In this final session, Dr. Karen Shastri helps us synthesize all that we’ve learned about non-profit financial records in previous sessions to enable a sound financial analysis. Dr. Shastri serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management and has been on the Editorial Board for Research in Healthcare Financial Management, and an ad hoc reviewer for accounting-related journals and conferences.
Dr. Shastri has been actively involved in research related to internal management accounting practices. One of her current studies focuses on firms that do not utilize budgeting as part of their management information system. A recent study examined firms’ budgeting processes to assess the value-added from these processes as well as identify best practices while another published paper focuses on firms that do not use budgets as a management tool.Additionally, she has been involved in d a case write-up on real options and capital budgeting.