As mudanças sócio-econômicas do ABC e a necessidade de adequação profissional do ensino da contabilidade

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to research and analyze the socio-economic changes that are taking place in the ABC region and the need for adequacy in the professional training of Accounting teaching in Accounting and Business Administration courses, with the objective of contributing to the insertion of young people in this new labor market. Initially, the survey was directed at municipal bodies, with the aim of verifying whether these changes are really taking place. It was verified through the research, a growth of the commercial sectors and service providers in detriment of the stagnation of the industrial sector. Our attention then turns to the leaders of these emerging sectors, trying to find out what their opinions are about the value of the information provided by Accounting, and how such science could contribute to improving the effectiveness of their decision-making. After analyzing the obtained data, we verified that although in the universe of the researched companies, the micro company prevails, there is an interest on the part of those responsible for making use of the resources granted to the accounting science, in the sense of helping them in the performance of their functions. Faced with these facts, our research was directed to Higher Education Institutions that teach such disciplines, aiming to verify whether the teaching of accounting is being directed to meeting the desires of this business class.