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INFS5000: Accounting Information Systems
2025 unit information
Accountants are extensive users of business information systems (BIS). They also play a critical advisory and managerial role in relation to the design, adoption, evaluation and assurance of BIS to ensure that information and systems are properly governed to manage and mitigate risk, are used ethically and contribute to business value. This unit provides an introduction to current and emerging information technologies (IT) that support and enable business processes, information management, decision-making, data analysis and reporting of critical business information in accounting. In addition, associated governance, risk and compliance challenges are explored. Relationships between business processes and accounting information systems are examined to develop an understanding of the complex and changing business information environment from the perspective of different stakeholders. Students use a variety of tools, frameworks and models that assist in identifying opportunities for business value creation to ensure that strategies meet business needs.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business (Business School)
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Business Information Systems |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Identify and explain the impact of information technology in an accounting and business context, on the organisation's business model and critical business activities
- LO2. Examine and summarise concepts of enterprise risk management, organisational governance and internal control, and the importance of these for accountants in relation to identifying, reporting and managing risk within the organisation
- LO3. Analyse different roles of stakeholders and evaluate key social, ethical and cultural issues involved in the design, implementation and assurance of accounting information systems
- LO4. Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts and tools for designing, documenting, and analysing business processes and internal controls using BPMN notation, basic data models, and two software packages. Practice an approach through class activities and other assigned tasks
- LO5. Develop and support arguments through reading and library research
- LO6. Communicate persuasively and collaborate effectively with different personalities, individually and in group settings, to achieve professional outcomes
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Semester 1 2024
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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