Course Syllabus

AIM 6343.0G1 – Accounting Information Systems

School of Management
The University of Texas at Dallas

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Course Information
Course

Course Number/Section AIM 6343.0G1

Course Title Accounting Information Systems
Term and Dates Fall 2006 8/17/06 – 12/1/06

Professor Contact Information

Professor Mary Beth Goodrich
Office Phone (972) 883-4775 (Office and Voice Mail)
Other Phone (214) 282-2156 (For urgent matters)
Email Address goodrich@utdallas.edu
Office Location SOM 4.220
Online Office Hours By appointment
Teaching Assistant Ruma Aftab
TA Office Hours Monday 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Tuesday 5:30pm – 6:30pm
TA E-mail Send through webCT
TA Office Location SM 2.501

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions

Required: AIM 6201 and AIM 6202 or course(s) equivalent to undergraduate accounting
principles. Basic knowledge of financial and managerial accounting is essential. Basic
computer proficiency is essential.

Course Description

This course will examine the design, control and operation of accounting information
systems in a computerized organizational environment with a strong business
process orientation. The accounting information system is at the heart of a
companies’ enterprise systems. To this end, an understanding and appreciation of
accounting information systems is critical to successfully managing, auditing and
developing systems to support today’s evolving business environment. This course
offers a focused look at accounting information systems as part of enterprise resource
planning systems, with a focus on SAP and other comparable enterprise systems to
demonstrate concepts. Three key themes throughout the course are enterprise

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 systems, E-business, and internal control and how these components can positively
impact the overall success of a company and a company’s use of their accounting
information system.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes

The main learning objectives are:

· Explain the impact of enterprise systems, e-business and internal control of modern
accounting information systems and what is next related to accounting information
systems.
· Explain the integration of accounting with the business side of an integrated accounting
information system. Describe the roles of accountants related to accounting information
systems and of accounting information and information technology in today's business
environment. Describe the impact of accounting information systems and the power of
integrated accounting information systems such as SAP on managerial decision-making,
as well as organizational competitiveness. Explain modern practice in designing
accounting information systems and mainstream use of ERP (enterprise resource
planning) systems, such as SAP, and what is next related to accounting systems and
enterprise systems.
· Explain and describe the accounting systems development lifecycle (SDLC) and what
happens in each stage of the SDLC. Define and explain business processes, the
accounting elements within business processes, and related internal control. Be able to
explain the use of the chart of accounts and general ledger and how the business
transactions of a company feed into the general ledger and use of financial information
for external financial reporting to assist stakeholders in assessing the financial status of
the organization and help a company make decisions through the process of business
reporting.
· Be able to apply internal controls, business process analysis and assessment of whether
an accounting information system as part of the overall systems of an organization is
operating efficiently and effectively, and provides reliable financial information, while
maintaining compliance to laws and regulations. Utilize methods such as flowcharting
business modeling, and control matrices tools for understanding, explaining, and
designing accounting information systems with a business process approach and a
focus on adding value through identifying the information needs of decision makers and
building systems to support those needs effectively and efficiently, while ensuring proper
control.

This course will be a stepping stone for other advanced enterprise systems courses such as
AIM 6338: Accounting Systems Analysis and Design with SAP, MIS 6319: Enterprise
Resource Computing, and AIM 6349: IT Strategy and Control.

Required Textbooks and Materials

Required Texts
Accounting Information Systems, 6th Edition, by Gelinas, Sutton and Hunton, Thomson /
South-Western Publishers, 2005, ISBN: 0-324-22098-7

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 Textbooks and some other bookstore materials can be ordered online through MBS Direct
Virtual Bookstore or Off-Campus Books online ordering site. They are also available in stock
at the UTD Bookstore and Off-Campus Books.

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Technical Requirements

In addition to a confident level of computer and Internet literacy, certain minimum technical
requirement must be met to enable a successful learning experience. Please review the
important technical requirements and the web browser configuration information.

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Course Access and Navigation

This course was developed using a web course tool called WebCT. It is to be delivered
entirely online. Students will use their UTD NetID account to login to the course at:
http://webct.utdallas.edu. Please see the course access and navigation information.

To get started with a WebCT course, please see the Getting Started: Student WebCT
Orientation.

