Assessment Task Details
Name: Research report
Brief Description: The assessment task is to write a research report using academic journal articles that will address the issues of cloud based accounting information systems adoption in business organisations.
Learning outcomes
• Critically evaluate the role of accounting information systems in business organisations in achieving organisational goals and governanceCritically evaluate the role of accounting information systems in business organisations in achieving organisational goals and governanceCritically evaluate the role of accounting information systems in business organisations in achieving organisational goals and governance
• Evaluate systems development methodologies and the role of accountants in system development projects
Graduate Capabilities
• Discipline Knowledge and Skills
• Research and problem solving capabilities
• Capable of Professional and Personal Judgment and Initiative
Task
Your task is to write a report that critically analyses the adoption of cloud based accounting information systems (AIS) in business organisations and discuss challenges and benefits of cloud based environment. You are required to conduct a literature review and analysis using academic journal articles through the library databases on the topic of cloud based AIS adoption and diffusion in business organisations. Your report must be structured as follows:
1) Introduction (100 words) - Provide an overview of the report that follows.
2) Overview of cloud computing (300 words) - Provide an explanation of cloud computing and its functionalities. Provide examples of other commercial cloud based AIS systems available on the market.
3) Challenges and benefits (700 words) - Discuss accounting challenges and benefits that have been identified in the research literature (academic journal articles you reviewed) concerning cloud based AIS adoption.
4) Recommendation (300 words) - From your literature review, provide recommendations of success factors for cloud based AIS adoption.
5) Conclusion (100 words) - Summarise and synthesise the report.
Deliverables
- 1,500 word report that addresses all of the above sections.
- Format requirements: "Times New Roman" size 12 with 1.5 line spacing, 1500 words in total (not including references). You must include the total of words used in your report. The report should have appropriate headings and subheadings (including an introduction and conclusion).
- You must acknowledge the use of the work of others (e.g. the academic journal articles on which your report is based) using the Harvard referencing style (see https://www.lib.mq.edu.au/research/referencing.html). Any ideas or quotations must be correctly cited in the body of your report and a reference list must be provided at the end of your report.
- Once you have submitted your report, check the originality report in turn-it-in and ensure similarity with other sources is referenced. You can resubmit your report until the due date.
- Please note that the originality report for a resubmission takes 24 hours to be produced. Please ensure that you allow adequate time, if you are considering resubmission.