This paper examines current accounting and finance professionals’ preferences regarding the type ... more This paper examines current accounting and finance professionals’ preferences regarding the type of degree acquired by beginning professional accounting staff prior to employment within their organization. Specifically, we investigated to what extent a double undergraduate degree in accounting and information systems was identified as a desired degree for entry level in the field. The survey population was 2,300 individuals who were members of a large, regional CPA society in south Texas, members of the Institute of Management Accountants in the same area, or employers who had interviewed prospective employees on St. Mary’s University’s campus during the previous three years. While accounting was the preferred single major, 39% of 104 respondents who identified a second discipline, preferred the double major of accounting and information systems. Of this set of respondents, 75% were employed in industry, finance, government, or “other” rather than in public accounting firms.
Current accounting professionals were surveyed regarding their perceived value of information sys... more Current accounting professionals were surveyed regarding their perceived value of information systems (IS) classes in preparing accounting students for the work place. The respondents were requested to identify relative importance, in terms of depth of coverage of IS topics in university courses. The topics and skills included programming languages, hardware, office software, database, networks, operating systems, project management, web design and others. The differences between accountants that worked for CPA firms and accountants that worked in industry were analyzed. The results will be useful in developing IS curriculum content for accounting information courses (AIS) and in IS courses that support accounting majors.
... Louis Community College at Florissant Valley Mark Bezik, Idaho State University Linda Bressle... more ... Louis Community College at Florissant Valley Mark Bezik, Idaho State University Linda Bressler, University of Houston-Downtown Eugene Cardamone, Hudson Valley Community College Joseph M. Catalina, Hudson Valley Community College Gayle Chaky, Dutchess ...
This paper examines current accounting and finance professionals’ preferences regarding the type ... more This paper examines current accounting and finance professionals’ preferences regarding the type of degree acquired by beginning professional accounting staff prior to employment within their organization. Specifically, we investigated to what extent a double undergraduate degree in accounting and information systems was identified as a desired degree for entry level in the field. The survey population was 2,300 individuals who were members of a large, regional CPA society in south Texas, members of the Institute of Management Accountants in the same area, or employers who had interviewed prospective employees on St. Mary’s University’s campus during the previous three years. While accounting was the preferred single major, 39% of 104 respondents who identified a second discipline, preferred the double major of accounting and information systems. Of this set of respondents, 75% were employed in industry, finance, government, or “other” rather than in public accounting firms.
Current accounting professionals were surveyed regarding their perceived value of information sys... more Current accounting professionals were surveyed regarding their perceived value of information systems (IS) classes in preparing accounting students for the work place. The respondents were requested to identify relative importance, in terms of depth of coverage of IS topics in university courses. The topics and skills included programming languages, hardware, office software, database, networks, operating systems, project management, web design and others. The differences between accountants that worked for CPA firms and accountants that worked in industry were analyzed. The results will be useful in developing IS curriculum content for accounting information courses (AIS) and in IS courses that support accounting majors.
... Louis Community College at Florissant Valley Mark Bezik, Idaho State University Linda Bressle... more ... Louis Community College at Florissant Valley Mark Bezik, Idaho State University Linda Bressler, University of Houston-Downtown Eugene Cardamone, Hudson Valley Community College Joseph M. Catalina, Hudson Valley Community College Gayle Chaky, Dutchess ...
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