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technical and soft skills, such as communication skills, business presentation skills and other interpersonal skills. The … researcher discusses the importance of soft relational skills for all business graduates, including accountants. The study … further explains how soft skills can complement the technical skills taught to ensure that graduates are equipped to deal with …
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) view that the presence of cases is not the panacea to enhancing generic learning skills. Rather, it is how the case studies …
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to assess the benefits derived from the application of mobile devices as part of the students’ online learning experience and the extent to which the perceived benefits are linked to student learning styles. Design/methodology/approach – A small group...
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the cultural background of students and their learning approaches in a first year undergraduate accounting program. Design/methodology/approach – While prior research in this area has more generally focused on the...
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While accounting education has existed in Libya for over 45 years, knowledge about it is scarce among Western accounting academics. This paper reports the development of accounting education and curricula since Libya's independence in the 1950s and examines its current problems during a decade...
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employability skills within the small group classes of two compulsory courses in the first year of an accounting degree at a UK … range of employability skills: skills needed for life-long learning and a successful business career. By analysing students … identified: time management, modelling, and learning to learn. Further analysis highlighted the complex nature of skills …
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vocational skills in final year undergraduate accounting students from two distinct countries. The study aims to survey and … – The results indicate that both sets of students accept the need to develop vocational skills in order to perform … specific skills that they perceive as being priorities to be developed. The students also hold differing views of the major …
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undergraduate accounting curriculum in Australia has on developing students' self-efficacy of generic skills. Tertiary educators, by …Purpose – The objective of this paper is to explore undergraduate students' self-efficacy of their generic skills in an … attempt to identify whether a student's choice of a major in accounting develops these types of skills. Design …
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This research aims to ascertain the professional knowledge and the skills/attributes that are considered important by … Turkey. The research has two dimensions: skills dimension (twenty one items) and professional knowledge dimension (twenty … four items). The results indicated that all skills except “knowledge of accounting software” are perceived to be important …
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record objectives and/or tasks that are clearly stated in the curriculum documents. The classification of implicit skills was …Purpose – The definition of individual generic skills is problematic, despite the pressure for the development of such … skills during accounting degrees coming from government and employers. This study aims to present definitions to allow …
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