UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING (HONS) UKAI 2063 ACOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS II TUTORIAL 6 Case 1: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Situation: The university is considering a new system that will speed up the registration process. As part of the systems development team‚ you are asked to develop a plan for fact-finding. (Adapted from Shelley & Cashman 2010‚ Chp 04 Apply Your Knowledge‚Elmwood College
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second (bps). Occasionally‚ it’s expressed as bytes per second (Bps). A modem that works at 57‚600 bps has twice the bandwidth of a modem that works at 28‚800 bps. In general‚ a link with a high bandwidth is one that may be able to carry enough information to sustain the succession of images in a video presentation. It should be remembered that a real communications path usually consists of a succession of links‚ each with its own bandwidth. If one of these is much slower than the rest‚ it is said
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countries and territories. Its delivery operations use a fleet of about 100‚000 motor vehicles and about 600 aircraft. In addition to package delivery‚ the company offers services such as logistics and freight forwarding‚ through UPS Supply Chain Solutions‚ and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation‚ through UPS Ground Freight. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.)‚ and it has a huge number of employees‚ about 425‚300 Worldwide (358‚000 in United States
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IBM Business Consulting Services Automotive business transformation outsourcing Accelerating change to gain competitive ground An executive brief ibm.com/bcs Contents 1 2 3 4 Introduction The IBM Global CEO Study 20041 found that CEOs are facing a turning point in the business environment‚ generating a new set of challenges for them and the organizations they lead. The key challenges dominating their agendas are: • Driving revenue growth through product differentiation or by attacking
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today services millions of people across the globe. UPS specializes in logistics and distribution‚ transportation and freight by air‚ sea‚ ground and rail‚ as well as international trade management and customs brokerage. With over 70‚900 retail access points‚ an aircraft fleet of 562 jets and a delivery fleet of 101‚000 automobiles‚ UPS is able to serve approximately 8.8 million customers a day (UPS ‚ "Worldwide"). With annual sales in the billions of $49.5‚ $53.1 & $54.1 and annual profits
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Essay Management Control Systems MIBank 1. INTRODUCTION This report has been created for the purposes of discussion of the current management control systems in place in the public sector team to analyse strengths and recommend changes to improve any lack of controls identified. Performance Management Controls: Within organisations‚ performance measurement is dominated by management control systems that are focused on control rather than improvement.. Having a better understanding of
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What is MIS? The system concept of MIS is one of optimizing the output of the organisation by connecting the operating subsystems through the medium of information exchange. * The MIS is defined as a system which provides information support for decision-making in the organization. * The MIS is defined as an integrated system of man and machine for providing the information to support the operations‚ the management and the decision-making function in the organization.
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INTRODUCTION GENERAL BACKGROUND Information system (IS) is the study of complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect‚ filters‚ and process‚ create‚ and distribute data. The study bridges business and computer science using the theoretical foundations of information and computation to study various business models and related algorithmic processes within a computer science discipline. Computer information system (CIS) is a field studying computers
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ASSIGNMENT - 1 DEFINE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM? DISCUSS ITS OBJECTIVES. Definition: Organized approach to the study of information needs of a management at every level in making operational‚ tactical‚ and strategic decisions. Its objective is to design and implement man-machine procedures‚ processes‚ and routines that provide suitably detailed reports in an accurate‚ consistent‚ and timely manner. Modern‚ computerized systems continuously gather relevant data‚ both from inside and outside
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MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL 1) Causes of Management -Lack of Direction -Motivational Problems -Personal Limitation 2) Avoidance -Activity elimination : Eliminate what is not working properly -Automation -Centralization -Risk Sharing Chapter 2 SECTION II 3) Result Control : Preventive type Control Helps Mgr to address strategy‚ org‚ employees are performing - Steps : 1. Define Performance dimension 2. Measure Performance 3. Setting Target 4. Provide Reward Requirement for Effective Result control : - Knowledge
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