What is your purpose? What are your career aspirations? What type of research do you want to conduct? What topics and methods are you intending to pursue? I am applying for admission to the Ph.D. program in accounting because I want a career in the research and teaching of accounting. I have wanted to pursue a PhD in accounting since I was a college sophomore about 25 years ago. A PhD in accounting would provide me with opportunity to fulfill my life-long dream of involving in teaching and play a positive role in the lives of my students the same way my teachers have played in mine. Moreover, it would allow me to be involved in research that advances accounting and information systems in decision making, internal control, and auditing and assurance services. I am interested in conducting research and teaching in managerial accounting, auditing and assurance services and accounting information systems. In particular, I am interested in exploring the role of accounting information systems in decision making, internal control, and auditing. In order to gain an appreciation of these and related issues, it is essential for me to have a strong grounding accounting, accounting information systems, information technology, managerial accounting, as well as gain a general economic and management perspective. Accounting PhD, I believe, would enable me to channel my quantitative and conceptual skills in analyzing accounting issues opening new opportunities in research. Subsequent to earning a Ph.D., I would like to apply for a faculty position at a leading university; and investigate issues concerned with accounting information systems as it affects decision making, internal control and auditing and assurance services. What led you to yo... ... middle of paper ... ...eam of becoming a business professor. I am so passionate about the opportunity to build up tomorrow’s leaders and to contribute to the growth of business theory and practice. Teaching and training of the next generation business leaders is one of the most fascinating roles a business professor could hope to achieve. Furthermore, an accounting professor would engage in research that enhances business thinking and practice. The classroom setting offers the chance to introduce and test what was uncovered in research and learn from the discussions that ensue in class. The class discussions, I believe, would help the reevaluation of the assumptions and conclusions and to further sharpen the focus of the research. I look forward to making this dream a reality. I thank you for taking your time to evaluate my application and take part in making this dream of mine a reality.
Management accounting in organisation is very important for decision-making and to make the business more efficient and therefore increasing its profits. Is the process of preparing accounts that can help managers to make day-to-day and short-term decisions, by providing them with accurate and timely key financial and statistical information...
Romney, Marshal, and Paul Steinbart. Accounting Information Systmes. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2006. 193-195.
As an accountant, I have demonstrated exceptional oral and written communication skills, refined my critical thinking and problem solving abilities and learned valuable time management skills. In addition to my extensive office experience, I have hands-on experience in dealing with difficult situations,
I am also very outgoing; a strength that is important when you work with clients and colleagues. The demand for accountants is growing tremendously. Overall I want to get a degree in Accounting because this will be the last time I can be academically and intellectually challenged. Where I can learn more about Accounting and all the things I wanted to learn about in school. I plan on also taking the test to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). With becoming a CPA you get the benefit of traveling a lot, which I would like to do when I graduate college.
The final level of entry into public accounting is entrepreneurial services. In the book Careers in Accounting, it says that working in the entrepreneurial field “is a fast-growing and dynamic area that has been formed in most large firms in the last few years” (5). The person working in this area deals with the special requirements of a startup or growing company. Professionals in this group are involved in counseling and advising the emerging or middle-market company that may lack the resources to successfully handle planning, cost control, attracting capital, going public, or choosing the right information system or compensation plan. Audit, tax, and management consulting skills are all used to fill the needs of an emerging business.
I am an ambitious young Saudi with a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. I seek admission to (name of university) to attend the MBA Accounting program as a means to achieve my goals. Such goals are to attain the necessary tools so I may initiate my career as an Accountant at one of Saudi Arabia’s largest corporations and utilize my specialized academic education through my position, while continuing to pursue my professional and personal development for the benefit of both the organization and the attainment of my own professional ambitions. I believe that my enthusiasm, determination and dedication to achieve such goals can be maximized by attending your program.
My first goal is to continue my education by earning a Master’s degree in Accounting right after completing my bachelor’s degree. The MSU’s Accounting program attracts me for both its reputation and its career opportunities available for international students. It is my responsibility as a future accountant to be really familiar and proficient at the tools accountants use regularly. Achieving my master’s degree will also help me achieving my second goal of becoming a CPA by meeting the requirement of curriculum. Thus, I am professionally and academically motivated to earn a Master’s degree of Accounting at the Broad Business College.
