The BSC-based Model for Evaluating the Performance of Accounting Education

  Majid Nili Ahmadabadi - Department of management, Qom University, Qom, Iran
  Farzaneh Mahmoody Moghadam - Master of accounting, Qom University, Qom, Iran

The purpose of this paper is toevaluate accounting educationinTechnical and VocationalHigh schools in Khuzestan province to present amodel ofbalanced scorecard. Althoughthe gapexisting betweenpractical accountingandthe scientific education is progressively being deepened, accounting operations depends on the quality of work and education. Evaluation of accounting education is essential for improvingtheperformance.From ten Vocational and technical high schools in Khuzestan 375 participants were selected through stratified sampling.In this descriptive applied research, a variety ofmethods including field observation,questionnaires and interviews was use to obtain the data.Descriptive statistical analysis ofthe data showed that in the financial perspectives and learning and growth, this model of education is weak.Practical suggestions were presented to improve the performancein theTechnical and Vocational High schools major.

performance evaluation, AccountingEducation, balanced scorecard