HI5019 Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise

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ASSESSMENT DETAILS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Trimester	T1 2022
Unit Code	HI5019
Unit Title	Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise
Assessment Type	Assessment 2: Group Assignment
Assessment Title	System Analysis and Selection
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)	Students are required to: Critically evaluate the purpose and role of accounting information systems in today’s business environment (ULO 1),Evaluate systems development methodologies and the role of accountants in system development projects (ULO 3), andAppraise the risks inherent in computer-based systems/ERP, including the role of ethics and the various internal control processes that need to be in place (ULO 4).
Weight	30% of the total assessments.
Total Marks	30 Marks.
Word limit	Up to 2,500 words
Due Date	This written report is due in Week 11 on Friday, dated 3rd June 2022, at 11:59 pm (AEST). Late submission incurs a penalty of five per cent of the assessment per calendar day unless Student Services have granted an extension and/or special consideration before the assessment submission deadline.
Group Formation and Submission Guidelines	Group Formation: Please form the group by self-enrolling in Blackboard. There should be a maximum of 4 members in a group www.hndassignmenthelp.com for any issues with self-enrolling into groups. All work must be submitted on Blackboard in a single Word file by the due date, including the Assignment Cover Page .The students must work in a group of 1-4 students. However, there is no minimum limit for a group. In certain circumstances, a student can work in a Solo Group. The assignment must be in MS Word format, double spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of the 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. Include a minimum of thirteen references, at least seven from peer-reviewed journals relevant to the unit.

Assignment Details

Part A. The Conversion Cycle. [Up to 500 words]

The Strategic Information System for Business and Enterprise HI5019 T1 2022 provide sufficient background knowledge to understand accounting information systems and analyse the transaction processing system. Based on the same strict assumption we apply in the HI5019 T1 2022 individual assignment, we assume that this knowledge enables you to start an accounting consultancy. You are passionate to provide consultancy services in your area. To pursue your passions, you started your consultancy services. Luckily, you got your first client, Mrs Maria, head of the accounting department of ERPGATO Manufacturing Limited (EML). She requested you to provide her with an expert opinion on the components of overhead and the logical cost driver. For this expert opinion, she forwarded you the following information.

For years, EML has allocated overhead based on total machine hours. A recent assessment of overhead costs has shown that these costs are now more than 45 per cent of the company’s total costs. Sara is specifically worried about this variance, and as a managing director, she is trying to control overhead better. For this purpose, the head of the management accountant adopted an activity-based costing system. Each cutting board goes through the five processes. These processes are elaborated on in the following paragraph.

To better control overhead, EML is adopting an activity-based costing system. Each cutting board goes through the following processes. The given data reveals that cutting is the first process. In this process, boards are selected from inventory and are cut to the required width and length. Imperfections in boards (such as knots or cracks) are identified and removed. The second process is assembly. In this process, cut wooden pieces are laid out on clamps, a layer of glue is applied to each piece, and then glued pieces are clamped together until the glue sets. The third process is shaping. Once the glue has been set, the boards are sent to the shaping process, where they are cut into specific shapes. After being shaped, the cutting boards must be sanded smooth. In this setting, sanding is the fourth process. The fifth process is finishing. In this process, sanded cutting boards receive a coat of mineral oil to help preserve the wood. The last process is packing. In the packing process, finished cutting boards are placed in boxes of 12. The boxes are sealed, addressed, and sent to one of the kitchen stores.

Required: Suggest the most suitable component of overhead for EML. Further, determine a logical cost driver for each process.

Part B. System Analysis and Selection Report. [Up to 2000 words]

Note: Part B is an independent part. Please do not relate it with Part A.

Background

You are running an Accounting Information System consultancy firm. One of your clients is currently evaluating its information systems. The managing director of your client thinks that they need to invest in an Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system to support the growth of the business. During your first meeting, the managing director of your client requested you to evaluate their business and recommend ERP software.

Client/Company Selection

You must select a listed company of your choice (your firm’s client). The company chosen should be a manufacturing firm listed on either The Australian Stock Exchange or the Stock Exchange of your home country. The selected company is your firm’s client.

