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HI5019 Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise Assignment - Case Study - Giant Eggplant, Holmes Institute, Australia

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO) - Students are required to:

Describe the various transaction cycles, financial reporting, management reporting systems and e-commerce.

Understand the risks inherent in computer-based systems/ERP, including e- commerce, the role of ethics and the various internal control processes that need to be in place.

Appreciate the opportunities for computer fraud and the security measures in electronic commerce that need to be taken to overcome this.

Assignment Specifications -

Background - You are recently employed as an internal auditor at Giant Eggplant, a fruit and vegetable market in Rowville, Victoria. Giant Eggplant offers a range of agricultural, dairy and bakery products from local farms and bakeries. The company currently has 25 employees. These includes sales staff, store supervisors and administrative staff. The general manager of Giant Eggplant has recently noticed a decline in sales and profit while the purchases of products for resales continued to rise and you are commissioned to evaluate the company's processes and procedures for revenue and expenditure cycles.

Required - Prepare a report to the general manager to evaluate the processes, risks and internal controls for Giant Eggplant's revenue and expenditure cycle. In your report, you need to include the following items:

Data flow diagram of revenue cycle.

Data flow diagram of expenditure cycle.

Analysis of physical internal control weaknesses in Giant Eggplant's systems.

Description of IT controls that should be in place in Giant Eggplant's systems.

Assignment Structure - The report should include the following components:

Assignment cover page clearly stating your name and student number.

A table of contents.

A brief introduction of what the report is about.

Body of the report with sections to answer the above issues and with appropriate section headings.

Conclusion.

List of references.

Attachment:- Giant Eggplant Case Study Assignment.rar