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.
Poh Lim (Mary)
| 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 starts in Week 2 |
| 3 | LECTURE: Documenting Information Systems, TUTORIAL: Data Flow Diagrams and Systems Flowchart using Visio | |
| 4 | LECTURE: Database Management Systems, TUTORIAL: Database design using REA Model | |
| 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 | Assignment 1 due 5pm, Saturday 27 April 2013 |
| 8 | LECTURE: The Revenue Cycle: Order Entry/Sales Process, TUTORIAL: SAP ECC6 | |
| 9 | LECTURE: The Expenditure Cycle: Purchasing to Payments Process, Supply Chain Management (SCM), TUTORIAL: SAP ECC6 | |
| 10 | LECTURE: The Production Cycle, TUTORIAL: SAP ECC6 | |
| 11 | LECTURE: The General Ledger and Business Reporting (GL/BR) Process, TUTORIAL: SAP ECC6 | |
| 12 | LECTURE: Consolidation and Unit Review, TUTORIAL: Revision | Assignment 2 due 5pm, Saturday 1 June 2013 |
| 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 learning system.
Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - Business Process and Controls | 10% | 5pm, Saturday 27 April 2013 |
| Assignment 2 - Threats and Controls in Business Processes (Case Studies) | 10% | 5pm, Saturday 1 June 2013 |
| Online Quizzes | 10% | Weekly (starting Week 2) |
| Tutorial Participation | 10% | Weekly (starting Week 2) |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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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.
Students will be assessed on:
Specific tasks and marking criteria will be given in class.
Correct answers to questions.
Ulric J. Gelinas Jr., Richard B. Dull, and Patrick R. Wheeler (2012) Accounting Information Systems (9th Edition), South-Western Cengage Learning (ISBN: 978-0-538-46931-9)
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Referencing internet and electronic sources (Harvard referencing style):
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IEEE Referencing:
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If Electronic Submission has been approved for your unit, please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.
Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library.
Marshall B Romney, Paul J Steinbart, Joseph M Mula, Ray McNamara, Trevor Tonkin. (2012). Accounting Information Systems. (1st Edition) Pearson (ISBN: 9781442542594).
Non programmable calculators may be used in the examination.
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Previous student evaluation of this unit has 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.
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