If you have any problems with your UTD account or with the UTD WebCT server, you may
send an email to: assist@utdallas.edu or call the UTD Computer Helpdesk at: 972-883-2911.
If you encounter any technical difficulties within the course site, please send an email to
gmbasupport@utdallas.edu.

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Communications

This WebCT course has built-in communication tools which will be used for interaction and
communication. Some external communication tools such as regular email and a web
conferencing tool may also be used during the semester. Please see more details about
communication tool information.

Interaction with Instructor: The instructor will communicate with students mainly using the
Announcements and Discussions tools. Students may send personal concerns or questions to
the instructor using the course Email tool. The instructor will reply to student emails or
Discussion board messages within 3 working days under normal circumstances. You can
login to the course whenever you want. You are required to meet any deadlines for the
assignments and exams and also any schedules for class activities or tasks the course
requires. At a minimum, you should login to the course site at least 3-4 times per week
to check all course updates, discussion board messages and so on. I strongly
recommend checking ALL webCT email and ALL discussion postings daily.

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Student Assessments
Grading Information

Weights / Grade Breakdown

Points
Posting of Introduction in discussions during first 10
week
Participation 30
Team Project (1 interim submission worth 100 200
pts, and final paper worth 100 points)
0 (or – or + points)
Teaming Evaluation Points
Test #1 100
Test #2 100
Cumulative Final Exam (Test #3) 100
TOTAL POINTS 540

Grading criteria

Scaled Score Letter

Equivalent
100 - 90% 540 – 486 points out of 540 A
89 – 80% 485 – 432 points out of 540 B
79 – 70% 431 – 378 points out of 540 C
Below 69% Less than 378 points out of 540 F

Grading Policy

In this course, I expect that you read all discussion postings, all course notes, listen to all
PowerPoint presentations / audio, and actively engage yourself in this course, such as posting
responses to discussion postings, such as the module postings and posting any questions
that you may have that are general in nature. Your active participation will have a direct
impact on your success in this course. You will be tested on the knowledge you are gaining
from the textbook and all methods of learning in webCT. I hope that you enjoy the flexibility
that this on-line course will give you to somewhat self-pace yourself, but with this in mind, you
need to have discipline to stay up with course work and what is expected. I look forward to
getting to know you better. Please let me know any comments or questions you have. Your
positive approach to this course, as to life in general, will enable you to get the most out of the
course. I hope you have a great semester!

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 Accessing Grades

Students can check their grades by clicking “My Grades” under Course Tools after the grade
for each assessment task is released.

Group Projects

Groups will be assigned at the beginning of the class and will be announced under
Announcements. The instructor may also use a group sign-up sheet to form groups for group
assignments or projects. A private discussion area will be set up on the discussion board for
internal group communications. A group chat room can also be created for each group to use.
A web conference system, Elluminate Live, is available for use. Teams can schedule a live
web conference for team work. Please see communication tool information for instructions on
making a reservation and other web conference information.

· Groups will be organized at the beginning of the semester. Please sign-up for the team
you would like to be in under the “Start Here!” section of the course titled “SIGN UP FOR
TEAMS HERE!”. Each group can also use the group area for file exchanges within the
group. Please click the WebCT Help menu on how to use the features of the group tool.
A private discussion forum will be set up on Discussions board for each group for team
communications (instructor also can view these).

There will be a team project. There will be one (1) graded interim submission and the final
project paper due towards the end of the semester. Emphasis will be on case study of an
accounting information system and applying concepts and information learned in class to
analyze and make design recommendations on an existing accounting information system. A
Team Project Case Study Outline is provided (Appendix A of Syllabus). Teams that do not
follow the outline because it does not apply to them or they want to do something different
must get approval from the instructor BEFORE the interim submission and/or Final Team
Project is turned in. Please refer to the Team Project Case Study Outline for more details and
read it thoroughly several times.

You will have the option to use webCT chat for team meetings. I will be happy to attend a
webCT chat with your team (actually I recommend it, at least once so I can see how the team
is doing and address any questions) if you prearrange the time with me.

