Prompt blog #9 The importance of my field

The importance of my field
I searched a report online called The Importance of Accounting in Today’s World. Author think accounting is one discipline of study that all people should have some knowledge of, because it concepts can be applied to all job specialties and it is useful in people’s everyday lives.
         The author listed many examples to represent that nearly all job could applied the accounting knowledge. Secretaries must use accounting skills to manage the company check book and orders. Auditors have to study financial statements to evaluate the accuracy and integrity of the business. Executives need to judge the success of their business using accounting statements from the past and present. (Para. 2)
Also companies require some basic knowledge of accounting to avoid any future misstatements unintentionally occurring. As the report said since the Enron and WorldCom crisis when independent auditor Arthur Anderson failed to report illegal accounting practices, the SEC has been monitoring public corporations more closely which show the importance of accounting again.
Additionally, everyone, not just business students, acquire an understanding of accounting for personal benefit. People use knowledge in accounting in their daily life like use financial knowledge to make investment decisions, assess interest rates to pay off their house mortgages, and calculate rates for car payment. (Para. 4)
As we can see accounting is the most basic framework of business. Without an accounting education, people will have more trouble in their real world.

Citation:
fisher.osu.edu/~young.53/Sample6.doc

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