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HOLMES
INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT DETAILS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Trimester T3 2021
Unit Code HA2042
Unit Title Accounting Information Systems
Assessment Type Assessment 2: Individual Assignment
Assessment Title System Analysis and Selection
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
Students are required to:
• Understand and explain the place of an accounting information
system in the context of the organisational structure and
operating practices (ULO 2),
• Identify, analyse and compare different types of accounting
information systems (ULO 3), and
• Use different methodologies to evaluate various accounting
information systems (ULO 4).
Weight 30% of the total assessments.
Total Marks 30 Marks.
Word limit No more than 2500 words.
Due Date This written report is due in Week 09 on Friday, dated 28th January
2022, at 11:59 pm (Melbourne/Sydney) 10:59 pm (Queensland).
Late submission incurs penalties of five per cent of the assessment per
calendar day unless the Hello Team has accepted the special
consideration request before the assessment deadline.
Submission
Guidelines
• All work must be submitted on Blackboard in a single Word file by
the due date, including the Assignment Cover Page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, double spacing, 12-pt
Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with
appropriate section headings and page numbers.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Adapted Harvard
Referencing style. Please see the section Assignment Design –
Adapted Harvard Referencing Section below.
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• Include a minimum of ten references, at least five from peer-reviewed
journals relevant to the unit.
Assignment Details
Background
After finishing your Bachelor of Professional Accounting, you started your accounting
consultancy in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. You got a high distinction in the HA2042
Accounting Information System and prefe
ed to analyse the business processes, risks and
internal controls. The CEO of your client is delighted with your services. In particular, your
client company is cu
ently evaluating its accounting system. The Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) of your client company thinks that they need to invest in cloud-based accounting
software to support the growth of the business.
Company Selection and Requirements: You must prepare a report to evaluate and
ecommend a cloud-based accounting software for an Australian ASX-listed company of your
choice (your client).1
Note: While selecting your client company, please try to choose the company that best suits the
assumptions mentioned above.
The report should include the following components:
1. Background
• Describe your client and its business activities.
• Briefly describe the basic business activities involved in the revenue and expenditure
cycles of the selected company.
• And identify the weak internal controls in these business activities. Further, identify
the risks associated with these weak controls.
2. Systems requirements
• Outline the software features and functionalities that your client should consider to
support its business activities.
3. Software selection
• Visit the websites of at least two (2) accounting software package vendors (e.g. SAP,
MYOB, Xero, etc.) and provide a
ief description of each vendor and its products.
• Compare and contrast the features/functionalities of two cloud-based accounting
software packages offered by accounting software package vendors.
• Identify the most suitable vendor and accounting software package for your client
and explain why it is the best option.
Assignment Structure
The report should include the following components.
1 Alternatively, you can select any company listed on the stock exchange of your home country.
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Holmes Institute Assignment Cover Sheet
Executive Summary
The executive summary should be concise and not involve too much detail. It should make
commentary on the main points only and follow the sequence of the report. Write the
Executive Summary after the report is completed, and once you have an overview of the
whole text.
Contents Page
This needs to show a logical listing of all the sub-headings of the report. Note this is excluded
from the total word count.
1. Introduction
Typically, the introduction is a short paragraph that includes background, scope and the
main points raised in the order of importance. There should be a
ief conclusion statement
at the end of the introduction.
2. Main Body Paragraphs with Numbered Sub-headings
This section contains detailed information which elaborates on the main points raised in the
introduction. Each paragraph should begin with an exact topic sentence, then supporting
sentences with facts and evidence obtained from research and finish with a concluding
sentence.
The body of the report should contain sections to answer the above issues and with
appropriate section headings
3. Conclusion
This section contains a logical and coherent evaluation based on a thorough and objective
assessment of the research performed.
4. References
Include a minimum of ten (10) references, at least five (5) from peer-reviewed journals
elevant to the unit.
5. Appendices
This section includes any additional explanatory information which is supplementary or
graphical to help communicate the main ideas made in the report. Refer to the appendices in
the main body paragraphs as and where appropriate. (Note this is excluded from the total
word count.)
Note: The report should be grounded on relevant literature, and all references must be cited
appropriately and included in the reference list.
Assessment Design – Adapted Harvard Referencing
Holmes will be implementing as a pilot program a revised Harvard approach to referencing.
The following guidelines apply:
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1. Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources that provide full-text access
to the source’s content for lecturers and markers.
2. The Reference list should be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and
titled: References.
3. It should include the details of all the in-text citations, a
anged A-Z alphabetically
y author surname. In addition, it MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the
cited reference source.
For example;
Hawking P, McCarthy B, Stein A (2004), Second Wave ERP Education, Journal of
Information Systems Education, Fall, http:
jise.org/Volume15/n3/JISEv15n3p327.pdf
4. All assignments will require additional in-text reference details, which will consist of
the surname of the autho
authors or name of the authoring body, year of
publication, page number of content, the paragraph where the content can be found.
For example;
“The company decided to implement an enterprise-wide data warehouse business
intelligence strategies (Hawking et al., 2004, p3(4)).”
Non Adherence to Referencing Guidelines
Where students do not follow the above guidelines:
1. Students who submit assignments that do not comply with the guidelines will be
asked to resubmit their assignments.
2. Late penalties will apply, as per the Student Handbook each day, after the student/s
have been notified of the resubmission requirements.
3. Students who comply with guidelines and the citations are “fake” will be reported
for academic misconduct.
Marking criteria
Marking criteria
Weighting in
Total Grades
Describe your client and its business activities 3%
Evaluate the key business processes for your client 5%
Outline the software features and functionalities that your client
should consider supporting its business activities
3%
Visit the websites of at least two (2) accounting software package
vendors (e.g. SAP, MYOB, Xero etc.) and provide a
ief description of
each vendor and its products
5%
Compare and contrast the features/functionalities of two cloud-based
accounting software packages offered by accounting software package
vendors
5%
Identify the most suitable vendor and accounting software package for
your client and explain why it is the best option
5%
http:
jise.org/Volume15/n3/JISEv15n3p327.pdf
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Presentation 2%
Research quality 2%
TOTAL Weight 30%
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Marking Ru
ic
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
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Describe your client
and its business
activities.
(3 Marks)
An excellent
description of your
client and its business
activities.
A very good
description of your
client and its business
activities.
A good description of
your client and its
usiness activities.
An adequate
description of your
client and its business
activities.
Inappropriate
description of your
client and its business
activities.
Evaluate the key
usiness processes for
your client. (5 Marks)
Demonstrate an
excellent
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate a very
good understanding of
key business processes
for your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate a good
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate an
adequate
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Unable to present a
proper discussion of
key business processes
for your client.
Outline the software
features and
functionalities that
your client should
consider supporting its
usiness activities. (3
Marks)
Present an excellent
discussion on the
features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider.
Present a very good
discussion on the
features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider.
Present a good
discussion on features
and functionalities of