Note: Please choose the company that best suits the situation mentioned above while selecting the company for this assessment.

The framework of Analysis [Requirements]

The report should include the following components:

1. Background of the Selected Business

Evaluate your client’s business process to identify potential weak internal controls and the risk associated with these potential weak controls. And recommend the control techniques that will reduce or eliminate the potential risks. [Hint: your response should be based on our discussion in interactive tutorials 4 to 6.]

2. Systems Requirements

Briefly discuss the software features and functionalities your client should consider supporting its business activities. [Hint: your response should be based on Section 1.1 above.]

3. Software Selection

Compare and contrast the features and functionalities of three ERP software packages offered by the ERP vendors. [Hint. Try to apply the general functionalities and critical elements of ERP systems we discussed in the week ten interactive tutorial].
- In the end, identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your client and explain why it is the best option.

Assignment Structure

The report should include the following components.

Holmes Institute Assignment Cover Sheet

The Holmes Institute Assignment Cover Sheet is available at the end of menu item Assessments on the Blackboard.

This needs to show a logical listing of all the sub-headings of the report. Note this is excluded from the total word count.

Part A. Purchases and Cash Disbursement System

Do not include the executive summary and introduction here. You must answer three specific requirements given above in Part A’s “Required” section.

Part B. System Analysis and Selection Report. 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.

This needs to show a logical listing of all the sub-headings of the report’s contents. 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 brief 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 at the end.

3.Conclusion

This section contains a logical and coherent evaluation of the work you have performed during this assessment.

4. References

Please see the “Assessment Design – Adapted Harvard Referencing” section for the referencing guidelines.

5. Appendices

This section includes any additional explanatory information, which is supplementary and 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

As a pilot program, Holmes implements a revised Harvard approach to referencing. The following guidelines apply:

Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources that provide full-text access to the source’s content for lecturers and markers.
1. The Reference list should be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and titled:

References.

It should include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged A-Z alphabetically by author surname. In addition, it MUST consist of 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

All assignments will require additional in-text reference details, which will consist of the surname of the author/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 a 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:

Students who submit assignments that do not comply with the guidelines will be asked to resubmit their assignments.
As per the Student Handbook, late penalties will apply each day after the student/s have been notified of the resubmission requirements.
Students who comply with guidelines and the citations are “fake” will be reported for academic misconduct.

Marking criteria
Marking criteria	Weighting in Total Grades
Components of overhead and the logical cost drivers	10%
Evaluate the business processes of your client [according to section 1.1].	5%
Outline the software features and functionalities your client should consider supporting its business activities.	5%
Compare and contrast the features/functionalities of three ERP software packages offered by the ERP vendors.	4%
Identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your client and explain why it is the best option.	4%
Presentation and Research Quality	2%
TOTAL Weight	30%