Teaming Evaluation Form

The thing to remember is: 0 (zero) is a good score on this and means that you put forth a full
effort! Each individual must turn in a Teaming Evaluation Form when the Final Team Project
is turned in through webCT assignment functionality. Details on the Teaming Evaluation Form
can be found in Appendix A of the Syllabus.

The form MUST be completed on you and all your team members and should include effort on
ALL group work. This form MUST be typed and you must provide responses to all required
information or points will be deducted from your Teaming Evaluation Form score.

Your individual grade will be adjusted up or down based on teaming evaluation forms
completed on you and the instructor’s evaluation of your effort. All points (either + or -) will be
included in the Teaming Evaluation Points. A 0 is a good score for Teaming Evaluation as
that means you put forth a full effort and will receive full project points.

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 Assignment submission instructions

You will submit your assignments (in the required file format with a simple file name and a file
extension) by using the Assignments tool on the course site. Please see the Assignments link
on the course menu or see the icon on the designated page. You can click each assignment
name link and follow the on-screen instructions to upload and submit your file(s). Please refer
to the Help menu for more information on using this tool. Please note: each assignment link
will be deactivated after the assignment due time. After your submission is graded, you may
click each assignment’s “Graded” tab to check the results and feedback.

For the team project assignment, one group member will submit the assignment for the group
and all group members will be able to view the results and feedback once it’s been graded.

Participation/Discussions
Posting of Introduction

You must post your introduction in discussions by the due date and time. This is worth up to
10 points, assuming you completely answer all required questions. You will receive –5 points
for one day to one week late or -10 points (grade of 0) if later than one week.

Class Participation
In this course, there will be an element of your grade for participation.

There are 3 modules in the course and 3 corresponding parts for participation. Participation
points will be on the course content from the module and / or topics related to the team
project. You must have at least 2 value added discussion postings regarding the material –
your observations, questions, responses to other student’s questions, responses to my
postings of questions, etc. At least one of the two postings from each MODULE POSTING
must be a response to a posting from someone else in the course. These cannot be posted
on the same day. The grading for this will be up to 5 points for each value added posting up
to 10 points for each part as follows:
Module 1: 10
Module 2: 10
Module 3: 10

Note: You should be reading ALL the discussions postings on an-ongoing basis in the
Modules as part of your participation or points may be deducted.

These must be posted during the time frames specified on the syllabus. NO LATE WORK
WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR MODULE POSTINGS.

Online Tests/Quizzes

You can access quizzes/exams by clicking the Assessments link on the course menu or see
the quiz/exam icon on the designated page. Each quiz is timed and can be accessed only one
time within the scheduled time window. Please read the on-screen instructions carefully
before you click “Begin Assessment”. After each quiz is graded and released, you may go
back to the Assessments page and click “View All Submissions” to review your exam results.

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 Test #1 and Test #2 will be timed, on-line exams. The on-line tests are open book and open
notes, but I recommend you prepare for them like they were closed book and closed notes
because they are timed exams and cover a great deal of material. You can access online
tests by clicking the Quizzes/Tests icon and then clicking the available online test title links.
Each on-line test is timed and can only be accessed once within the scheduled time window.
Please read the on-screen instructions carefully before you click the Begin Test button. After
each test is graded and released for reviewing, you may go back to the tests page and click
the “View scores” button of the test to review your test results and any feedback from the
instructor.

If you do not take the exam during the specified testing window, you will receive a 0 on the
exam. If you have conflicts with the testing window, you need to let me know as soon as
possible BEFORE the testing window closes.

Self-Quizzes
There will be several self-quizzes available for you to take. These are not graded. However,
they must be taken by the due dates provided and will close up after the due date. These are
optional, but good to take as some questions from the quizzes will be similar to ones you may
see on the exams and give you an idea on whether you are grasping the content.

Final Examination
The Final Exam will be closed book, closed notes, cumulative, and will be proctored. Details
will follow.

Proctored Final Exam Information

This course requires a proctored final examination. An on-campus class exam session is
scheduled on under the supervision of the instructor. Room information will be announced
later on the course discussion board.

