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Personal skills development in the accounting curriculum

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  • Bob Gammie
  • Elizabeth Gammie
  • Erica Cargill

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Today's challenging economic situation means that it is no longer sufficient for a new graduate to have knowledge of an academic subject; increasingly it is necessary for students to gain those skills which will enhance their prospects of employment. For over a decade, a number of employers have been sounding warnings to the higher education sector that a 'skills gap' was emerging at the employer/graduate interface. This paper highlights one strategy that attempts to facilitate the development of transferable and managerial skills in an undergraduate accounting degree. Using a stakeholder approach the adequacy of current in-house provision, and a comparison of this with best practice in the sector, was undertaken. Analysis of the findings resulted in the conclusion that skills development using an embedded delivery approach was insufficient. Likewise, a dedicated skills module in Year 1 was also inadequate and an appropriate course needed to be developed and incorporated as a core module in Year 2 of the programme. The result of this has been the creation of a module entitled Business Enterprise Skills.

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  • Bob Gammie & Elizabeth Gammie & Erica Cargill, 2002. "Personal skills development in the accounting curriculum," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 63-78.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:11:y:2002:i:1:p:63-78
    DOI: 10.1080/09639280210153272
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