The Accounting Review Vol. 34 No. 4 1959
AN ANALYSIS OF ACCOUNTING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGES USED BY SELECTED EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS IN RHODE ISLAND.
Abstract
The article focuses on an analysis of accounting skills and knowledge used by selected experienced electrical engineers in Rhode Island. In consideration of the complexity of modem industrial organization, in which engineers are employed, this study was based upon the hypothesis that professional electrical engineers do use skills and knowledge of accounting in their daily professional activities and their personal business affairs. The purpose of the study was to discover these accounting skills and knowledge areas in order to determine phases of accounting worthy of inclusion in a collegiate elementary accounting course for electrical engineers. First, a preliminary survey was made of 70 accredited collegiate electrical engineering curricula, through an examination of college catalogs, to determine the extent to which accounting courses are presently included in such curricula. Then, an outline guide of 20 basic accounting topics for use in the interviews was developed through a perusal of several collegiate elementary accounting textbooks.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-7059430
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 620-621
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref