Faculty

1. Accounting for international business (importing, exporting, other)

2. Acconting for the lean enterprise (measuring performance in a JIT, low cycle-time environment)

3. Auditing

4. Budgeting

5. Business management / accounting software

6. Please specify one or two programs where training is most needed.

7. Communication of accounting information to non-accountants

8. Finance

9. Cost accounting

10. Financial statement analysis

11. Fraud Prevention and Investigation

12. General bookkeeping skills

13. Please specify which general bookkeeping skills are most strongly needed if any:

14. Internal Controls

15. Preparation for continuing accounting education (4 year degree and/or the CPA/CMA path)

16. Risk Management

17. Sarbanes Oxley Compliance

18. Tax planning

19. Tax reporting

20. Now having rated the need of those items, can you tell me which three are the most important?

21. Are there any other strongly needed accounting skills you would like to add?

22. Considering the highly needed Accounting skills; can you suggest someone who may be a highly qualified instructor with interest in teaching their specialized topic?

Name                       Topic                              Telophone or Email

23. Communication, including speaking and writing

24. Critical thinking

25. Ethical decision making

26. General business knowledge

27. Leadership, teamwork, & diversity management

28. Mathematics

29. Project Management

30. Now having rated the need of those items, Can you tell me the three skills in which training is most needed?

31. Are there any other strongly needed general skills that you would like to add?

32. This list covers several options for timing and location of training courses.  Please indicate which options you feel would be preferred by those people most likely to pursue training. 

Where and how would you like classes offered? (check all that apply)

33. What time of day and days of the week would you like classes offered? (check all boxes that apply)

Early morning (before 8:00am)

34. What time of day and days of the week would you like classes offered? (check all boxes that apply)

Morning (before 8:00am - 12:00pm)

35. What time of day and days of the week would you like classes offered? (check all boxes that apply)

Afternoon (12:00pm -5:00pm)

36. What time of day and days of the week would you like classes offered? (check all boxes that apply)

Evening (after 5:00pm)

37. How long would you like courses to run? (check all that apply)

38. What is your firm’s level of interest in participating in an accounting internship program?

Circle the number that best describes your businesses’ interest:

39. Next, I’d like to ask you about employee development practices at your business location. As I read each of the following employee development practices, please indicate whether your business uses each practice.

40. Please indicate the extent to which your firm is involved in outsourcing accounting services processing to a foreign provider:

41. Please note anything not covered you wish us to hear or consider.

42. Employer Type:

43. Including all full-time and part-time employees, how many permanent Accounting Staff members work at your business location?

44. How many permanent Accounting Staff members do you expect to have 12 months from now?

45. First and Last Name of respondent.

46. Position of respondent

47. Phone of respondent

48. Email  of respondent

49. Name of Company

50. Address of company

51. Date of Interview

52. Name of interviewer