Abstract
Accounting and information technology are closely related for many decades. Accounting was the domain of business that first adopted IT and made an extensive use of it. Nowadays the IT competencies desired by accountants were under a continuous change and evolution. Modern accountants are expected to have a high level of IT knowledge and skills and towards that direction the curriculum in accounting education have to adopt a wide range of modules in order to provide accounting students with the required competencies. The paper presents the results of a survey in Jordanian business environment regarding technological skills desired in new accounting graduates. The questions related to computer skills desired in new accounting graduates showed that spreadsheet knowledge was the most desired followed by accounting software, for casting packages as well as all the skills mentioned in the questionnaire ranged between the importance degree is very high and high.
Highlights
The survey results show that the Jordanian business environment desires new accounting graduates who have information technology knowledge
The results reveal that both small and large companies seek new accounting graduates who possess a very good understanding of computer application programs
Based on the statistical analysis, the researcher was able to conclude that Jordanian companies rely in its work on computer application programs, ; accounting graduates must possess desired computer skills and technological competencies that enable them to enter the labor market
Summary
Accounting department of most universities strives for continuous development in their accounting curriculum to provide a quality education, that will satisfy the needs of various stakeholders mainly employers, and enable new accounting graduates to succeed. The examination of technological competencies and skills desired in new accounting graduates that employers need in order to enter them in the curriculum is essential to adders where the curriculum might fall short (Hodgas & Burchell, 2003). What is not clear is the set of skills generally agreed upon by key stakeholders in accounting education has focused on the views of academia, and employers in the developing world (Awayiga, Onumah, & Tsameny, 2010), (Abayadeera & Watty, 2014) With the increasing important of information technology and globalization of the world economy, the role of accountants is not as simple, they are to prepare the financial statement, auditing, and financial reporting, accountants playing the role as information facilitators (Yasin, Boyes, & Czuchry, 2005) new accounting graduates need to learn more technological skills, management skills, and information system and more (Elliottod Jacobson, 2002).
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