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Thomas L. Zeller
Title: Professor
Office #: 524
Phone: 312-915-7626
E-mail: tzeller@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy
Kent State University, 1991
Primary Concentration: Business Administration, Accounting
Secondary Concentrations: Strategic Management, Statistics

M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, 1987
Concentration: General Business

B.B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Eastern Washington University, 1981
Major: Professional Accounting

Research Interests

  • Annual report trends and techniques
  • Activity-based costing
  • Tools and techniques to improve student level of learning

Professional Associations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
  • American Accounting Association 
  • Illinois CPA Society

Professional Activities

Consulting: Activity-based costing in health care and e-business

Awards

  • 2001-2002 School of Business Administration Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year Award
  • Dean's List as one of the Top MBA Faculty - post 1996: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Dean's List as one of the Top Third Undergraduate Faculty - post 1996: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
  • 1995-1996 Arthur Andersen & Company Alumni Faculty Fellow
  • Loyola University Chicago faculty representative at the American Accounting Association 1992 New Faculty Consortium
  • Kent State University doctoral candidate representative at the American Accounting Association 1990 Doctoral Consortium
  • Beta Gamma Sigma - International Business Honor Society; 1982

Courses Taught

  • Accounting information systems at the graduate and undergraduate levels
  • Cost/managerial accounting at the graduate and undergraduate levels
  • Strategic Management at the undergraduate level
  • Executive M.B.A. program – teaching financial and strategic cost management
  • Executive M.B.A. program – coordinate and teach first and last residency weeks with a strategic management focus
  • Executive M.B.A. program – co-coordinate international trip to China,
  • Various financial/managerial accounting and strategic management courses in Executive Education Programs
  • Financial accounting at the undergraduate level, 1991 - 1994
  • C.P.A review program

Research Listings


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"How Risky Are Your Capital Expenditures?," Strategic Finance, 2005 , Co-Authors: Brian B. Stanko, CPA, PhD

"The New Age of Financial Reporting," Business & Economic Review , 50, no. 3 (Apr-Jun 2004): p. 3-12 2004 , Co-Authors: Stanko, Brian B

"Strategic Alignment Map: A Program Management Tool ," Journal of Executive Education, Volume 2, Number 1 2003 , Co-Authors: Paul Jensen, Roberta Jannsen, Enrique Venta

"Focused E-tail Measurement and Resource Management," Business Horizons, Jan-Feb, Vol. 45, No. 1 2002 , Co-Authors: D. Kublank

"How art.comTM Uses ABC to Succeed," Strategic Finance, Vol. LXXXII, No. 9 2001 , Co-Authors: D. Kublank, P. Makris

"Activity-Based Cost Accounting for the Practicing Surgeon: A Primer," Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vol. 11, No. 2 2000 , Co-Authors: A. Senagore

"Measuring and Managing E-Retailing with Activity-Based Costing," Journal of Cost Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, January/February 2000

"Using Activity-based Costing to Track Resource Use in Group Practices," Healthcare Financial Management, Vol. 53, No. 9 1999 , Co-Authors: G. Siegel, G. Kaciuba, A.Hing Ling Lau

"Manage Indirect Practice Expense The Way You Practice Medicine: With Information," Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Vol. 42, No. 5 1999 , Co-Authors: A. Senagore, G. Siegel

"Purchasing Power Parity and the Foreign Currency Translation Problem," Corporate Controller, Vol. 11, No. 2 1999 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko, S. Makar

"The ABCs of EPS," Business & Economic Review, Vol. 44, No. 3 1998 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"A New Perspective on Hospital Financial Ratio Analysis," Healthcare Financial , Vol. 51, No. 11 1997 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko and W. Cleverley

"The Role of Supply Management in Achieving World-Class Manufacturing," Target: Innovation At Work, Vol. 13, No. 4 1997

"Health Care Industry Cash Flow Ratio Analysis: An Efficiency and Sufficiency Perspective," Hospital Cost Management and Accounting, Vol. 8, No. 10 1997 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Reliability of Foreign Currency Translation Information Under the Temporal Rate Method: A Problem with SFAS No. 52," International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 2, No. 4 1996 , Co-Authors: S. Makar and B. Stanko

"A Revised Classification Pattern of Hospital Financial Ratios," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 15, No. 2 1996 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko and W. Cleverley

"Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities: Implications for Commercial Carriers," Journal of Transportation Management, Vol VIII, No. 1 1996 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Integrating Cash Flow and Accrual Accounting in the Classroom: Why, When and How.," Communicator, May 1996 , Co-Authors: G. Porter

"Comprehensive Course Planning: An Illustration," Accounting Instructor�s Report, Vol. XVI, Spring 1996 , Co-Authors: Ivo Ph. Jansen

"Environmental Liability in Financial Reporting," Business & Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 1996 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Achieving Market Excellence Through Quality: The Case of Ford Motor Company," Business Horizons, Vol. 38, No. 3 1995 , Co-Authors: D. Gillis

"Measures To Help You Competitively Walk That Talk," Target: Innovation At Work, Vol. 10, No. 6, 1994

"Operating Cash Flow Ratios Measure A Retails Firm's ," The Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 10, No. 4 1994 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Financial Ratios for the Commercial Banking Industry: Do They Measure What You Think?," Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol. XX , No.1 1994 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"ABCs of ABC," Target: Innovation At Work, Vol. 10, No. 2 1994

"Cash Flow and the New Taxonomy of Financial Ratios for Manufacturing Firms," The Southern Business and Economic Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 1994 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Cash Flow Ratios To Measure Liquidity And Performance For Transportation Manufacturing Firms," Journal of Transportation Management, Vol. V, No. 2 1993 , Co-Authors: B. Stanko

