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BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY Preparing for Our Future. Gary John Previts. There is no greater power than foretelling the future…. Steven Allan Spielberg KBE. Demographics. Where the future begins…. Technology. Digital Dissemination and Platforms. Organization.
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BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY Preparing for Our Future Gary John Previts
There is no greater power than foretelling the future…. Steven Allan Spielberg KBE
Demographics Where the future begins…
Technology Digital Dissemination and Platforms
Organization 2016 – 100th Anniversary (2015 --100th Year)
A shared view for the future We bring together the Academic Community to further Accounting Education and to advance the Discipline And Profession of Accounting
How we achieve our purpose* Expand Knowledge and Idea Development Promote Effective Learning Inform and Influence Policy and Practice Advance Accounting Faculty Careers *Meet society’s expectations and needs!
Achieve and Support THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN ACCOUNTING
Information about money has become almost as important as money itself Walter Wriston
Serving Society’s Information Right The right of individual investors to receive information about their investment’s performance is a de facto ‘information right’ which is derived from the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to own private productive property
Prime Initiative One Grow our Community so that Accounting prospers as a discipline Future Faculty and Programs http://aaahq.org/temp/phd/index.cfm
Initiative Two Develop new technology platforms for communication and dissemination of teaching, research and support materials and data Deploy the AAA COMMONS
Initiative Three Membership Fulfillment
George O May l955 “…accounting must be prepared to adjust itself with greater rapidity.”
The marketplace for ideas and for talent in which we operate and compete will surely sort us out unfavorably if we are not attentive….