Structuring a competency-based accounting communication course at the graduate level

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-199

  Sharifi, Mohsen ^a   McCombs, Gary B ^b   Fraser, Linda Lussy ^a   McCabe, Robert K ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Fullerton ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic service learning; Accounting communication course; Assessment; Business writing; Capstone course; Competency based course; Post graduate course

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549141719     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569909334052     Document Type: Article

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