A comparison of hospitality executives', educators', and students' views on the importance of accounting skills

Damitio, James W.; Schmidgall, Raymond S.

doi:10.1016/0278-4319(91)90055-m

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“…These results, though, did fall between the beginningof-employment importance level and importance level after 3 years of employment from Damitio and Schmidgall's (1991) study. This study found that preparing operating budgets had the highest importance of all skills, which is also what Hein and Riegel (2011) and Damitio and Schmidgall (1990) found.…”

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“…The survey asked respondents to evaluate the importance of these accounting and finance skills on a Likert scale of 1-5 (1 ¼ not at all important, 2 ¼ somewhat unimportant, 3 ¼ moderately important, 4 ¼ very important, 5 ¼ extremely important). Damitio and Schmidgall (1991) and Hein and Riegel (2011) also used a 5-point Likert scale with slightly different wording for each point.…”

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“…A quantitative survey was developed using the studies by Damitio and Schmidgall (1991) and Hein and Riegel (2011) as a guide. The accounting and finance skills from these surveys were evaluated and pilot tested with gaming industry professionals in order to choose those skills that were most relevant to operations in the gaming industry.…”

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The Importance of Finance and Accounting Competencies: The Gaming Industry's Perspective

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Jung

2014

The Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

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The literature acknowledges that finance and accounting competencies are critical for hospitality professionals. To date, however, no research on finance and accounting competencies has been conducted in the gaming industry, nor has any study been conducted in any hospitality subsector after the Great Recession of 2007 -2009. The current study identifies the importance of finance and accounting abilities and examines whether there are significant differences in the perceived importance among different gaming industry professionals. The findings reveal that preparing operating budgets is the most important of all skills and that years of experience and department function do not generate a significant difference in the level of importance of any skills.

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The Importance of Finance and Accounting Competencies: The Gaming Industry's Perspective

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Jung

2014

The Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

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“…communication skills are fundamental for career development in the hospitality industry. Technical, leadership and interpersonal skills (Kay & Russette, 2000) and managerial accounting skills (Damitio & Schmidgall, 1991) are also declared as significant for hotel managers.…”

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A Needs Analysis of Postgraduate ESP Students Majoring In Hospitality Management in Iran

Zareian

Pourfarhad

2015

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The present study aimed at running a needs analysis concerning the needs and requirements of postgraduate ESP students majoring in hospitality management in Iranian universities. To do so, a descriptive survey was designed in which the data was gathered through interviews and the needs analysis questionnaire which was developed and validated for the purpose of the study. The participants of the study consisted of 20 PhD candidates and 30 master's students majoring in hospitality management in Iranian universities. The data gathered by means of the questionnaire were subjected to descriptive analysis and based on the results obtained, the most common issues stated by students were (a) the present status of the English language educational system is not satisfactory; (b) the general English textbooks do not meet the students' needs; (c) students' motivation for the English language is not boosted; (d) the number of hours dedicated to the English language is not adequate; (e) undue emphasis is paid to grammar which has led to the students' learning frustration; (f) the first and the most important needs for the English components are reading comprehension, writing, and translation, vocabulary and essay writing skills are highly required by the postgraduate students; (g) the content of the specialized English textbooks must be more relevant to the students' fields of study and specialized English courses should be taught by the ESP instructors. There is the hope that the findings and results of the present study help EFL curriculum designers and textbook developers to enhance English language instruction at universities in general, and in hospitality management discipline, in particular.

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“…Damitio and Schmidgall (1990) compared the rating of 18 accounting skills by lodging managers and controllers and found that both groups considered the skills to be important. Damitio and Schmidgall (1991a) compared the views of students, educators, hospitality executives regarding the importance of accounting skills to lodging managers. They found considerable agreement across the three groups.…”

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A Re-Examination Of Key Managerial Accounting Skills For Lodging Industry Managers

Damitio

Schmidgall²

2006

The Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

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This study uses survey research to reexamine salient managerial accounting skills for managers in the lodging industry and compares its results to the findings of Damitio and Schmidgall (1991). Results of this research support clearly suggest that managerial accounting skills are extremely useful to lodging managers in performing their duties. Consistent with the findings of Damitio and Schmidgall (1991), this study also shows significant agreement between lodging controllers and lodging managers as to the importance of these skills.

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A comparison of hospitality executives', educators', and students' views on the importance of accounting skills

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

The Importance of Finance and Accounting Competencies: The Gaming Industry's Perspective

The Importance of Finance and Accounting Competencies: The Gaming Industry's Perspective

A Needs Analysis of Postgraduate ESP Students Majoring In Hospitality Management in Iran

A Re-Examination Of Key Managerial Accounting Skills For Lodging Industry Managers

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