Ten reasons to major in accounting

Ten reasons to major in accounting from Shook, C. L. 2012. Inexpensive and easy techniques to increase the number of accounting majors at your school. The Accounting Educator.

10. Job security
9. Pays more
8. International jobs
7. Not in your cubicle all day
6. Doing your taxes can be easy
5. Virtual working for family purposes
4. Small classes
3. Extra-curricular: Beta Alpha Psi and the National Association of Black Accountants
2. Versatility - Certification exams – CPA, CMA, CIA, CFM, CGFM; Types of jobs – External Auditing, Internal Auditing, Financial Accountants, Taxation, Managerial Accountants, Financial Planning Services, Information Systems Accountant, etc.
1. You can do any job with an Accounting degree, but other majors cannot do Accounting jobs.

References for Comparisons of IFRS and US GAAP

These references were provided by Bob Jensen

US GAAP versus IFRS: The basics
2011 Edition, 56 Pages
Free from Ernst & Young
http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssetsAL/IFRSBasics_BB2280_December2011/$FILE/IFRSBasics_BB2280_December2011.pdf

IFRS and US GAAP: Similarities and Differences
2011 Edition, 238 Pages
From PwC
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/issues/ifrs-reporting/publications/ifrs-and-us-gaap-similarities-and-differences.jhtml

From Deloitte
Comparisons of IFRS With Local GAAPS
http://www.iasplus.com/dttpubs/pubs.htm#compare1109

IFRS and US GAAP
July 2008 Edition, 76 Pages
http://www.iasplus.com/dttpubs/0809ifrsusgaap.pdf

Some humor. What people think professors do.

What people think professors do.

http://kd9la.blogspot.com/2012/02/okay-ill-do-one.html

Other what people think I do memes.

http://weknowmemes.com/2012/02/what-i-really-do-meme/

Summary of Imai, M. 1986. Kaizen

Imai provides a very good introduction to lean concepts in his 1986 book Kaizen, although he does not use the terms lean, lean thinking, or lean enterprise anywhere in the book. The term "lean" did not become popular until Womack and Jones used terms such as lean thinking and lean principles in their articles and books in the 1990s. Instead Imai's umbrella term is Kaizen.

For my summary of Imai's book see Imai, M. 1986. Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Note that Kaizen was published before Johnson and Kaplan's 1987 Relevance Lost and it provided an early wake-up call that something was wrong with the way American companies were managed over twenty-five years ago. I believe Imai's book is just as relevant today as it was in 1986.