In 2019, CIMA, one of the founding bodies of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, celebrated 100 years of serving business. For the anniversary, we published a short history of the organisation, including how much our skillset has changed over that time . Comparing our original syllabus with our most recent one, you might think you are looking at two different professions.
Our present students learn about cybersecurity and robotic process automation among other areas. It is a world away from requirements to pass exams in quadratic equations, or an ability to “translate an easy passage” into another language. As an organisation geared towards employability and producing professionals whose expertise can be trusted, we live by the mantra, “Learn, Unlearn, Relearn”.
Although some of our core proficiencies are the same, we have had to change others to meet technological progress – the rate of which is accelerating. IBM estimates the half-life of a skill is about five years, with that of more technical skills being around half that…
