What is it about?
This paper describes a computer-based tool that was developed to integrate business processes, enterprise resource planning, and strategy into an introductory accounting course.
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Why is it important?
Accounting programs continue to struggle with how to incorporate technology into the curriculum - a critical need, given the current state of the accounting profession that will be facing students upon graduation. Although the tool was built over a decade ago, the framework behind it (focusing on an organization's resources, events, and key agents) is still the foundation for accounting and still shows how technology streamlines processes and captures data.
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This project enabled me to strengthen my understanding of the resource-event-agent framework, to bring creativity to my work, and to introduce critical topics in a sophomore course. We created this tool when the internet was really taking off, when integrated technology was still relatively new, and when strategy and business ideas were being transformed - it was so exciting to be part of that, and so rewarding to have it still be relevant!
Dr. Julie Smith David
American Accounting Association
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This page is a summary of: Integrating Technology and Business Process Analysis into Introductory Accounting Courses, Issues in Accounting Education, November 2003, American Accounting Association,
DOI: 10.2308/iace.2003.18.4.417.
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