Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills

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dc.contributor.advisorDavidowitz, Betteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMaughan, Paulen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-22T13:21:06Z
dc.date.available2016-07-22T13:21:06Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA capstone course, Business Analysis and Governance (BAG), compulsory for all students studying towards becoming chartered accountants, was introduced at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2012. It was designed to develop pervasive skills in response to the competency framework that was developed in 2008 by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), the professional accounting body. This study explored whether or not the capstone course has assisted in developing the pervasive skills of students. The effectiveness of specific interventions namely a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) project, the inclusion of current business research area questions in assessments as well as company analysis was also investigated. Research was conducted in the critical theory tradition, in particular following the work done by the prominent psychologist, Kurt Lewin who is considered as one of the founders of social psychology. He is also often credited as being pivotal to the emergence of Action Research which was used in this research project. Action Research required an annual cycle of observation, action, reflection and planning over the initial four year period of the capstone course.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMaughan, P. (2016). <i>Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20630en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMaughan, Paul. <i>"Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20630en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMaughan, P. 2016. Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Maughan, Paul AB - A capstone course, Business Analysis and Governance (BAG), compulsory for all students studying towards becoming chartered accountants, was introduced at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2012. It was designed to develop pervasive skills in response to the competency framework that was developed in 2008 by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), the professional accounting body. This study explored whether or not the capstone course has assisted in developing the pervasive skills of students. The effectiveness of specific interventions namely a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) project, the inclusion of current business research area questions in assessments as well as company analysis was also investigated. Research was conducted in the critical theory tradition, in particular following the work done by the prominent psychologist, Kurt Lewin who is considered as one of the founders of social psychology. He is also often credited as being pivotal to the emergence of Action Research which was used in this research project. Action Research required an annual cycle of observation, action, reflection and planning over the initial four year period of the capstone course. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills TI - Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20630 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20630
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMaughan P. Stakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skills. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20630en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHigher Education Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleStakeholder perceptions of the efficacy of a capstone course introduced to assist accounting students in developing pervasive skillsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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