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Week 1
ACC 340 Week Complete DQs
(a) How can an accounting information system add value to an organization’s processes and/or
products? Explain in detail.
(B) What is some of the key information that is collected by your organization’s accounting
information system, and how is it used ? Explain in detail
Week 2 DQ
(A) What issues enter into a given company’s design, acquisition, and implementation of accounting
information system?
(B) Do you agree or disagree with the statement that “decision to acquire an accounting information
system is a business decision not a systems decision”? What role does competitive advantage play
in the decision to acquire an accounting information system?
What types of databases do you use in your personal life? What data do you store in these
databases? How have they increased your efficiency?
How can you use the business cycles to create tables in a database? What types of reports would
you create from these tables?
What is the most important phase of the SDLC? Why?
Why did Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s System 21 project fail? What can you learn from this
example?
Individual Assignment: The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession Paper
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing how information systems are changing the
various aspects of the accounting profession.
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o Include a description of a variety of new technologies and their effects on accounting processes.
o Discuss how these technologies have changed the way accounting is performed at your
organization or at an organization of your choosing.
Cite at
least
two
sources
in
your
paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Week 2
Learning Team Assignment: Accounting Cycle Description Paper
Click the Virtual Organization link on the student website to access company information on
Riordan Manufacturing. Then, select one of the accounting cycles. This selection is the basis of this
and subsequent Learning Team assignments, so obtain faculty approval for your selection.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper addressing the following:
o Identify the five accounting cycles and explain how this organization uses the accounting cycle
you have selected.
o Comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the internal controls related to this cycle.
o Explain how you would integrate this part of the accounting cycle into an enterprise-wide
accounting information system.
o Differentiate between the various types of information systems necessary to achieve this
integration.
o Demonstrate the flow of accounting information through this organization.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Week 3
Individual Assignment: Accounting Information Systems Simulation Summary
Complete the Accounting Information Systems simulation located on the student website.
Write a 350-word summary addressing the following:
o What are the advantages of having the same person performing multiple activities in a particular
process? What are the disadvantages?
o Where would you draw the line between cost-benefit analysis and accuracy of records?
o How would prioritization affect Ramos International’s expected loss over the current year?
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team Assignment: Hardware and Software Selection Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper using the same step of the accounting cycle your
Learning Team selected for its Accounting Cycle Description Paper that examines the hardware and
software necessary to integrate this accounting process into an automated system.
Discuss what information might need to be shared between the different cycles.
Include the following in your paper:
o Who needs access to the information?
o What controls need to be in place?
o What types of reports need to be generated?
o What information should be available through the corporate intranet or the Internet?
Week 4
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Individual Assignment: Database Definition Exercise
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Database Definitions Exercise located on the
student website.
Individual Assignment: Assignments From the Readings
Write a response to the following assignment from the Core Concepts of Accounting
Information Systems text:
o Chapter 13: Case Analyses 13–22 (Martin Shoes, Inc.)
Learning Team Assignment: Database Tables Exercise
Develop at least two tables, using the same step of the accounting cycle selected for your
previous Learning Team assignments, that could be used in a database for your selected accounting
cycle.
Use keys to demonstrate the relationships between your database tables.
Use fictitious data when entering information into the tables.
Note. A key is a unique identifier that distinguishes rows within a database table. To view
examples, please refer to your text.
Week 5
Individual Assignment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Article Analysis
Use the Electronic Reserve Readings, the University Library, the Internet, or other credible
resources to locate an article that examines the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of this article addressing the following:
o Explain how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act affects the internal control of your organization or an
organization of your choosing.
o Discuss auditing around the computer and through the computer, the relevance of each, and
how it affects your organization or an organization of your choosing.
Cite your article in your summary, and prepare to discuss your article in class.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines