Identify and Critically Evaluate Effective Accountant Features

This report is a project proposal that aims to identify and critically evaluate the key features of an effective accountant. It begins by establishing the background of the study, highlighting the role of accountants in organizational processes and their responsibilities in improving operational activities. The problem statement focuses on identifying the essential features that contribute to an accountant's effectiveness and performance. The research objectives are to assess and identify these key characteristics. The report poses a research question, "What are the key characteristics that are helpful in making an accountant an effective one?" A literature review is conducted to understand the perspectives of other researchers on the characteristics of effective accountants. The research methodology involves collecting secondary data from various sources such as journals, articles, and websites to understand the features that play a significant role in the development of accountant effectiveness. The report concludes with a reference list of sources used.

Running head: IDENTIFY AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE KEY FEATURES OF AN
EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTANT
Identify and critically evaluate the key features of an effective accountant
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Table of Contents
Assessment 2: Project Proposal.......................................................................................................2
Background of the study..............................................................................................................2
Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives.....................................................................................................................3
Research Question.......................................................................................................................3
Literature Review........................................................................................................................3
Research Methodology................................................................................................................4
Reference List..................................................................................................................................5

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Assessment 2: Project Proposal
The proposal has been constructed in order to provide a clear idea about the aspects and
the elements that would be followed in order to collect the data with the help of which effective
data can be collected and thereafter research on this topic would be undertaken. This will be
helpful discovering the elements and the issues that are helpful in understanding the features that
are essential to become an effective accountant
Background of the study
The background of the paper is constructed by creating an understanding of how
accountants have come into play in the organizational process and the role and the role and the
responsibility they undertake in order to improve the operational activities of the business
(Small, Marque and Yaseen 2016). It is seen accountants have the role of taking care of the
financial activities of the business and therefore several steps and actions are undertaken with the
help of which the profit and loss of the company can be understood. The various features that are
existent in the accountants are discovered and it is seen that the role of the accountants within a
business company can be understood. The accountants are regarded to the public interest
protector and therefore the accountants with the help of their activities have been looking
forward to implement ethical behaviour within the organization. This is in a way would lead to
better operational activities of the business and better standards and the interest of the society
would even be maintained. The accountants have the role of competing with the demands that
are existent within a business environment and thereafter better actions and roles are played with
the help of which effectiveness of the company can be maintained. The accountants look to
uphold the values of the company and thereby confidentiality, integrity and the professional
attitude is created (Mohamad, Ahmed and Badri 2017). The accountants in certain circumstances

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are faced with different kind of pressures and compulsions and it is the internal characteristic of
the accountant to determine the ways with the help of which these compulsions and issues can be
mitigated. These elements are helpful in understanding the aspects and the features that
accountants need to have in order to enhance their actions and duties.
Problem Statement
The current research on this topic is taken into consideration simply due to the fact that
the role of the accountants play a vital role in the development of the business. The problem that
has been identified has been that the features that should be existent within an accountant so that
they would perform in an effective manner and thereafter better operational activities of the
business can be determined (Tan, Emerson and White 2017). This research therefore has the
intention of discovering the key attributes and the features that need to be existent among the
accountants in order to make them effective and enhanced their performance within the
company.
Research Objectives
The objective of the current research is given as follows:
 To assess and identify the key features and the characteristics that should be existent
within the accountant in order to make them effective and enhance the performance of the
business
Research Question
The research question in relation to this topic is:
Q1. What are the key characteristics that is helpful in making an accountant an effective one?

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Literature Review
The literature review is looking to take care address the aspects and the elements that
have been explained by other researches in their past researches. In this manner, the researcher is
looking to understand the perspective and the point of view of the other researcher with the help
of which a precise idea about the several kind of characteristics that are existent within a
business can be understood and thereafter steps and actions can be taken in order to attain the
final outcome of the research. The literature has therefore highlighted the various kinds of
characteristics that are seen among the accountants and thereafter how they have been helpful in
the enhancement of the performance of the company can be understood.
Research Methodology
The methodology refers to the kind of data that would be used in order to construct the
research project in association to this topic. The researcher in order to understand the features
that need to be present among the accountants have collected secondary data from several
sources with the help of which proper idea about the characteristics can be understood. The
secondary data is collected with the help of various journals, articles and internet sources and
even from the website of certain companies in order to create an understanding of how these
features play a significant role in the development of the effectiveness of the accountants
(Chiapello 2016). The time frame that is existent for this research has been the factor that has
compelled the researcher to make use secondary data instead of the primary data.

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Reference List
Chiapello, E., 2016. How IFRS contribute to the financialization of capitalism. In IFRS in a
Global World (pp. 71-84). Springer, Cham.
Mohamad, S., Ahmed, M.U. and Badri, M.B., 2017. Preference shares: analysis of Sharīʿah
issues. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, 9(2), pp.185-189.
Small, R., Marque, G. and Yaseen, Y., 2016. Residual value-a consideration for a depreciation
policy: accounting technical. Professional Accountant, 2016(28), pp.18-19.
Tan, B.H., Emerson, L. and White, C., 2017. REFORMING ESL WRITING INSTRUCTION IN
TERTIARY EDUCA TION: THE WRITING CENTRE APPROACH. The English Teacher,
p.14.