Accounting Education Challenges in the New Millennium Era - Impact of Advanced of Technology and Dynamic Business Environment

Sofik Handoyo, Syaiful Anas

2017

Abstract

The new Millennium era is closely associated with turbulence business environment along with advanced of Information and technology. Job market demands university graduates to concern not only technical skills but also beyond that. Accounting education institutions must respond the changes by providing education systems that comply with market expectations. This paper described critical thinking related new orientation of accounting education institutions in responding currently advanced of technology, dynamic business environment along with millennial generation characteristics. This paper explored using literature review perspective to understand the implications of advanced of technology, changing business environment and special character of millennial generation on accounting education in higher institutions. The paper is expected to give a new perspective for accounting education institutions in terms of handling education process in the era with full of technologically advanced, dynamic business environment and the different character of a student of the millennial generation. Accounting academicians need to make an adaptation in terms of teaching method to fulfill market expectation towards accounting graduates. Accounting Education institutions must be aware of their system education, curriculum, and learning outcomes. This paper explores some ways in which this might be achieved and some of the challenges to effecting change in accounting education that will have to be overcome.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Handoyo S. and Anas S. (2017). Accounting Education Challenges in the New Millennium Era - Impact of Advanced of Technology and Dynamic Business Environment.In 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES, ISBN 978-989-758-314-8, pages 190-197. DOI: 10.5220/0007038101900197

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ices17,
author={Sofik Handoyo and Syaiful Anas},
title={Accounting Education Challenges in the New Millennium Era - Impact of Advanced of Technology and Dynamic Business Environment},
booktitle={1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES,},
year={2017},
pages={190-197},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007038101900197},
isbn={978-989-758-314-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES,
TI - Accounting Education Challenges in the New Millennium Era - Impact of Advanced of Technology and Dynamic Business Environment
SN - 978-989-758-314-8
AU - Handoyo S.
AU - Anas S.
PY - 2017
SP - 190
EP - 197
DO - 10.5220/0007038101900197