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What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching?

What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching?. Northeast Region American Accounting Association Portland, Maine May, 2001 Gary Siegel, DePaul University James Brackner, IMA Professor in Residence Jim Brzoska, IBM Corporation

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What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching?

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  1. What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching? Northeast Region American Accounting Association Portland, Maine May, 2001 Gary Siegel, DePaul University James Brackner, IMA Professor in Residence Jim Brzoska, IBM Corporation Suzanne Lowensohn, Barry University Karen Searle, Cummings Lamont & McNamee James E. Sorensen, University of Denver The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  2. 1600 1700 1800 1900 1980 2000 Historic Change in the Profession The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  3. What Corporate America Wants in Entry-Level Accountants1994 • Preparation Gap • Inappropriate Emphasis on Key Accounting Knowledge and Skill Areas • Entry-level Accountants Poorly Prepared The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  4. The Practice Analysis of Management Accounting1996 • Work Activities Performed (30) • KSAs Necessary for Success (162) • Major Change in the Work Performed The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  5. The Practice Analysis of Management Accounting1996 Public accounting practitioners: “I want the same thing.” The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  6. Counting More, Counting LessTransformations in the Profession1999 • Ongoing, Rapid Change • New Role of Accountants in the Organization • Accounting, Finance, or “Other” • Interpersonal Skills Needed The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  7. How to Become a Business Partner2001 • Transition Strategies • Help for the Practitioners The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  8. What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching? What do our students need? What do our customers want? How do we revise curriculum? How did Denver do it? The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

  9. What Corporations & CPA Firms Want in Entry-Level Accountants: What Should We Be Teaching? Northeast Region American Accounting Association Portland, Maine May, 2001 Gary Siegel, DePaul University James Brackner, IMA Professor in Residence Jim Brzoska, IBM Corporation Suzanne Lowensohn, Barry University Karen Searle, Cummings Lamont & McNamee James E. Sorensen, University of Denver The Gary Siegel Organization, Inc.

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