Marking Rubric
	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
	(80-100%)	(70-79%)	(60-69%)	(50-59%)	(0-49%)
Components of overhead	An excellent	A very good discussion	A good discussion on the	An adequate discussion	Inappropriate discussion
and the logical cost drivers.	discussion on the	on the components of	components of overhead	on the components of	on the components of
(10 Marks)	components of	overhead and the logical	and the logical cost	overhead and the logical	overhead and the logical
	overhead and the	cost drivers.	drivers.	cost drivers.	cost drivers.
	logical cost drivers.
Evaluate the business	Demonstrate an	Demonstrate a very good	Demonstrate a good	Demonstrate an	Unable to present a
processes of your client	excellent	understanding of key	understanding of key	adequate understanding	proper discussion of key
[according to section 1.1]. (5	understanding of key	business processes for	business processes for	of key business processes	business processes for
Marks)	business processes	your client in the	your client in the	for your client in the	your client.
	for your client in the	discussion.	discussion.	discussion.
	discussion.
Outline the software features	Present an excellent	Present a very good	Present a good	Present a discussion on	Unable to present a
and functionalities your	discussion on the	discussion on the	discussion on accounting	accounting software	proper discussion on
client should consider	features and	features and	software features and	features and	features and
supporting its business	functionalities of	functionalities of	functionalities that your	functionalities that your	functionalities of
activities. (5 Marks)	accounting software	accounting software that	client should consider	client should consider	accounting software that
	that your client	your client should	with minor errors or	with errors or omissions.	your client should
	should consider.	consider.	omissions.		consider.
Compare and contrast the features/functionalities of three ERP software packages offered by the ERP vendors. (4 Marks)	Present an excellent comparison of features and functionalities of three ERP software packages.	Present a very good comparison of features and functionalities of three ERP software packages.	Present a good comparison of features and functionalities of three ERP software packages with minor errors and/or omissions.	Present a reasonable comparison of features and functionalities of three ERP software packages with errors and omissions.	Unable to present a proper comparison of features and functionalities of three ERP software packages.
Identify the most suitable	Propose a choice of	Propose a choice of ERP	Propose a choice of ERP	Propose a choice of ERP	Unable to propose a
vendor and ERP software	ERP software	software package based	software package based	software package based	proper choice of ERP
package for your client and	package based on	on strong arguments.	on reasonable	on weak or inadequate	software package or back
explain why it is the best	very strong		arguments.	arguments.	the proposed choice with
option.	arguments.				a valid argument.

(4 Marks)
Presentation and Research Quality. (2 Marks)	The report included all elements and is very well presented.	The report included all elements and is well presented. The writing flowed clearly, and sections were linked effectively. Referencing is of a high standard. English is used effectively with very few errors present. A broad range of quality peer-reviewed journal references and other sources is included and used effectively to support the discussion.	The report included all elements and is generally presented appropriately.	The report included most elements and is adequately presented.	The report lacked some elements and was poorly presented.
	The writing flowed clearly, and sections were linked very effectively. Referencing is exemplary. English is used very effectively and is error-free.	The writing flowed well in most cases, and sections are linked. Referencing is in accordance with guidelines. English is used effectively with few errors present.	Writing sometimes does not flow clearly, leaving the paper to seem disjointed in areas. Referencing is somewhat in accordance with guidelines. Basic English is used with some errors present.	Writing often does not flow clearly, leaving the paper to seem somewhat disjointed. Referencing is not entirely in accordance with relevant guidelines. Basic English is used with errors present.
	An extensive amount of high-quality evidence from peer- reviewed journal articles and other sources is included and used effectively to support the discussion.	An adequate range of peer-reviewed journal references is included and used to support the discussion.	An adequate range of peer-reviewed journal references is included and used to a basic extent to support the discussion.	Little or no peer- reviewed journal references are included, and these are rarely used to support discussion effectively.
Total Marks (30 Marks)

Academic Integrity

Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding Academic Integrity, as Academic Integrity is integral to maintaining academic quality and the reputation of Holmes’ graduates. Accordingly, all assessment tasks need to comply with academic integrity guidelines. Table 1 identifies the six categories of Academic Integrity breaches. If you have any questions about Academic Integrity issues related to your assessment tasks, please consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines and support resources. Many of these resources can also be found through the Study Sills link on Blackboard.

Academic Integrity breaches are a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from deduction of marks, failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or cancellation of course enrolment.

Table 1: Six categories of Academic Integrity breaches

Plagiarism	Reproducing the work of someone else without attribution. When a student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is known as self-plagiarism.
Collusion	Working with one or more other individuals to complete an assignment, in a way that is not authorised.
Copying	Reproducing and submitting the work of another student, with or without their knowledge. If a student fails to take reasonable precautions to prevent their own original work from being copied, this may also be considered an offence.
Impersonation	Falsely presenting oneself, or engaging someone else to present as oneself, in an in-person examination.
Contract cheating	Contracting a third party to complete an assessment task, generally in exchange for money or other manner of payment.
Data fabrication and falsification	Manipulating or inventing data with the intent of supporting false conclusions, including manipulating images.

Source: INQAAHE, 2020