Amir Hussin, Muhammad Rosni and Ismail, Kamariah and Alias, Rose Alinda (2015) "Thematic concern" analysis in the process of developing cost management skills curriculum. In: International Conference on Accounting Studies (ICAS) 2015, Aug 17-20, 2015, Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel, Johor, MALAYSIA.

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Abstract

Although the Malaysian government has already provided various entrepreneurial training programmes, Malaysian SME owner managers still lack entrepreneurial skills.Among the important skills that are still lacking are cost management skills.Thus, the current research attempts to develop cost management skills curriculum using action research approach.Action research approach is a cyclical process of planning, acting, observing and reflecting.According to several studies, the planning stage is the most critical stage of the action research cycle. At the planning stage or “thematic concern” stage, the problem or situation that needs to be improved must be clearly analysed.Hence, this paper discusses in detail the “thematic concern" analysis in developing cost management skills curriculum for SME training programmes in Malaysia.This paper triangulates various data sources, such as interviews and other secondary data. Among the important findings of this paper are SME owner managers in Malaysia still lack cost management skills knowledge.Furthermore, entrepreneurial training programmes also lack curriculum related to cost management skills.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-967-0910-09-3 Organized by: School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cost management skills, training programmes, action research, thematic concern, SMEs.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Divisions:	Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA)
Depositing User:	Mr. Muhammad Rosni Amir Hussin
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2016 01:12
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2016 07:14
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17575

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