"Estimating Investment Growth Rate and Conditional Internal Rate of Return," The Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 9, No. 4 1993 , Co-Authors: H. K. McMath

"Activity-Based Management: An Approach to Managing Your Organization," Target: Innovation At Work, Vol. 9, No. 3 1993 , Co-Authors: L. Tonkin

"An Analysis Of Performance, Liquidity, Coverage and Capital Ratios From The Statement Of Cash Flows," Akron Business and Economic Review, Vol. 22, No. 1 1991 , Co-Authors: R. Figlewicz

"New Investing and Financing Activity Ratios from the Statement of Cash Flows Enhance Traditional Ratio Analysis in Assessing Future Cash Flows," Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business: Special Accounting & Tax Issue, Vol. 26, No. 2 1990 , Co-Authors: R. Figlewicz

"Ratios from The Statement of Cash Flows Complement Traditional Analysis," Financial Management, Vol. 17, No. 4 1988 , Co-Authors: R. Figlewicz


PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
"How to Measure Financial Success," Business & Technology Solutions Show, August 24-25, 2004 2004

"Annual Report Evaluation," CLTV, October 15 2003 , Co-presenting: Brian B. Stanko

"Accounting Issues for the Medical Professional," 24th Annual AUGS Scientific Meeting in Hollywood Florida, September 2003

"Enhancing Your CMED Learning Experience through S.A.M. (Strategy Alignment Map), ," 25th Annual Conference on Management and Executive Development, November 22-24 2002

"Reporting and the Cost to Practicing Medicine," American Urogynecology Society annual meeting, October 12-19 2002

"Activity-based Costing for a Medical Practice - Panel Discussion," American Urogynecology Society annual meeting, October 12-19 2002

"Lecture at Beijing University to MBA and EMBA students on financial earnings management issues," May 2002

"Measure and Manage E-Business Resource Consumption," Cost Management Systems 2nd Quarter CMS Program Meeting, , June 2001

"Application of Activity-based Costing in Health Care," Cleveland Clinic Foundation, June 2001

"Measure and Manage E-Business Resource Consumption," AICPA/CAM-I Cost Management Symposium, May 2001

"Case presentation linking theory, practice, e-business and relevant practical experience," AACSB Annual Meeting, April 2001

"Service Industry Panel Expert ," ABC Technologies Inc. User Group Conference, October 2000

"Measure and Manage E-Business Resource Consumption," ABC Technologies Inc. User Group Conference, October 2000

"How to Build and Implement ABC Systems," American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, August 2000

"Activity Based Cost Techniques in Relationship to Revenue Generated by Code Utilization," The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting – Socioeconomic Update, June 2000

"How to Build and Implement ABC Systems," American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, August 1999

"Implementing Activity Based Costing in Healthcare: Implications for Research, Teaching, and Policy," Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, October 1998

"Run Your Practice Like You Practice Medicine: A Science," DePaul School of Accountancy, Spring 1998 Research Workshop Series, Chicago, IL, , May 1998

"Activity Based Costing for the Health Care Provider.," Physician Leadership Series. Dayton, Ohio, March 1998

"The Use Of Cash Flow From Operations As A Measure Of Strategic Performance," Academy of Management 49th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, August 1998 , Co-presenting: A. Mendelow

"Activity Based Costing for the Health Care Provider," Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Physician Leadership Program, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1997

"Activity Based Costing for the Health Care Provider," 1997 American Accounting Association Annual Convention, Dallas, TX, August 1997

"Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities: Implications for Commercial Carriers," Delta Nu Alpha�s 55th Annual Transportation Education Conference, San Diego, CA, September 14-15 1995 , Co-presenting: B. Stanko

"Bringing Technology and the Real World into the Classroom," 36th Annual Illinois Accounting Teachers' Conference, Loyola University Chicago, October 1995 , Co-presenting: G. Porter

"The Validity of an Operating Cash Flow Rate of Return As a Parsimonious Proxy for Firm Economic Performance," Sixth Annual Michigan-Ontario Finance and Accounting Conference, Wayne State University, February 25 1994 , Co-presenting: R. Figlewicz

"Accounting Program Admissions Test (APAT) At Kent State University," AICPA Personnel Testing Subcommittee Workshop, Perrysburg, Ohio, May 1990 , Co-presenting: D. Fetyko

"The Use Of Cash Flow From Operations As A Measure Of Strategic Performance," Kent State University, Graduate School of Management, Policy and Strategy Department Meeting, September 1989 , Co-presenting: A. Mendelow


BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Introduction To The Corporate Annual Report (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) , 2004 , Co-Authors: Brian Stanko

Understanding The Corporate Annual Report: A User's Guide, University Edition (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) , 2003 , Co-Authors: Brian Stanko

Understanding Corporate Annual Reports: A User's Guide (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) , 2003 , Co-Authors: Brian Stanko

A Physician�s Guide to Financial Statements (American College of Physician Executives) , 2002 , Co-Authors: Stanko, Senagore

Applying Activity-based Costing in Healthcare (The IMA Foundation for Applied Research, Inc. An affiliated of the Institute of Management Accountants, Montvale, New Jersey ) , 1999 , Co-Authors: Several


CONTRIBUTIONS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"Fundamental Accounting Principles, 15th ed," (Irwin/McGraw-Hill), 1999 , Co-Authors: Larson, Wild and Chiappetta,


BOOK REVIEWS
Daniel Burstein, "Turning the Tables," Simon & Schuster, 1993

H. Thomas Johnson, "Relevance Regained," Free Press, 1992


OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY
"Understand How Resources are Consumed," EMBA Class visit to Loyola University Chicago at University of Piraeus, December 2003

"'Nazi Approach' Doesn't Work," Fortune Magazine: Letters to Fortune, June 28 1993