Assignment sheet for MA320 for semester: Tuesday, January 14th (Introduction)
Review Syllabus and class projects Go over assignment sheet Hand out reading material on Porter Order ACCESS workbook from Amazon or B&N Read Ch. 5 of Michael Porter (handed out 1st class) Answer Review Question #1 on p.20 of text in 1 page Speaker: Ted Gaiser, Director of Academic Technology Services Turn in group requests for IT advantage project Review library research and company/industry research Read Chapter 1 of text Be prepared to discuss review questions #11 & #12 Be prepared to discuss and answer Minicase #1 (Owen’s) Group assignments for IT advantage project announced
Thursday, January 16th (Technology & Competitive Advantage)
Tuesday, January 21st (The Changing Profession of Accounting)
Thursday, January 23rd (Business Processes& Traditional Accounting Tuesday, January 28th (Information Technology and its impact on Accounting)
Read pages 35-46 in chapter 2 of text Be prepared to discuss review questions 3,7,8,12,13&14 Skim chapter 3 as a review of financial accounting
Read Supplemental chapter F Refer to chapter 5 from Michael Porter In 1 page answer discussion question #13 on page 548 and include how you plan on being prepared for the accounting profession with respect to technological adeptness Groups turn in name of company for IT project Read Supplemental chapter E (pp.499-505) Be prepared to discuss review questions 19,20, &21 on p. 115 Read hand-out on XBRL
Thursday, January 30th (Changing Nature of Journals and Ledgers) Tuesday, February 4th (Companies using IT to gain Competitive Advantage) Thursday, February 6th (Companies using IT to gain Competitive Advantage)
IT Advantage Group Presentations- see separate sheet Read company backgrounds- ASK questions
IT Advantage Group Presentations Read company backgrounds- ASK questions
Tuesday, February 11th (How you can prepare for the ever-changing business world) Thursday, February 13th (Reducing Business and Information Risk)
Speaker- Mike MacLean, KPMG Partner Read handout given on 2/6 to prepare for speaker
Read Chapter 5 in textbook (VERY important) Be prepared to discuss review questions 1, 13, &15 Turn in answers to discussion questions 1,2 &6 Showing of “Sneakers” at 4:30PM in Fulton 511 Pizza will be served
Thursday, February 13th-
Tuesday, February 18th Thursday, February 20th (Monitoring)
SNOW DAY Speaker- Jennifer Sierveld BC ’96 from Guardent go to www.guardent.com and learn about core business
Tuesday, February 25th (Internal Controls)
Read Supplemental chapter D Be prepared to discuss minicases 4 and 5 on p.222 Be prepared to discuss answers to minicase #8 on p. 223
Thursday, February 27th-
MIDTERM EXAM “Sneakers” Paper due
March 3rd - March 7th Tuesday, March 11th (Flowcharts)
Spring Break- No class Hand back midterms and “Sneakers” papers and go over Hand out bookstore projects and discuss Collect name (or 2) of group members Read Supplement A- Flowcharting (pp. 399-408 only) Do minicase 2a, 4a, and 6
Thursday, March 13th (Bookstore Project)
Mr. McKenna, bookstore CEO (your client) is coming He will give background of bookstore, you MUST have a Question as that will be part of your bookstore grade.
Tuesday, March 18th (more documentation and Sales/Collection) Thursday, March 20th Tuesday, March 25th (Business Processes) Thursday, March 27th (Software Applications)
Read pages 229-249 and 261-267 in chapter 6 More on documentation- examples to do in class Flowchart a sales/collection process you have been involved with
Bookstore Project Group time
Read pages 293-316 in chapter 7 and pp.339-352 in ch. 8 Be prepared to discuss ch. 7 discussion questions 1 and 16
Bookstore Projects due Hand out ACCESS Projects and go over Read pages 551-554 and 563-574 in Supplemental chapter G Excel review and tips- assignment handed out
Tuesday, April 1st (Databases)
Read Supplemental chapter C Review questions 2 and 8 Bring in Wall Street Journal article that references a database
Thursday, April 3rd (IT Auditing) Tuesday, April 8th (Access)
Tentative Speaker- Partner of GRMS at PWC Global Risk Management Services
Excel assignment due ACCESS workshop in class- key points of using Access Short homework assignment given out
Thursday, April 10th(More Access)
Access homework assignment due More on Access and Projects E-Commerce packet handed out
Tuesday, April 15th (E-Commerce)
Access relationships due from bookstore project Read E-Commerce packet Movie: “ Internet Shopping and the Internet”
Thursday, April 17th
No Class- Easter Break
Tuesday, April 22nd
E-Commerce and E-Business lecture Encryption Packet handed out
Thursday, April 24th
Read Encryption packet
Tuesday, April 29th
Access Projects due Read chapter 9 Course summary and review for final exam
FINAL EXAM
Note- Reading the Wall Street Journal is an every day requirement of class as we will always begin class with a discussion of events occurring in the business world and how that relates to Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, and Business in general!