Students who are not able to attend this exam session with the instructor can arrange an
individual proctored exam with a testing service of their choice at a date within this required
exam time window: For local students, testing services are available at the UTD Learning
Resources Center. Students who find UTD geographically inconvenient may use a
preapproved testing service at a convenient location. All individually arranged proctored
exams must be completed within the stated exam time window. Student using either the UTD
testing service at the Learning Resources Center or an outside testing service must inform
the instructor, as well as the Global MBA Online office ( gmbasupport@utdallas.edu). A
proctored exam form must be completed and sent back to the GMBA Office before the due
date. Please go to the Proctored Exam Information page to download the Proctored Exam
Form and find all the detailed information and procedures on arranging a proctored exam. All
completed exams must be received by the due date to allow timely grade reporting to the UTD
Registrar.

The GMBA Office requests all students who need to use testing services strictly follow the
proctored exam scheduling deadlines. If any student fails to submit the exam form on time,
the student will be required to come to campus and attend the scheduled class exam session
(or seek instructor’s approval for any special arrangements).

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Academic Calendar
TOPICS AND SCHEDULE
NOTE: All assignment are due at 11:55pm CST (Central Standard Time)
on the date due.
This course outline should serve as your guideline for where you should be in the completion of
the materials for this course. All course information will be posted in webCT and it is your
responsibility to keep up with the material and submit materials as requested by the time
requested.
Topics What you need to
Unit Week do - Reading /
Starting Assignments and
Other Activities
Module 1 Participation
Discussion Postings must be completed from (August 17 – September 13)
1 8/17 Syllabus Actively get to know
your class mates and
Overview of Accounting Information team mates through
Systems setting up webCT
chat or webCT email,
Assemble teams for team projects – let me regular or private
know if there are individuals you would like reply to intros, etc.
to work with.
Chapter 1 –
Introduction to
Accounting
Information Systems
2 8/24 Enterprise Systems Contrasted to Post your Intros in
Traditional Automated and Manual Discussion Area by
Accounting Information Systems 8/24/06

Accounting Systems Development Life Finalize Teams by

Cycle (SDLC) “PADIO” 8/30/06
Part I: Systems Planning and Analysis
Part II: Systems Implementation and Chapter 2 –
Operation Enterprise Systems
3 8/31 General Database Concepts Chapter 6 –
Relational Databases
Different Approaches to Business Process and SQL
Modeling with a focus on Semantic
Modeling and REA Modeling / ER
Diagrams
4 8/31 Documentation Techniques – Finalize Team Names
Flowcharting, DFDs, and other techniques and Team Company
– with a focus on Flowcharting and Project Topic and
submit to Professor
through discussions,
webCT email or
assignments for

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 approval (-10 points if
not completed) due
9/6/06

Chapter 4 –
Documenting
Information Systems
5 9/7 Fraud, Ethics and Internal Control Chapter 7 –
Controlling
Information Systems:
Internal Control and its role in Accounting Introduction to
and Business and Accounting Information Internal Control
Systems Development – COSO,
Sarbanes-Oxley, and other guidelines that ALL Module 1 Self-
impact the focus on internal control Quizzes must be
taken by 9/13/06!!!!
9/14 – Exam #1 Due Sept. 20, 2006
9/20
Module 2 Participation
Discussion Postings must be completed from (September 20 – October 18 )
6 9/21 Controlling Information Systems and IT Chapter 8 –
Processes Controlling
Information Systems:
IT Processes
Business Process Controls (Application
Controls) and Control Matrices Chapter 9 –
Controlling
Information Systems:
Business Process
Controls
7 9/28 Sales / Collection Process Chapter 10 – The
Order Entry / Sales
Sales Process - Order Entry / Sales (OE/S) Process
Process
Chapter 11 – The
Collection Process – Billing / Accounts Billing / Accounts
Receivable / Cash Receipts Receivable / Cash
Receipts (B / AR /
CR) Process

Team Submission #1
due 9/28/06
8 10/5 Acquisition / Payment Process Chapter 12 – The
Purchasing Process
Part A: Purchases
Part B: Accounts Payable / Cash Chapter 13 – The
Disbursements Process Accounts Payable /
Cash Disbursements
(AP / CD) Process
9 10/12 Acquisition / Payment Process (cont.) Chapter 14 – The

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 Human Resources
Part C: Human Resources Business (HR) Management
Processes and Payroll, Fixed Assets, and Payroll
Financing Processes

