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Creative Thinking Skills within Accounting in College Curriculum of Indonesia

Authors
Gayatria Oktalina, Erika Feronika Br. Simanungkalit
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Available Online August 2016.
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Creative Thinking Skills, Intermediate Financial Accounting, Advanced Financial Accounting, Accounting Curriculum in Colleges
Abstract

Merger of Indonesia to the MEA demanding college graduates have high competitiveness, so that the curriculum should encourage students to have a high-level thinking skillÿone ofÿthem is creative thinking. So, this research examines the content and chances of implementing creative thinking skills across the accounting curriculum at colleges, in particular, financial accounting courses intermediate and advanced. Sample researches are State Colleges (PTN) and Private Colleges (PTS) in the Department of accounting in Indonesia is represented by the University of Indonesia (UI) and Gunadarma University (UG). In reviewing the content payload uses the value of creative thinking sections of the Association of American Colleges and Universities as well as to measure the chances of implementation used Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Strength (TOWS) analysis. Findings in research show the content creative thinking skills on courses of intermediate financial accounting and Advanced, UI is higher than UG. The opportunities for implementing creative thinking skills across the accounting curriculum at PTN and PTS big enough.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship
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Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
August 2016
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10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.17
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/gcbme-16.2016.17How to use a DOI?
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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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