Research component

search job advertisements for cost accountants and management accountants from diverse job websites, to identify selection criteria for cost and management accountant roles, and to reflect on the skill set required to fulfil the responsibilities of management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing position in" rel="nofollow">in the work place. Respond to the followin" rel="nofollow">ing requirements in" rel="nofollow">in your report. Note: References to Table 1 and Table 2 are required, where applicable. Part 1: 300 words 1) Summarise the positions in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing areas:  The job websites where majority of your positions are found  The common sector (in" rel="nofollow">industry or government organisations) of the positions  Whether the positions are classified as ‘cost accountants’, ‘management accountants’, or other classifications (if so, what are these classifications?)  The common requirements, selection criteria, responsibilities, and others, of the positions  The common requirements, selection criteria, responsibilities, and others, which relate to cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge and skills 2) Describe the most common cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing skills and knowledge bein" rel="nofollow">ing sought for the positions. Discuss why these knowledge and skills are bein" rel="nofollow">ing sought. You are expected to explain" rel="nofollow">in and justify your own opin" rel="nofollow">inions in" rel="nofollow">in your discussion. You may refer to extra sources to support your arguments. 3) Identify the less common cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing skills and knowledge bein" rel="nofollow">ing sought for the positions. Discuss why these knowledge and skills are not as highly sought as those in" rel="nofollow">in Area 2 above. You are expected to explain" rel="nofollow">in and justify your own opin" rel="nofollow">inions in" rel="nofollow">in your discussion. You may refer to extra sources to support your arguments. 4) Draw practical implications from your research fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings: Apart from cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge and skills, identify and explain" rel="nofollow">in any challenge(s) facin" rel="nofollow">ing management accountants, which could be implied in" rel="nofollow">in the advertisements of the positions. 5) Explain" rel="nofollow">in and elaborate the alignments you have provided in" rel="nofollow">in the last column of Table 2: What are the specific topics that you have learnt in" rel="nofollow">in ACCT 6004, which have helped you align the cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing related criteria of the positions with the specific learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes of ACCT 6004? To what extent do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink the subject learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes are aligned to job requirements? 6) Reflect on your research: What cost and management accountin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge and skills, which are bein" rel="nofollow">ing sought for in" rel="nofollow">in the positions, are not taught in" rel="nofollow">in ACCT 6004? Do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink these knowledge and skills should, or should not, be covered in" rel="nofollow">in ACCT 6004? Why?