ACCT1080: Critically discuss a statement about accounting/accounting practice with examples drawn: Critical Accounting Perspectives Assignment, RMIT, Singapore

In this individual assessment, you are required to: Critically discuss a statement about accounting/accounting practice with examples drawn from topics covered throughout the entire course. This reflective process provides you with an opportunity to make connections between the learning experience in this semester and your personal or professional growth as a critical thinker in the field of accounting.

2. Statement for critical discussion “Accounting skills go far beyond sorting through numbers and relying on automated processes to create financial statements. To succeed as an accountant, you need strong critical thinking skills.” (Forbes, 2024) Using examples from the content covered in Critical Accounting Perspectives, discuss the above statement. Your discussion should highlight the areas/aspects of accounting in which professional judgement is required. Note that referencing is NOT explicitly assessed in this assessment.

However, applicable for the use of any external sources (i.e., outside the scope of lecture slides and prescribed textbook), students are required to make appropriate in-text references and include a reference list. The use of any external source without appropriate referencing may lead to further investigation of suspected plagiarism. Words associated with referencing (both in-text referencing and the reference list, if applicable) are not included in total word count.