The perception of undergraduate students towards accountants and the role of accountants in driving organizational change

Nga, Joyce K.H.; Mun, Soo Wai

doi:10.1108/et-07-2012-0074

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“…The community service required students to paint with disabled individuals. Next, Nga and Wai Mun (2013) studied the effect of leadership towards the organizational changed amongb business students and the result showed that there was a highly correlated between leadership and organization change between them.…”

Section: Leadership Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Soft Skills within Business Students towards Graduate Employability

Abdullah¹,

Muhammad²,

Nasir³

2019

J ENTREP BUS

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This study aims to investigate the impacts of soft skills possessed by graduates from a public university on their employment opportunity. Previous studies revealed that soft skills are crucial for their employability. A total of 234 graduates were selected as the sample of this study. The data analysis by SPSS found that employability was positively associated with leadership skills, teamwork skills, and communication skills. Furthermore, leadership skills possessed by graduates have the strongest influence on employment opportunities among the three independent variables. The study adds more information to the current debate in this area and provides practical contributions to the management of the university, particularly in planning various students' upskilling programmes to increase the rate of graduate employability. The findings suggest that the university should focus on leadership, teamwork, and communication skills in the teaching and learning process.

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Section: Leadership Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Soft Skills within Business Students towards Graduate Employability

Abdullah¹,

Muhammad²,

Nasir³

2019

J ENTREP BUS

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“…Considering the modern, global business marketplace, it is important that students learn about, and develop, cultural awareness due to the cultural diversity that exists in the modern workplace, as well as in the modern classroom (Avramenko, 2012;Fournier and Ineson, 2014;Nga and Mun, 2013). In the assessment task for this study, cultural diversity was achieved in the teamwork assessment through both the assessment design (students reporting on aspects of financial reporting in a foreign country) and through team member interactions (where the team consisted of members from multiple cultural backgrounds).…”

Section: Cultural Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Avramenko, 2012;Crebert et al, 2004;Fournier and Ineson, 2014;Nga and Mun, 2013;Teo et al, 2012). These work skills can be developed through the teamwork assessment to provide students with transferable competencies required by prospective employers.…”

Section: Adaptable Work Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teamwork benefits in tertiary education

Volkov

2015

Education + Training

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the development of students' skills in the context of team-based learning. Academics have heeded the call to incorporate team learning activities into the curricula, yet little is known of student perception of teamwork and whether they view it as beneficial to them and their future professional career. Further, this study presents an instructional framework to guide best practice in higher education practitioners with regard to the design of teamwork assessment. Design/methodology/approach -The paper adopts a qualitative approach utilising 190 students' reflections to examine their perception of the benefits of teamwork and whether it will contribute to their future professional work. Findings -Results indicate students perceive team-based assessment tasks require them to adopt a deep approach to learning together with a deep approach to study, as well as improving their skills in the areas of collaboration, team unity and cultural diversity. Further, the study identified a best practice approach that higher education practitioners should adopt in teamwork assessment design giving this study both national and international significance and aids fellow educators in their practices.Research limitations/implications -Because of the chosen research approach, the results may lack generalisability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to test the proposed propositions further. Practical implications -The paper presents important implications for those involved in the development of assessment items where objectives include the development of team skills and quality learning outcomes. The findings are vital for unit and course planning and design generally, and assessment planning, design and processes, specifically, both nationally and internationally. Originality/value -This paper fulfils an identified need to study students' perceptions of teamwork, whether they view it as beneficial to them and their future professional career, and presents a best practice approach for teamwork assessment design.

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“…Information technology in general and big data in particular will reduce the time spend by accountants for collecting, validating and processing (classical processing) data and enlarge the time spend for analytics procedures delivering business insights and stronger risk assessment changing the accountant role inside the company. Nga and Mun consider that the role of the accountant needs to be transformed from the "classical one" to a controller and moving onward as an enabler and co-creator of organizational value (Nga & Mun, 2013). The future accountants "have to be prepared for a more engaging role as leaders and partners of organizational change" (Nga & Mun, 2013: 503).…”

Section: The Accounting Reshaping In the Digital Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploration of the accounting profession – The stream of mobile devices

Stanciu¹,

Gheorghe²

2017

JAMIS

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Abstract:Facing the digital era challenge, the accounting profession is implied in its renewal process aiming at responding in an adequate manner to the companies' and society's continuous changing requirements. The paper emphasizes the impact of the information technology on the accounting profession and signals the positive impact and also the concerns brought by mobile devices in the accountants' work and training. In this context, the authors performed a survey aiming to understand the accounting students' perception in regard with IT impact over the accounting profession and the usefulness of mobile devices. The study's findings provide important insights on the mobile devices use in the accounting work and how the teaching process can help students acquire IT skills and awareness on the professional use of mobile devices. The paper contributes to the research on the accounting developments in the digital era demonstrating the benefit of new technologies' implementation and integration of the mobile devices. The Romanian as well as the south-eastern European scientific literature are scarce in regard with mobile use in the accounting profession. In this regard the authors' research provide significant insights aiming at motivate and stimulate the mobile devices use in the accounting profession and in the academic and long life accounting training.

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The perception of undergraduate students towards accountants and the role of accountants in driving organizational change

Cited by 26 publications

References 73 publications

The Role of Soft Skills within Business Students towards Graduate Employability

The Role of Soft Skills within Business Students towards Graduate Employability

Teamwork benefits in tertiary education

An exploration of the accounting profession – The stream of mobile devices

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