Chris Kandunias is a Senior Lecturer in UniSA Business. He has extensive experience in a variety of areas in Accounting but specialises in delivering Auditing in all modes for the University. He is co-ordinator for the undergraduate Auditing courses delivered in various modes by UniSA Business.
Chris has worked for UniSA since 1998 and has been involved with Open University (OUA) since 2002.
Chris is currently completing a PhD focusing on the assessment of the financial viability of Australian Rules Football Clubs and the importance of considering information other than financial when assessing the ability of an AFL club to continue to operate within the requirements of the business world and in light of the impact of Covid-19 on the... Read more
About me
Chris Kandunias is a Senior Lecturer in UniSA Business. He has extensive experience in a variety of areas in Accounting but specialises in delivering Auditing in all modes for the University. He is co-ordinator for the undergraduate Auditing courses delivered in various modes by UniSA Business.
Chris has worked for UniSA since 1998 and has been involved with Open University (OUA) since 2002.
Chris is currently completing a PhD focusing on the assessment of the financial viability of Australian Rules Football Clubs and the importance of considering information other than financial when assessing the ability of an AFL club to continue to operate within the requirements of the business world and in light of the impact of Covid-19 on the Australian Business environment. He has published in a variety of areas including education, supply chain management and franchising.
About me
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Economics The University of Adelaide
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia, 1998-Present
Tutor/Lecturer in the School of Commerce, Flinders University of South Australia, 1991-2001
Assessment of the financial performance of Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL), Sports financial management. Identification of social intangibles and their impact on the decision making of stakeholders of major sporting organisations. Education and social media.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Kandunias, C. ‘Assessing the Viability of Australian Football Clubs as Going Concerns from 1980-2010: Towards a Sustainable Reporting Model’ 7th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Kobe, Japan, July 2013
Kandunias, C. The Impact of the 1985 VFL Task Force and its Role in Driving the Creation of a National Football Competition in Australia, "Worlds of Football II Conference", Melbourne, November, 2012.
Heng M, Fiedler BA and Kandunias C, 2005 'Implications of Supply Chain Management for Accounting Information Systems', Ninth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2005) pp1037-1045.
Laws T.A., Fiedler BA., Parker B., Hall P., Kandunias C, 2010 'Understanding educators' knowledge of, and support needs for students with a mental health problem', presented at the 21st International Networking Education in Healthcare Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, September.
Kandunias, C. Accounting for intangible assets - Web presence - the birth of a new asset, School of Commerce research paper series; 2000/3
Australian Taxation Index, Oz Tax Australia's first Taxation Index (Co-founder 1995)
Kandunias, C. Accounting for Franchises in Australia, The Outlook, Volume V, No. 1, Fall 1994
Research
Assessment of the financial performance of Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL), Sports financial management. Identification of social intangibles and their impact on the decision making of stakeholders of major sporting organisations. Education and social media.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2017 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2016 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2015 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2014 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2013 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2012 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2011 |
Consultant, Advisor and Committee MemberGreek Orthodox Community, Adelaide - Inter Community Committee of Australia |
2010 |
UniSA Business School Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards: Teaching Commendation (2018, 2019 & 2020)
In 2010, Chris Kandunias, received an Open Universities Australia (OUA) Tutor Excellence Award. These awards are given to tutors who have received exceptional student feedback, and who have contributed positively towards the future of online education by participating in the OUA Tutor Support Management program. Chris was one of just four award recipients across Australia that year.
Teaching & student supervision
