OUR MISSION
The mission of the Institute of Accounting of the Warsaw School of Economics focuses on the staff activities on three planes: scientific, didactic and practical. It determines the pursuit of these activities in order to serve the development of Polish science of accounting and the enhancement of its professional prestige.
VISSION
Based on good patterns of its masters, the Institute of Accounting creates new ideas and presents the stance – not devoid of criticism and self-criticism –of openness to the creative thoughts of their successors.
VALUES
The system of values of the staff of the Institute of Accounting is determined by: the accuracy of research, team work, teaching professionalism as well as readiness to verify the usefulness of academic expertise in practice.
The Institute of Accounting is a scientific and research entity within the structure of the Collegium of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics. It was established by Rector’s Order of 2 February 2015 to replace the Department of Accounting.
The Institute of Accounting is divided into three units:
- The Financial Accounting Unit headed currently by Katarzyna Bareja, PhD,
- The Information Technology Accounting Unit headed currently by Katarzyna Klimaczak, PhD,
- The Managerial Accounting Unit headed currently by Magdalena Giedroyć, PhD.
In this organisational structure the Institute staff are involved in the teaching process of the whole University, including the ACCA and CIMA accreditation programmes as well as subsequent editions of Postgraduate Studies.
At the Institute there are also positions of:
- Coordinator of the SGH-CIMA programmes,
- Coordinator of the ACCA programme,
- Supervisor of the field of study of Finance & Accounting,
- Coordinator of the basic course of Accounting,
- Rector’s proxy for contacts with the National Chamber of Chartered Accountants.
The appropriate implementation of tasks entrusted to the Institute staff is supervised by Director of the Institute of Accounting habilitated doctor Joanna Wielgórska - Leszczyńska, SGH nominated professor.
- HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTING
The teaching of accounting in the Warsaw School of Economics dates back to the August Zieliński Private Commercial Courses in 1906. However, for a number of years, as Professor Stanisław Skrzywan used to say, accounting was treated as a practical skill in the area of commercial sciences. Therefore, no organisational framework of university departments was created, even when in the 1920s the School was granted the rights of academic university.
A numerous team (the Department employed about 40 people) was headed by an outstanding scholar professor Stanisław Skrzywan, who was in this position all the time till his death in 1971. Afterwards the management of the Department was taken over by prof. Jan Matuszewicz. He continued the didactic and research work within the structure of the Department and direction charted by its founder.
In the 1973/74 academic year the University authorities decided to establish the Institute of Data Processing and Accounting as a result of the merger of the Department of Accounting and the Department of Data Processing. The position of the director of the newly founded institute was given to prof. Tadeusz Peche. The Professor died on 8 February 1989, and prof. Maria Gmytrasiewicz was appointed director of the Institute.
In 1991 the Institute of Data Processing and Accounting was divided into two departments: the Department of Accounting and Department of Information Systems. The position of the head of the Department of Accounting was held till 2012 by prof. Maria Gmytrasiewicz.
From 1 October 2012 till 1 February 2015 prof. Anna Karmańska was the head of the Department of Accounting.
On 2 February 2015 following Rector’s Order no.9 of 2 February 2015 the Department of Accounting was transformed into the Institute of Accounting.On 1 March 2015 prof. Anna Karmańska was appointed Director of the Institute of Accounting.
On 1 September 2024 habilitated doctor Joanna Wielgórska - Leszczyńska, SGH nominated professor was appointed Director of the Institute of Accounting.
- OUR MASTERS
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Professor Stanisław Skrzywan (1902 – 1971)
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Professor Tadeusz Peche (1923-1989)
Website administrator: Małgorzata Paszula, PhD (malgorzata.paszula@sgh.waw.pl)