ACCTING 7026 - Accounting Systems and Processes (M)

This course aims to provide students with an overall knowledge and understanding of accounting information systems and implications of their use in modern business. The course will examine a number of areas including the roles of accounting information systems in business particularly in supporting strategic and operational decision-making, problem-solving and operations (e.g. transactions cycles including revenue, expenditure), the manner in which these systems are developed, acquired and deployed, and used to enhance business processes, internal controls, risk management, and auditing. Contemporary issues including security, data and information management and ethics are also covered.