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Smith & Jones LLP: Charting a Path to the Future *
Author(s) -
Sheehan Norman T.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
accounting perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1911-3838
pISSN - 1911-382X
DOI - 10.1506/ap.8.2.4
Subject(s) - profitability index , audit , path (computing) , focus (optics) , business , accounting , management , marketing , economics , computer science , finance , physics , optics , programming language
This case requires accounting students to shift their focus from learning about the practice of auditing to learning about the business of auditing. It describes the strategy, vision, and mission of a medium‐sized, Canadian audit firm and the external and internal challenges the firm faces as it looks to improve its profitability. Students should reflect on which behaviors Smith & Jones would like to encourage and what the partners can do to encourage its employees to exhibit these behaviors.