Accounting education: Filling competencies gap

• Main Authors: Che Abdul Rahman, Mara Ridhuan, Tengku Abdullah, Tengku Akbar, Agus, Arawati, Rahmat, Mohd Mohit
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: HF5601 Accounting; LB2300 Higher Education
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/2890/1/paper2mara_ridhuan.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/2890/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Globalisation has changed the competitive and technological environments in which businesses operate. This in turn has resulted in new expectations of accounting profession. Accordingly, accounting education must change to meet the needs of the profession. In the USA and UK, there is a widespread be...