The Entrepreneurs’ Expectations and Satisfaction Level in Today's Accounting Education: A Survey of Aksaray Organized Industrial Zone

Abstract

The accounting information system, considered as sub-branch of the management information system, produces needed information about internal and external environment of enterprises to make major decisions. In this sense, the accounting information system can be defined as a system that produces financial and nonfinancial information about enterprises’ goods, services, market, and consumers etc.In today's global competition environment, the accounting information system offers information that entrepreneurs need to make versatile decisions about past, present, and future periods. Moreover, a business manager takes various strategic decisions and directs the operations to ensure sustainability of business by using accounting data.Developing technology, increasing competition and changing consumer demands affect production. These developments have brought the necessity of realization a number of changes to enterprises, as well. In other words, the changes accounting at external around of businesses have forced internal changes within businesses. As a requirement of sustainability, businesses have had to change/renew the strategies (policies) of management, production, and marketing in accordance with the current changes. These changes have also affected the accounting information system which has direct relation with other units of businesses. Furthermore, changes have made the accounting information system insufficient and have made it necessary to turn to the new systems.The accounting information system, besides the functions it holds within the enterprises, provides enterprises with healthy communication with tax and social security institutions by preparation (submission) of information and documents timely and accurately.In this study, a research about today's accounting education sufficiency, enterprises’ owners and top managers’ expectations related to accounting information system have been carried under the accordance of business with current changes at the Aksaray Organized Industrial Zone. The Enterprises’ expectations and satisfaction level in today's accounting education have been examined in the research.