As an undergraduate who studies accounting and finance. I started to learn about accounting and finance since 2013 when I was in A-level. At that time, we have been asking to present business news in each economic class. It has motives me to gathering finical information from The Economist and BBC The world business News report. The experiences of working as an intern at the Bank of HEBEI in 2013 and PWC in 2016 have encouraged me to become a professional accountant. All these had given me a great opportunity to know accounting and finance comprehensively and also reinforce my determination of continue studying accounting and finance. Therefore, I have decided to apply for your postgraduate degree course to further
Pursuing the degree in accounting would definitely open up the doors for me. It can prepare me for advancement and give me the foundations to become a CPA, to pursue a career in finance or corporate management, to work in government, or become an entrepreneur. As a matter of fact, no matter what I decide to do, having an accounting background
Amelia Annette Baldwin, Brad S. Trinkle. “The Accounting Educators’ Journal.” An Initial Placement Research Ranking of U.S. Accounting Doctoral Programs. N.p., n.d.
What does the accountant of the future need to be successful? A sturdy education that while is based on traditional accounting practices, also prepares future accountants for the plethora of changes happening in the accounting universe. Frequently, most of the institutions responsible for educating professionals fail to evolve as rapidly as the professional practice itself (Bedford et al. 4). In every way, accounting is expanding and in order for the future to have competent accountants, accounting education must expand as well. Major changes occurring in the world of accounting include the expansion of services and products, changes in competition, an increase in specialization, and an increase in and an advancement of technology. It is up to academic institutions to find proactive ways in which to prepare students for such changes. Accounting education of the future will require more breadth to cover the inevitable expansion of services and products, increased knowledge of economics, marketing, management and information systems to increase competitive advantage, a balanced course load that provides a general accounting knowledge as well as increased knowledge of a specialization, and also a greater, proactive focus on the use of continuously advancing accounting technologies (Bedford et al. 8). Also in play is the chance of change in accounting standards, the move from US GAAP to IFRS. While there are no certainties surrounding the threat of such change, students in the U.S. should acquire at least a general, basic feel for the practices used in regards to IFRS. The future health of the accounting profession depends, to a great extent, on the health of our students (Gormon and Hargadon 4). Reorganization of curriculums would surely be difficult and assumedly time-consuming, but nevertheless, completely
When we sharing our photographs, we found that what we took and the meaning behind of these become more and more similar. From these photograph, we understand our responsibility as accounting professional. From the discussion, we all agree that, as accounting professional, we need not only knowledge and skills, but also teamwork and ethic. We need energy to facing our daily work, and keep learning to understanding the different thought from others. This activity is a reflection that help us to know what have we learnt this semester and how should we behalf in the
My interest in Accounting and Finance stems from wanting to understand how governments and businesses make their vital decisions to be profitable. Studying this degree, will allow me to gain an understanding of financial accounting, management accounting and taxation providing me with skills to analyse data and develop my decision making. Additionally being able to incorporate different aspects of business alongside the core modules; will give me more knowledge of the world of accounting and finance.
The career requirements vary from school to school. Although accounting education majorly requires an extreme concentration on Mathematics, business, economics, and finance (Nobes). Every profession has a set of standards that must be achieved educationally. Since I plan to shift and complete the program at Kennesaw State University, there are specific needs to enter the school. For instance, a letter of application with at least three references, a letter of good character from the home institution, and past academic transcripts from the previous institutions (Kennesaw State
Accounting is a very important term to our modern society. It is the career for men and women who at the start have their eyes set on top positions in industry, management, government, and general business. Accounting is a basic need of every businessman, from the operator of a filling station to the government of the United States. It's so important to our society. None of the business organization can operate without is. They are there-somewhere-in every business. In small business, people use pen, ink and skill keep the records. In large business, modern accounting machines are used to operate. Men and women are directing these machines in the accounting process. Wise businessmen enter business must have some accounting knowledge.