On the basis of a survey of U.S. undergraduate business schools and industry, a study defined the curricular content (knowledge and skills) in electronic data processing (EDP) and statistical sampling (SS) needed to prepare the accounting study to audit computerized accounting systems. (CT)

A Delphi panel of 24 hiring managers, human resource specialists, business owners, and cooperative educators ranked entry-level skills and acceptable proofs of proficiency. Highest-rated skills involved interpersonal relationships. Traditional proofs (resumes, transcripts, references, testing) remained important. Nontraditional proofs…

A study designed to determine whether career expectations were the same as career opportunities found that business administrators considered that the office administration major prepared women for secretarial jobs, while women university students considered that their major prepared them for administrative positions. The students were also more…

A study compiled a list of dictation competencies (competencies of dictators) and found there is substantial agreement among dictators, business educators, and word processors on the importance of dictation competencies. Where there were significant differences, business educators disagreed much more frequently with word processors than with…

Discusses a survey of business educators and employers that determined whether business education curricula are addressing certain nontechnical competencies such as (1) problem solving, (2) stress management, (3) professional characteristics, (4) communication skills, and (5) human relations principles. Results indicate that students are not well…

The purpose of this paper was to determine what communication skills are considered most important by employers in the accounting profession as well as to determine the general office, income tax, and bookkeeping software packages used by CPA firms in Mississippi. The data was collected by means of an electronic five-point Likert-type survey…