Annotated Bibliography

Ellis, Lindsay. “Why so Many Accountants Are Quitting.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones &

Company, 28 Dec. 2022, https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-so-many-accountants-arequitting-

11672236016. Accessed 27 January 2023.

The accounting industry in the United States has experienced a significant decline in the past two

years, with over 300,000 accountants leaving their jobs, marking a 17% decrease. The primary reasons for

this decrease are the high levels of stress, long working hours, and intensive workload experienced by

accountants. The challenging requirements for obtaining a certified public accountant license, which

include the completion of 150 credit hours, have also contributed to the difficulties faced by new

graduates in entering the field.

The article cites sources from Bureau of Labor Statistics and information and statistics from

KPMG LLG. This article is also a recent and is local research on The University of Austin’s McCombs

Business school. It also uses a real-life example of a student who decided to drop out the accounting field

and switch careers.

This source was used on my mentorship by helping me decide if I ever wanted to go into

accounting after high school instead of something like my mentorship. Learning what I got from this

article made me think otherwise. My future was also benefitted from this article due to its information

about going into certain business field internships.

Works CitedPolakoff, Sam. “Unstable Times Require Stable Supply Chain ManagementSam .”

SupplyChainBrain RSS, 23 Feb. 2023, www.supplychainbrain.com/blogs/1-think-

tank/post/36591-unstable-times-require-stable-supply-chain-management. Accessed 24 February

2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the significance of supply chain management,

necessitating agility, flexibility, and resilience. Strong relationships with suppliers are crucial, involving

contingency planning and diversifying contracts among multiple suppliers, even collaborating with

competitors if needed. Sharing supply chains and utilizing structured and unstructured data analysis are

vital for digital transformation and optimizing efficiency. These approaches enable businesses to adapt to

changing consumer demands and overcome disruptions in the supply chain.

The author of this article from SupplyChainBrain, chief executive officer and founder of

BrillDog, Sam Polakoff. Polakoff is credible due to this fact, and argues the need for agility, flexibility,

and resilience in this field, as well as the importance of risk management and planning, is how companies

were able to survive the huge economic downturn of Covid-19. This article is also written on

SupplyChainBrain, known to be the most comprehensive supply chain management information resource,

and is accessed year-round.

The supply chain field is important to running a business, and without one, a company cannot

function effectively. In the article. I was able to use the information in this article regarding how to

function supply professionally on my final product. One part of my product regarded the rates of a

contract, which I used information from this article to help me figure out how to cost effectively make a

contract.
Scarboro, Douglas. “'All BBQ, No Slaw': Why Failing to Teach Economics Starves Student

Development: Opinion.” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 30 Mar. 2023,

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2023/03/30/opinion-why-failing-

to-teach-economics-starves-student-development/70057943007/.Accessed 30 March 2023

Douglas Scarboro, the Regional Executive and Senior Vice President for the Memphis Branch of

the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, emphasizes the importance of personal finance education without

neglecting the teaching of economics. He argues that while personal finance teaches individuals how to

manage their finances, economics provides the understanding of how the world economy functions and

how financial choices impact their lives. Scarboro believes that economics and personal finance are

complementary subjects, as economics provides the conceptual framework for personal finance and helps

in decision-making beyond personal finance, such as college majors, careers, investments, and other

financial choices.

Douglas Scarboro is the Regional Executive and Senior Vice President for the Memphis Branch

of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The views expressed by Scarboro can be verified by his

economic background. He also uses sources such as Council for Economic Education including Arkansas,

Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Finance is a very important skill that I will need to pick up. Not only for personal finances, but

also using finance in my job to efficiently complete my tasks, such as my final product. For example, I

used it to calculate my finances efficiently on my final product’s pay rate section.

Variyam, Veena. “Three Supply Chain Talent Considerations for CSCOs.” Recently Filed RSS, 27 Apr.

2023, https://www.scmr.com/article/three_supply_chain_talent_considerations_for_cscos. Date

Accessed 28 April 2023

The article discusses the talent management challenges faced by Chief Supply Chain

Officers (CSCOs) in recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent. It highlights the impact of talent

shortages on business operations and presents three significant talent trends identified by Veena Variyam,

the Vice President of Quantitative Analytics & Digital Innovation at Gartner Supply Chain Practice. The

article underscores the importance of addressing talent management challenges in the supply chain

industry and provides recommendations for CSCOs to attract, develop, and retain top talent.

The writer of this article is Veena Variyam, the Vice President, Quantitative Analytics & Digital

Innovation for Gartner’s Supply Chain Practice. In the article, Variyam also uses research from Gartner

to discover that more than half of all supply chain organizations surveyed indicate that an inability to

access talent.

I used the research from this article toward my mentorship progress. I used information about

leadership skills in supply chain toward taking action in my mentorship to better improve my skills.

Overall, leadership is very important.