CHAPTER 6 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

127 CHAPTER 6 research design and methodology INTRODUCTION Parker (2002:400), on defining the future, said: There is always a sense of wonder or awe when one attempts to define the future but there are also practical reasons for looking ahead, and the IFAC (1994:3) commented that [t]hose who do not anticipate the future may never experience it. And, in anticipation of the future, change in the management accounting environment was defined as morphogenic in nature. Two questions were then formulated: What is the current situation regarding morphogenic change (see paragraph )? Where are management accountants heading? This last question now requires further investigation. Parker (2002:4) explored the second question (see paragraph ) when he tried to describe the skills management accountants would need: [t]his is no easy question to answer. Answers evolve from .. observing what management accountants presently do.

127 CHAPTER 6 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 6.1 INTRODUCTION Parker (2002:400), on defining the future, said: There is always a sense of wonder or awe when one attempts to define the future but there are also practical

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