Study and meta analysis of importance of contemporary topics of cost and management accounting and its coverage in textbooks

A number of recent research studies have examined the skills and abilities that business management students will need when they enter the workplace. The researcher believe that the role of the business management student has changed and that curricula of the management accounting subject should reflect the requirements of this new role. Here we present the results of the examination of seven popular cost/management accounting textbooks and course syllabi to see if the new role is reflected in them. The business environment continues to change.