The objectives of this paper are to identify the financial skills small business owners believe necessary to be successful in business, and to establish whether there is a role for secondary school accounting in contributing to the learning of these skills. A combination of a social network website and snowball sampling technique was used to…

By using the approach suggested in this article, students should understand the procedure as well as the need for closing the ledger as a part of income determination and accounting control. (CT)

It is suggested that teaching personal income taxes to first-year accounting students is easy to individualize, practical, relevant, timely, and a good break from the routine. (HD)

Two techniques are described in helping business education students understand the causes of change in the amount of working capital and cash flow from operations. (Author)

By incorporating a discussion of systems into the beginning accounting class, students will have a more accurate picture of business and the role accounting plays in it. Students should understand the purpose of forms, have a basic knowledge of flowcharting principles and symbols, and know how source documents are created. (CT)

The teacher developed audit simulation takes the student away from the textbook into the real work situation. (BP)

A suggested secondary business curriculum for future entrepreneurs should include a foundations course in the private enterprise system and courses in accounting, distributive education, data processing, and perhaps business law, leading to a capstone course in small business management. Some career possibilities are also noted. (MF)

This report organizes the information provided by 71 individuals in finance-related occupations in 11 states into skills inventories for persons in these jobs. The skills inventories contain the following sections: (1) occupation-specific knowledge (communication, mathematics, science); (2) workplace behaviors (work ethics, interpersonal…

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)

Supporting performance objective 46 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on completing invoices are included in this packet. (The packet is the fifth in a set of nine on performing computational clerical activities--CE 016 951-959.) The…

Supporting performance objective 54 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on writing checks are included in this packet. (The packet is the sixth in a set of nine on performing computational clerical activities--CE 016 951-959.) The…

The instructor's guide provides a review for those preparing to take Part IV of the Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) examination. Course content can also help secretaries update their skills in accounting and business mathematics. Organized into lessons with objectives, content outline, and teaching suggestions and references, the units…

Students test their knowledge of accounting theory by setting up a small business and following through its total development by use of the accounting practice sets. (BP)