Details for BUS120 Business Information Systems

This unit highlights technology’s role in enhancing business decision-making, positioning it as a supportive tool rather than the main objective. Students will discover how accounting and business information systems can drive organisational efficiency and governance. The curriculum emphasises ethical data practices, risk management, and strategic information utilisation, preparing learners to tackle modern challenges in information management to maintain a competitive edge.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: BUS120
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Explain the role and purpose of business information systems;
2. Describe the role of accounting information systems;
3. Demonstrate the practical use of accounting systems to capture and manage information;
4. Describe and apply information control concepts as they relate to accounting information;
5. Describe how effective information and knowledge management contributes to organisational efficiency and competitive advantage;
6. Describe and discuss contemporary ethical issues and practices associated with the collection, use, and retention of business information;
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic forms of business information and how it is collected, stored, and managed;
8. Explain the relationship between information management systems and organisational risk.

Subject Content

1. How organisations use and manage information
2. Global business and information management
3. Effective information management and organisational competitive advantage
4. Ethical issues associated with information management systems
5. Types of information management systems
6. Organisational IT capacity and effective information management
7. MIS technologies
8. Accounting Information Systems
9. AIS: Subsidiary ledgers and controls
10. Auditing and governance of accounting information systems
11. Building better information management systems
12. Security and risk management

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face-to-Face
• Distance / Global On-line

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Online Quiz (10%)
• Practical MIS/AIS exercise in MYOB (20%)
• Business Report (20%)
• Final Exam (50%)

Prescribed Text

• Laudon, K. C., Laudon, J. P., & Traver, C.G. (2023). Essentials of management information systems (15th ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

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