Beverley Jackling – författare

Thoroughly updated and re-sequenced in response to market feedback, Accounting: A Framework for Decision Making is an ideal first year accounting principles text. Presented in a straightforward style, the third edition focuses on key concepts and illustrates each concept with clear graphical or textual explanations and examples. The latest AASB standards and accounting techniques underpin the content throughout and new and revised questions have been added to the end of chapter material. With an accessible technical focus, it has a clear and broad content structure that means the book lends itself to both majors and non-majors courses.

The development of generic skills (often referred to as ‘soft skills’) in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades. During this time employers and professional bodies have urged accounting educators to consider and develop curricula which provide for the development and assessment of these skills. In addition, there has been criticism of the quality of accounting graduates and their ability to operate effectively in a global economy. Embedding generic skills in the accounting curriculum has been acknowledged as an appropriate means of addressing the need to provide ‘knowledge professionals’ to meet the needs of a global business environment. Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education illustrates how generic skills are being embedded and evaluated in the accounting curriculum by academics from a range of perspectives. Each chapter provides an account of how the challenge of incorporating generic skills in the accounting curriculum within particular educational environments has been addressed. The challenges involved in generic skills development in higher education have not been limited to the accounting discipline. This book provides examples which potentially inform a wide range of discipline areas. Academics will benefit from reading the experiences of incorporating generic skills in the accounting curriculum from across the globe. This book was originally published as a themed issue of Accounting Education: an international journal.