- Title
- Business and accounting education: do they have a future in the University?
- Creator
- Ryan, Suzanne
- Relation
- Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 p. 22-28
- Relation
- http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/Students/News-and-updates/Teachers/New-publication-Accounting-Education-at-a-Crossroad-in-2010.aspx
- Publisher
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- In Chapter 2 of this book, Parker asks the question, ‘Can accounting survive such a high-volume, low-cost, lean, casualised higher education delivery model?’. This chapter argues that, yes it can, but not in the context of a traditional university. Private higher education providers, including professional accounting associations, may better fit the needs of future accounting education. The argument is deliberately provocative so as to encourage debate about the future place of business and accounting in higher education. If we imagine the university 10 years from now – a university without a business school or an accounting department – and look back to what caused this, we might better understand the importance of current dilemmas in shaping our future. In this future scenario, a few economists will remain, having reinvented themselves into experts in climate change, health or transport, and a few management or business academics may have returned to their original disciplines in sociology, psychology or statistics. However, the majority of business school academics, especially those from accounting and finance, will have retired or be employed with private higher education providers. Paradoxically, the demise of the business school will be caused by the same factors as its emergence – reliance on the market. Ultimately, market dependence creates a lesser role within the university and an inappropriate value proposition, which together serve to place the future of business and accounting education outside the university. The remainder of the chapter is structured around these three issues: market dependence; standing within the university; and the purpose of a business school.
- Subject
- higher education; business education; accounting; market dependence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932313
- Identifier
- uon:11310
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781921245725
- Language
- eng
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