Training for an Accounting Career.

In this article the author, consultant, General Electric Co., gives his views on training for an accounting career. It is a common hallucination that the existence of a training program implies that the process of education is also taking place. But it is not necessarily so. This is a constantly recurring concern with the financial training program in General Electric Co. The company has inaugurated a formal business training program in 1919, through which over 4,400 men have been subsequently processed. In that length of time, a person learns some things the hard way and, while many of the forms, techniques, methods and practices may change over the years, he does tend to cling to a few fundamental principles which seem to have proven themselves time and time again. The author also cites some general statistics of the company. The purpose is not to impress people with the scope of work in General Electric, but to orient people to the company's program. The responsibility of General Electric's financial management personnel, includes three broad areas: Managing, Personal Work, and Protect and Conserve.