Outsourcing Assignment. Accounting System
Outsourcing of Information Systems
Requirements:
- Describe what outsourcing is and why its importance is increasing. Refer to 2 refereed journal articles.
- Explain the applications of outsourcing in accounting and their implications on the profitability and quality of information of a company.
- Considering the outsourcing of information systems of a telephone company and a commercial bank in Australia, describe how outsourcing can expose those companies to potential risks arising from information security and privacy issues.
- Explain what preventive controls you would suggest to reduce the information security and privacy issues explained in 3) above.
Presentation:
Write a report addressing the above requirements. Marks will also be provided for an executive summary, a conclusion, grammar and references.
Word limit: 3,500 words (approximately).
Marking guideline and assignment submission criteria
| Requirements | Description and analysis | Allocated marks |
| 1 | Meaning and importance of outsourcing. | 5 |
| 2 | Applications of outsourcing in accounting and their implications on the profitability and quality of information of a company. | 5 |
| 3 | Outsourcing of information systems of a commercial bank and a telephone company in Australia and potential information security and privacy issues. | 6 |
| 4 | Preventive controls to reduce the information security and privacy issues explained in 3) above. | 4 |
| Presentation | Executive summary. Conclusion. Grammar and punctuation. References in appropriate style (both in text and in the list of references). |
3 2 2 3 |
| Total marks | 20% of the course. | 30 |
| Word limit | 3,500 words (approximately) |
s and Assurance Outsourcing of Information Systems Requirements: Describe what outsourcing is and why its importance is increasing.
Attachments:
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