and others, executive seminars to help decentralized managers focus on firm-wide shareholder value creation.

Academic Service

    Chairman of the Department of Accounting (2002-2005)
    Director of Russian programs (1992-94)
    Founder-Director of UW Executive MBA Program (1982-86)
    Past Chairman of several American Accounting Association committees




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