Analysing an Accounting Information System

1.Critically evaluate the purpose and role of accounting information systems in today’s business environment [ULO 1]. 

• Articulate the various transaction cycles, financial reporting, management reporting systems and ecommerce systems to technical and non-technical stakeholders [ULO 2]. 

• Appraise 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].