Priesthood of Industry [electronic resource] : The Rise of the Professional Accountant in British Management
Matthews, Derek.
Anderson, Malcolm.
Edwards, John.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1998.
Documenting the rise of the accountancy profession in Britain, the authors ofthis volume focus on the individual - the professional accountant - and adoptan economic determinist analysis to explain the rise of public practice and the transfer of staff to industry in increasing numbers.
Description based upon print version of record.
COVER; PRELIMINARIES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1  Introduction; THE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROCESS; THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION; DEMAND AND RESPONSE; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 2 Roots of the Profession; SOME NUMBERS AND PRACTICES; THE PATHWAY TO 'PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT'; NON-ACCOUNTING SERVICES; TRAINING NEW ENTRANTS; GETTING STARTED; ACCELERATING DEMAND FOR ACCOUNTING SERVICES; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 3 The Rise of the Accounting Function; ACCOUNTANCY FIRMS; Leading partnerships; Firm size; The merger movement; The quiet revolution
ACCOUNTANCY SOCIETIESCOUNTING THE ACCOUNTANTS; GENDER; SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 4 Accountants and Business Management in Victorian and Edwardian Britain; THE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND: ECONOMIC DECLINE AND THE RISE OF THE CORPORATE ECONOMY; INSOLVENCY; AUDITING; CONSULTANCY; COST ACCOUNTING; TAXATION; PUBLIC SECTOR WORK; COMPANY SECRETARIES AND DIRECTORS; ENTREPRENEURS AND EMPLOYEES; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 5 Accountants in the Economic Maelstrom: The First World War and the Inter-war Years; ECONOMIC BACKGROUND; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
ACCOUNTANTS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN  THE FIRST WORLD WARSPECIAL WORK IN RATIONALIZATION, RESCUES,  AND MERGERS; ACCOUNTANTS ON THE BOARD; COMING IN AT THE TOP; ACCOUNTANTS WORKING THEIR WAY UP; ACCOUNTANTS IN CHARGE; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 6 Rise of the 'Priesthood' in the Post-Second World War Era; ACCOUNTANTS AT WAR; ECONOMIC BACKGROUND; PROFESSIONAL FIRMS; Auditing; Taxation; Management consultancy; Work in the public sector; ROUTES TO THE TOP; Route 1: non-executive directors; Route 2: entrepreneurs; Route 3: in at the top; Route 4: working their way up; Finance director stepping-stone
General managementRoute 5: in at the bottom; SOME NUMBERS FOR ACCOUNTANTS IN INDUSTRY; Where they worked; What they did; The finance director; Accountants in top management; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 7 Some Explanations and Conclusions; A QUARTER OF A MILLION PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS; BUSINESSES' DEMAND FOR ACCOUNTANTS; MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING EDUCATION; Some international comparisons; British management education; Academic institutions; In-house training; Accounting in British universities; The professional accounting qualification; ACCOUNTANTS IN TOP MANAGEMENT; The role of the examinations
Training in a public practiceIts significance as seen by some; ...and by others; Desirable traits; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; APPENDIX   Family Trees of Accountancy Bodies and Firms; Arthur Andersen & Co.; Notes:; Arthur Young; Notes:; BDO Binder Hamlyn; Notes:; Coopers & Lybrand; Notes:; Deloitte Haskins & Sells; Notes:; Ernst & Whinney; Notes:; Finnie & Co.; Notes:; Grant Thornton; Notes:; Hodgson Impey; Notes:; Kidsons; Note:; Pannell Kerr Forster; Notes:; Peat Marwick McLintock; Notes:; Price Waterhouse; Notes:; Robson Rhodes; Notes:; Stoy Hayward; Note:; Spicer & Oppenheim; Notes:
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Documenting the rise of the accountancy profession in Britain, the authors ofthis volume focus on the individual - the professional accountant - and adoptan economic determinist analysis to explain the rise of public practice and the transfer of staff to industry in increasing numbers.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Accounting - Great Britain - History.
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