Comparing Professions in UK and German-Speaking Management Accounting

Rafael Heinzelmann

Accounting in Europe, 2016, vol. 13, issue 1, 103-120

Abstract: This paper studies professional education in management accounting and the ways in which management accounting professions establish jurisdictional claims about management accounting work in the UK and German-speaking countries, respectively. We adopt a comparative approach drawing on the framework of systems of professions and the distinction between public, legal and workplace jurisdiction [Abbott, A. (1988). The system of professions: An essay on the division of expert labor . Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press]. Our findings highlight some notable differences between the UK and German-speaking countries with respect to professional management accounting education, the jurisdictional claims that the professions make as well as the establishment and history of professional institutes for management accounting. Based on this analysis, the paper identifies a dilemma or at least a challenge for policy-makers with respect to balancing the need for a context-dependent model of professional education with a need for comparability and convergence.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2016.1143560

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