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Aim of Module | Students will gain an understanding of common business principles and their systems applications. This will include knowledge of a number of different application areas from a business perspective. |
Credits | 7 |
Suggested Time | 70 student learning hours |
Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2002 |
Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
1 Application Areas | C | 80 | |
2 Case Studies | A | 20 | |
100 |
1 Application Areas |
C | Describe the purpose, objectives, data requirements and data flow of the following functions: | |
- Payroll / Personnel | ||
- Purchasing | ||
- Production / Manufacturing / Job Costing | ||
- Inventory Control | ||
- Marketing | ||
- Sales/Accounts Receivable | ||
- Accounts Payable | ||
- Fixed Assets | ||
- General Ledger/Budgeting |
2 Case Studies |
A | For two different business areas: | |
> | Given a comprehensive set of data, prepare the following: | |
- detailed operational flowchart of the information system which does/would service the business area | ||
- examples of operational and management reports required of the information system |
Note | ||
> | The data for the case study should include background on the size and type of business, company/divisional objectives and budgets, and a suitable organisation chart. The students should consider the whole application area, not just that which is (to be) computerised. |