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The book examines the Institute of Accounts, a transitional accounting organization, and how its knowledge played a role in business and social ordering. Additionally, the book provides insight into the professionalization of the US accounting occupation.
While the question of how the expansion of knowledge affected organizational growth and decay has been central to studies of many professions, it has generally been overlooked in the analysis of the evolution of accounting. This book fills that gap through it's analysis of an important 'transitional' accounting organization, the Institute of Accounts. The authors examines two key questions: * What role did accounting knowledge play in business and social ordering? * What insight does that IA's experience provide about the professionalization of the US accounting occupation?
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