ALL Module 2 Self-

Quizzes must be
taken by 10/18/06!!!!
10/19 – Exam #2
10/25 Must take by October
25, 2006
Module 3 Participation
Discussion Postings must be completed from (October 25 – November 21 )
10 11/2 The Conversion (or Production) Cycle Chapter 15 –
Integrated Production
Processes (IPP)
11 11/9 E-Business Chapter 3 –
Electronic Business
(E-Business)
Systems

12 11/16 General Ledger, Financial Reporting, and Chapter 16 – General

Management Reporting Systems Ledger and Business
Reporting (GL / BR)
A question for you: What’s next in Process
accounting information systems?
FINAL TEAM
Final Team Projects Due PROJECTS DUE
11/20/06.

TEAMING
EVALUATION
FORMS DUE
11/22/06

ALL Module 3 Self-

Quizzes must be
taken by 11/22/06!!!!
11/23 Thanksgiving Break
11/22 – Cumulative Proctored Final Exam MUST be taken by
12/1 (closed book; closed notes) – details on 12/1!
testing location and date to be
announced on webCT. Exam must be
received in the
Proctored Final Exam Dates: GMBA Office by
12/1/06
Thursday, November 30, 6:00pm start time
(arrive 15 minutes early), Room 2.106

st
Friday, December 1 , from 9-5, Room: 2.106

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 APPENDIX A
AIM 6343 – Team Project Case Study Outline
For the Finalize Team Names, Team Company and Team Project topic:

You need to turn in your team name, the company you want to review, and the project
focus. You must submit all the detail I need by the date in the TOPICS AND SCHEDULE
part of the syllabus or you can get up to –10 points on the project.

Think about companies that you work with and a key business process that feeds the
accounting information system (AIS) such as (sales / collection (order to cash),
acquisition / payment (purchase to pay), human resources (hire to paycheck), or
conversion (such as the production of finished goods) or an accounting process such as
consolidations, month-end or year-end closing, cost accounting, etc.

Using any company of your choice – either one that uses SAP R/3 or some other
enterprise system (such as Oracle, PeopleSoft or Baan) or one that could possibly
benefit from an enterprise resource planning / enterprise system, e-Business concepts,
and/or additional focus on internal control.
Complete the following:
· Sections in blue must be turned in for the Team Submission #1 for a grade and all
sections can be turned in with Team Submission #1 for “freebie” feedback (and
also to give you a leg up on the end of semester “crunch”).
· All sections must be turned in for Team Submission #2 including all modifications
recommended from Team Submission #1.
· Have the information for both submissions in one Word document or points will
be taken off.

1. PLANNING STAGE (30 points total) - Give a brief history of the company (you are
completing this case on) include the following:
a. History (5 points)
b. Current key business processes and accounting transactions (5 points)
c. Explain all the systems that the company uses in conjunction with the
accounting information system (feeds to the accounting system) and how
these systems are used for decision-making and how they support the
business processes. (5 points)
d. List and prioritize all information systems needs – criticality of systems
that need to be improved (3 points).
e. Explain pervasive internal control (Using the COSO framework) explain
internal control at the company level. Explain it as it relates to the 5
components of control and explain the key pervasive controls. (Consult
Chapter 7 and Document posted on COSO Components of Control ) (5
points)
f. Explain the pervasive internal control from an IT perspective (Using the
COBiT framework). How is the IT organization structured, etc. at the
company level? Give sufficient detail for your analysis (Consult Chapter 8)
(5 points)
g. Give your overall company assessment of internal control at a high level. (2
points)

