This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Students should have little above basic knowledge of IT/IS, the structure of accounting information systems, a good general business culture and auditing such as: Concepts of IT and Auditing, Place of IT and Relationships in Organisations, Financial Auditing.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able to :
- Make a diagnosis of the management information system, its architecture
- Evaluate the degree of integration of the MIS
- Describe the information management model (analytical dimensions and metadata).
- Appraise the internal control
-Distinguish between auditing around the box, through and with the computer.
-Understand the role of IT and IS governance frameworks to ensure audit quality
- Understand the mechanism and auditing activities by which the auditor seeks assurance of internal control

Course description

Reminder on the architecture of Accounting information systems
Focus on CPM tools for management accounting
The Information Management Model
Multidimensionnal analysis
Issues of integration
Internal control and IS
Concepts of IS Auditing and standards of IS auditing.
IT governance

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• E-learning
• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Research

Assessment

Continuous Assessment, On the spot reading assessment, Presentation, and
Final Exam

Recommended reading

• ALTER, S. Information Systems – A Management Perspective – 2nd Ed., The Benjamin Cummings, 1996 -

• LAUDON, Kenneth; LAUDON, Jane. Managent Information Systems, Prentice Hall 11/e 2007 -

• PIATTINI, Mario. Auditing Information Systems. Hershey, USA: Idea Group, 2002 -

• TARANTINO, G. Anthony, Manager's guide to compliance: Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, ERM, COBIT, IFRS, BASEL II, OMB A-123, ASX 10, OECD principles, Turnbull Guidance, Best Practices, and case. John Wiley & Sons, 2006 -

• ROBSON & al, Transforming audit technologies: Business risk audit methodologies and the audit field, Accounting Organization and Society (2007) -

• FISCHER, M.J, “Real-izing” the benefits of new technologies as a source of audit evidence: An interpretive field study, Accounting, Organization and Society (1996) -

Internet resources

• Information Systems Audit & Control Association's Corporate Web page.

• NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology. An introduction to computer security: the NIST handbook - special publication 800-12. Washington: NIST.