Rethinking the methodologies of higher education in Business Administration in Bologna model: a proposal for a course in accounting

Abstract

The authors, based on their own teaching experience and recent developments in reference schools, bring to the discussion the need to rethink the teaching methodologies and learning used in higher education, that were within the objectives of the new courses teaching Bologna model, which are generally of shorter duration, but assume more professional content. These methodologies should be directed executive training and more aimed at developing skills for the action needed to address the context of ongoing changes in global society.
Recognizing that the traditional teaching of such masterful no longer appealing to most of the students and even other complementary methodologies end up producing results that do not fulfil the expectations of employers and the profiles of new graduates from Bologna in time to approach the market, the authors advocate the widespread introduction of innovative learning methodologies, focusing on interaction and simulation, appropriate to the field of business sciences.
At the end, they present a generic framework for an extended implementation, through an example of application of different methodologies for an Accounting Degree.