ECONOMIA E IMPRESADirezione aziendaleAnno accademico 2024/2025

9793885 - ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Docente: MARIASTELLA MESSINA

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

The course aims at providing the methodology necessary to manage company information flows. In particular, the relationships between internal control organization and information systems will be explored. In this sense, the fundamental knowledge useful for the classification and qualification of company information will be provided, analyzing the different aspects that characterize the information needs both at operational levels and at different levels of managerial responsibility. Possibilities of supporting problem solving related to business decisions and the perspective of decision-making automation will be illustrated. Interactions among accounting system, internal control, managerial control and corporate communication will therefore be explored. 

Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

Teaching methods include lectures, guided exercises with solution presentations and discussions, and case study analyses.

Prerequisiti richiesti

None

Frequenza lezioni

Attendance in classes is strongly recommended for better understanding of the course content

Contenuti del corso

The acquired knowledge will allow the student to interpret business management in an innovative way by exploiting all the potential of the systemic logic applied to information flows and to consider the programming spaces of automatic decision models. The student will be able to define the different qualities of information useful for management and managerial control. In addition, the student will be able to distinguish and verify the information needs for the implementation of an internal control system which, based on the logic of information systems and exploiting information-supporting technology, generates assessments of efficiency and effectiveness useful for managerial management. Through the knowledge of the company information system the student will be able to evaluate the methodological integration between the various types of control. 

Testi di riferimento

Programmazione del corso

 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1Introduction to the course.Accounting information system and firm valuechapter 1 (Richardson V.)
2Accounting information system and firm valuechapter 1 (Richardson V.)
3The use of information technology in firm context"Quattrone P. and Hopper T., (2006), What is IT?SAP, accounting, and visibility in a multinationalorganisation, Information and Organisation, Vol.16, pp. 212–250"
4The use of information technology in firm context"Quattrone P. and Hopper T., (2006), What is IT?SAP, accounting, and visibility in a multinationalorganisation, Information and Organisation, Vol.16, pp. 212–250"
5Defining AIS boundariesMancini D., Vaassen E. H.J. And dameri R.P, (2013), Accounting Information Systems for decision Making, Springer, London, pp. 185-202
6AIS and implication for management control and decision makingGranlund M., (2011),Extending AIS research to management accounting and control issues: A research note, Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 12,pp. 3-19
7AIS and implication for management control and decision making: flexibility and integration need in budgetingMancini D., Vaassen E. H.J. And dameri R.P, (2013), Accounting Information Systems for decision Making, Springer, London, pp.299-314
8AIS and implication for management control in organisational change contextMancini D., Vaassen E. H.J. And dameri R.P, (2013), Accounting Information Systems for decision Making, Springer, London, pp. 289-298
9AIS and implication for management control and decision makingMancini D., Vaassen E. H.J. And dameri R.P, (2013), Accounting Information Systems for decision Making, Springer, London, pp. pp315-324
10ERP systems and management control: case studiesQuattrone P. and Hopper T., (2005), A  time–space odyssey: management control systems intwo multinational organisations, Accounting Organisation and Society, 30, pp.735-764
11AIS and strategic management accountingProfessor's teaching materials
12the balanced scorecard, business model canvas and business value of information technologychapter 16
13the balanced scorecard, business model canvas and business value of information technologychapter 16
14Strategic management accounting systems: a case study"Mancini, Dameri and Bonolo, Strengthening Informationand Control Systems, Springer, 2016, pp13-18"
15Enterprise Risk Management SystemsProfessor's teaching materials
16COSo frameworkchapter 13
17Enterprise Risk Management Systems and management accounting practicesBento, Mertins L. and White L.F., Risk Management and internal control:a study of management accounting practice, in Malina M. A., Advances in Management Accounting ,2018, Emerald publishing,  Volume 30, 1–25
18COBITframework and its implication for corporate governancechapter 13
19Evaluation AIS investmentschapter 17
20Evaluation AIS investmentschapter 17
21Evaluation AIS investmentschapter 17

Verifica dell'apprendimento

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Oral exam and possible evaluation of a project.

The test is structured so that each student is given a grade according to the following scheme: - Not approved: the student has not acquired the basic concepts and is not able to answer at least 60% of the questions or carry out the exercises. - 18-23: the student demonstrates minimal mastery of the basic concepts, his content connection skills are modest, he is able to solve simple exercises. - 24-27: the student demonstrates good mastery of the course contents, his skills in connecting the contents are good, he solves the exercises with few errors. - 28-30 cum laude (distinction): the student has acquired all the contents of the course and is able to master them completely and connect them with a critical spirit; solves the exercises completely and without errors.

Students with disabilities and/or DSA must contact the teacher and the DMI CInAP contact person sufficiently in advance of the exam date to communicate that they intend to take the exam taking advantage of the appropriate compensatory measures.

Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti


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