A SURVEY OF INDUSTRY REGARDING TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCIES DESIRED IN NEW ACCOUNTING GRADUATES

dc.contributor.author	Salimi, Anwar
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-31T06:45:10Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-31T06:45:10Z
dc.date.issued	2003-05-01
dc.identifier.issn	2210-1454
dc.identifier.uri	https://journal.uob.edu.bh:443/handle/123456789/1503
dc.description.abstract	Employers of accounting graduates are requiring that they possess computer skills and prefer to hire students who possess computer skills. The paper presents the results of a survey of industry in the USA regarding technological skills desired in new accounting graduates. The questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 350 accountants working in industry in the USA. The questions related to computer skills desired in new accounting graduates revealed that spreadsheet knowledge was the most desired followed by databases. Also among the skills mentioned most frequently were knowledge of presentation software, networks, messaging, computerized accounting systems and ERP systems.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Bahrain	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	*
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCIES DESIRED
dc.title	A SURVEY OF INDUSTRY REGARDING TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCIES DESIRED IN NEW ACCOUNTING GRADUATES	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/AJA/060103
dc.volume	06
dc.issue	01
dc.source.title	The Arab Journal of Accounting
dc.abbreviatedsourcetitle	AJA