03-19-2005, 12:19 AM
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<br />Wow! I ask people what the livelier fields in accounting are and get no replies. Do people not come to this site or is everyone silently consenting to accountancy being boring?
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No, don't let your eyes glaze over, it's definitely not as boring as it sounds!
Since the 15th century many distinguished people from a variety of disciplines have written on the subject of bookkeeping and accounting, yet for a very long time it was regarded with some disrespect (now thankfully almost disappeared) amongst academics and the public in general. Such contempt arose primarily from ignorance of the subject. Equally, accountants themselves have sometimes been responsible for spreading the air of mystery and cynicism that surrounds this and many other professions.
Considerable research supports a âconfirmation bias,â whereby individuals more heavily weight information that is consistent with an existing perception which is Accountancy beeing boring. Now a days accountancy profession is facing an uphill battle in changing these perceptions; this makes it difficult to generate sufficient interest in those who might otherwise have an aptitude for accounting.
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<br />Wow! I ask people what the livelier fields in accounting are and get no replies. Do people not come to this site or is everyone silently consenting to accountancy being boring?
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No, don't let your eyes glaze over, it's definitely not as boring as it sounds!
Since the 15th century many distinguished people from a variety of disciplines have written on the subject of bookkeeping and accounting, yet for a very long time it was regarded with some disrespect (now thankfully almost disappeared) amongst academics and the public in general. Such contempt arose primarily from ignorance of the subject. Equally, accountants themselves have sometimes been responsible for spreading the air of mystery and cynicism that surrounds this and many other professions.
Considerable research supports a âconfirmation bias,â whereby individuals more heavily weight information that is consistent with an existing perception which is Accountancy beeing boring. Now a days accountancy profession is facing an uphill battle in changing these perceptions; this makes it difficult to generate sufficient interest in those who might otherwise have an aptitude for accounting.
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When The Going Gets Tough ... The Tough Gets Going ...
