units

ACW2851

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Accounting
OfferedMalaysia First semester 2014 (Day)
Malaysia Second semester 2014 (Day)
Malaysia Summer semester A 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

The objective of this unit is two-fold. First, the unit provides students with a broad introduction to accounting information systems and the role technology plays in accounting. The focus will be on an introduction to: enterprise systems; database management; documentation methods; internal controls; and the core business processes found in organisations. Second, the unit focuses on corporate modelling theory; models as decision support tools; types and uses of models; benefits and limitations of models; effective spreadsheet design; auditing spreadsheet models and development of various models using an industry standard spreadsheet.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. examine the role of accounting information systems in analysing and providing decision support to managers
  2. explain the design of accounting information systems and financial models
  3. develop financial models to assist in decision making
  4. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and / or group activities dealing with accounting information systems and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACW2851.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Siew Eu-gene

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one unit from the following: AFG1000, ACG1000, AFP1000, ACP1000, AFW1000, ACW1000 or AFW1001 (pre 2009) before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFC2160, AFC2851, ACC2851, AFF2051, AFF2851, ACF2851, AFG2851, ACG2851, AFP2851, ACP2851, AFW2051, BUS1060, BUS3030, AFW2851