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Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. The Question “What are some of the career opportunities in the Big 4 accounting firms; identify forms of ownership; and advantages and disadvantages involved in the operations of each firm? Focus on the similarities and uniqueness that each business offers their customers. Summarize your findings by determining what the Big 4 accounting firms strengths and weaknesses are based on your observation of their web sites and other information you secure via various search engines”
Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 2. Information Sources Sources may include but not limited to information from: • www.accountingmajors.com • www.topix.com/business/accounting • www.online.wsj.com/public/page/news-accounting AlltopAccounting News • www.accounting.alltop.com • www.taxsites.com/news.html History of Accounting www.financeprofessor.com/.../accountinghistory-anders.htm Big 4 Accounting Firms Home pages • Webpage links under each logo Picture: KPMG Picture: Ernst & Young Picture: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Picture: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 3. Student Activity • Using Access, create two (2) separate databases for your career research and the Big 4 accounting firms. • Gather information about five (5) accounting careers including: job title, qualifications, salary and job description. • Gather information about each company from sources on the Information Services slide to include the name, form of ownership, address, phone number, annual sales, CFOs name, stock option status and number of locations. • Use Inspiration to create a spreadsheet that will show each company’s unique and similar characteristics as well as their strengths and weaknesses (advantages and disadvantages) based on your observation of their websites. • Integrateboth the Access document and the Inspiration document into a PowerPoint presentation.
Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 4. Assessment Activity • After you have documented your research findings, analyze the results by writing a constructed response to the essential question • Students will present their research project using Power Point. • Students may support there answer by using their notes from the database and spreadsheet information. • a rubric will be used to grade your responses • forward your research activity by using one of the following methods: • use the teacher’s drop box in Dropbox.com • save your document on the share drive under Ms. Lawrence
Next 1 2 3 4 5 6 5. Enrichment Activities • Surf the Internet for the websites of three local accounting firms in Maryland • Secure 2 current news articles involving unethical activities in accounting firms. • Explore the history of accounting firms in the U.S. by developing a timeline introduce the original Big Eight accounting firm to present time. • Discover what accounting activities are involved in relation the federal government and what careers are utilized to carry out those tasks. Example sit to use: www.Outlook.com
1 2 3 4 5 6 6. Teacher Support Materials • Objective: Students will be able to identify the Big 4 accounting firms in order to identify careers in accounting and evaluate the pros and cons of each business. • Indicators 1. Career Options • The students will compare and contrast careers in accounting, and identify the role that accountants play in business and society. (LG 1,2,3,4,5) (VSC 7.1) • explore and identify types of career opportunities in accounting • identify the three forms of business operations (sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation). • List and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each form of business operation.
