This unit is aimed at providing the students with an overall knowledge of business organisations and their structure. The unit will cover all the steps from business strategy to operational planning and financial systems. The internal processes of a business organisation will be described with an emphasis on how they work together to achieve the financial and physical goals of the business.
Accounting information systems and the systems for the processing and recording of business transactions, inventory, sales, purchasing and financial reporting will be described in detail. Tutorial exercises using commercial software will take students through the operational steps of sales, purchasing and deliveries and then produce the main financial statements for the organisation.
A range of new management concepts and tools such as process oriented organisations, control matrices, and systems theory will be described. The unit will also look at how e-commerce and e-business is used in a modern organisation, and give a brief description of contracts and contract law.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk
Students will be expected to spend a total of 12 hours per week during semester on this unit as follows:
Lectures: 2 hours per week
Tutorials/Lab Sessions: 2 hours per week per tutorial
and up to an additional 8 hours in some weeks for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
Eu-Gene Siew
Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - Business Process and Controls | 10% | 3pm, 10 September 2012 |
| Assignment 2 - SAP Business ByDesign | 10% | 3pm, 15 October 2012 |
| Online Quizzes | 10% | Weekly (starting Week 2) |
| Tutorial Participation | 10% | Weekly (starting Week 2) |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
Monash is committed to excellence in education and regularly seeks feedback from students, employers and staff. One of the key formal ways students have to provide feedback is through SETU, Student Evaluation of Teacher and Unit. The University's student evaluation policy requires that every unit is evaluated each year. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the surveys. The feedback is anonymous and provides the Faculty with evidence of aspects that students are satisfied and areas for improvement.
For more information on Monash's educational strategy, and on student evaluations, see:
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http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/quality/student-evaluation-policy.html
Previous student evaluation of the unit indicated that students were comfortable using Excel and didn't need to revise these skills in tutorials. Accordingly, these have been dropped from this year's offering. Students enjoyed using SAP Business ByDesign and these tutorials have been further developed for this year's offering.
If you wish to view how previous students rated this unit, please go to
https://emuapps.monash.edu.au/unitevaluations/index.jsp
Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library.
Ulric J. Gelinas Jr., Richard B. Dull, and Patrick R. Wheeler. (2012). Accounting Information Systems. (9th) South-Western Cengage Learning (ISBN: 978-0-538-46931-9).
Non programmable calculators may be used in the examination.
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | LECTURE: Introduction to Business Systems, NO TUTORIAL | |
| 2 | LECTURE: Enterprise Systems and e-Business Systems, TUTORIAL: Understanding Information Systems & Enterprise Systems | Weekly Online Quizzes and Tutorial Participation commences |
| 3 | LECTURE: Documenting Information Systems, TUTORIAL: Data Flow Diagrams and Systems Flowchart using Visio | |
| 4 | LECTURE: Database Management Systems, TUTORIAL: Database and Entity-Relationship Models | |
| 5 | LECTURE: Controlling Information Systems, TUTORIAL: Risk Management and IT Control Processes | |
| 6 | LECTURE: Business Process and Application Controls, TUTORIAL: Control Matrix and Application Controls | |
| 7 | LECTURE: Basic Accounting, TUTORIAL: Basic Accounting | |
| 8 | LECTURE: The Order Entry/Sales Process, TUTORIAL: SAP Business ByDesign | Assignment 1 due 3pm, 10 September 2012 |
| 9 | LECTURE: The Billing/Accounts Receivable/Cash Receipts (B/AR/CR) Process, TUTORIAL: SAP Business ByDesign | |
| 10 | LECTURE: The Purchasing Process and Accounts Payable/Cash Disbursements (AP/CD) Process, Supply Chain Management (SCM), TUTORIAL: SAP Business ByDesign | |
| 11 | LECTURE: The General Ledger and Business Reporting (GL/BR) Process, TUTORIAL: SAP Business ByDesign | |
| 12 | LECTURE: Consolidation and Unit Review, TUTORIAL: Revision | Assignment 2 due 3pm, 15 October 2012 |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your MUSO (Blackboard or Moodle) learning system.
Faculty Policy - Unit Assessment Hurdles (http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/staff/edgov/policies/assessment-examinations/unit-assessment-hurdles.html)
Academic Integrity - Please see the Demystifying Citing and Referencing tutorial at http://lib.monash.edu/tutorials/citing/
Quality of analysis and preparation of various documentation diagrams.
More details with be provided.
How well the understanding of various accounting information systems modules is demonstrated.
More details will be provided.
Correct answers to questions.
Participation in tutorials.
Completion of class exercises.
Contribution to class discussions.
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/plagiarism-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz).
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
Referencing internet and electronic sources (Harvard referencing style):
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/quickrefs/22-referencing-internet.xml
IEEE Referencing:
http://www.lib.monash.edu/tutorials/citing/ieee.html
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