Question: THE FUTURE OF THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
Write 6 to 7 sentences for each question.
1) What social, economic, and technology shifts do you think will shape the accounting profession over the next decade? How will they shape the profession? Good or bad?
2) Given the current trends in accounting, examine current issues facing accountants and the accounting profession in the coming years and describe their impact.
What is social media? How do you think it will change the accounting profession?
3) Picture yourself at the end of your career as a successful CPA. What will that look like? What will your history of accounting jobs have been? Will it look like the accounting job of the early 2000s?
4) Given the current trends in accounting, examine current issues facing accountants and the accounting profession in the coming years and describe their impact.
The oldest of the Millennials will turn 40 in 2020. How do you think the Millennials will ultimately impact accounting and the accounting profession?