Communication Skills Handbook for Accounting

Communication Skills Handbook for Accounting--------------------------------------------------The Communication Skills Handbook for Accounting, 2nd edition has beendesigned to develop the written and oral communication skills of universityaccounting students. The authors introduce successful approaches toresearching, writing and referencing, and review the main problemsaccounting students are likely to encounter when preparing and presenting reports, essays and other work for assessment. The handbook, whichreflects the recommendations of the sixth edition of the Style Manual,covers specialist requirements for accounting assignments, including:Referencing accounting standards and pronouncements Writing and presentingguidelines for accounting topics Tailoring writing to an accountingaudience The objectives of this handbook are: To provide students withguidelines that are consistent across their university studies andto outline the minimum requirements for formal presentation of writtenand verbal assignments To assist university staff to apply a consistentapproach to the assessment of formally presented written and verbalmaterial by students, irrespective of university, department, courseor level of study To reinforce among students the view that communicationskills are an integral component of their studies and essential totheir careers, rather than optional skills isolated from their chosendisciplines