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 2. ANALYSIS STAGE (70 points for parts for TS #1) - Select one key business
process that feeds accounting or a key accounting process (such as month-end
close, consolidations, cost center accounting processes) that has a priority
information systems need in the company and complete the following:
a. Reiterate briefly why this business process has a priority. (2 points)
b. Talk about the business process (i.e., provide a narrative). Give the
detailed accounting transactions that occur in this business process along
with the account coding / chart of accounts coding related to these entries
(Consult Chapter 16 on G/L and chart of account coding and applicable
chapter(s) from 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and/or 15) – CRITICAL FOR THIS
SECTION – The team members who do not work for this organization
should compile interview questions as a team and interview the student
who does work for the company in focus and write up the narrative and
have the student who does work for the company review the narrative for
accuracy. If one of the team members is going to be interviewing someone
else in their organization or another organization, the interview questions
should be compiled as a team (using the Team Project Case Study Outline
as a guideline for what TO have in the interview question outline). ALL
team members must read and understand the narrative and MUST
participate in this part as it drives much of the paper! – this is a good
section to try to do first, once the team project company and topic are
determined. I can review the interview questions ahead of time if you
would like. Doing this section in this manner should help prevent the
individual who works for the company doing ALL the work. (28 points)
c. Complete a Business Model (REA model) of the process. Make sure to
include the entity attributes and key attribute (primary key) (Consult
Chapter 6 in the textbook) (20 points)
d. Flowchart the process and use other methods from this chapter to
document the specific business process (Consult Chapter 4 of the
textbook). (20 points)
e. Complete a Control Matrix of the process to be used in conjunction with
the flowchart created (Consult chapter 9 in the textbook and Document –
Business Process Controls in the Course Materials Section). Explain the
present and missing controls in detail. Have an annotated version of the
flowchart to show where the controls exist as related to the flowchart (30
points)
f. Explain any systems or control weaknesses currently in the business
process under evaluation. This will include any higher level controls that
are not designated on the flowchart and can recap the concerns from the
control matrix. (5 points)
g. Assess what information systems (business process and accounting
information systems) are being used and what processes methods are
being used (Ch. 3) (ERP, enterprise systems, e-Business applications,
general ledger and chart of account coding, financial and business
reporting, etc) and how they support the process and/or could be
improved. Discuss the flow to accounting information systems from this
business process (the accounting impact of this process). How is
information compiled, distributed, and used throughout the company both
internally and externally. (Consult Chapters, 2, 3, 16, and others as
needed). (10 points)

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 3. DESIGN STAGE - Determine alternative systems that could assist this company.
Evaluate the alternatives and make your recommendations with a focus on the
topics of ERP, e-business, and G/L and business reporting and how these could
benefit the company. Have some detail in the analysis: determine the systems
requirements, pros and cons of each alternative, costs, etc. (30 points)
4. Present your recommendations to management. (5 points)
5. IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION STAGE - Assume that management agrees
to implement your recommendation(s) for this particular business process. (10
points)
a. IMPLEMENTATION - Give an implementation schedule (what should occur
and the timing). (Refer to discussion on Systems Development Lifecycle
and particularly the step “I” on PADIO).
b. OPERATION - Give what you feel would be the companies’ assessment of
the new business process 1 year after implementation. (Refer to discussion
on Systems Development Lifecycle)
6. Make sure everyone on the entire team reads through the entire document to
make sure all parts of the project are completed and the project flows well. (can
lose significant points up to -50 points on each submission if the parts do not flow
together).
7. Have a professional work product with a Table of Contents. Since this is an
electronic submission, hyperlinks to the specific sections of the paper is
recommended (if you know how), but is not required. (5 points)
8. You must have a bibliography. Bibliography and footnoting is mandatory. In lieu
of footing, you can use parenthetical references. Please follow the MLA standard.
I recommend getting the MLA Handbook or doing research to ensure compliance
to this. Cite all works properly. www.Turnitin.com is used for all submitted
materials for plagiarism purposes. Consult the plagiarism document on the
webCT site. If you have questions on what is proper, ask me! (can receive up to -
100 points on each submission due to improper use of having a bibliography AND
footnoting or parenthetical references)
9. You must have at least 5 outside sources (other than the textbook) for the paper.
(5 points)

If researching SAP R/3, you can use the following resources:

www.sap.com
http://help.sap.com

NOTE: If your team would like to do a slightly different project, please write up a Case
Study similar to this one for my review and approval. Or for a minor change, for
example, instead of doing a business process, one team did the month-end accounting
close process for an organization because they were experiencing significant problems
with that you can e-mail me with the suggested project modification.

Have fun with the subject matter and be creative – with analyzing systems and
processes, it is essential to be creative in order to facilitate valuable changes and not
just “pave the cow paths”.

The below teaming evaluation form must be completed and submitted by the due date
and time as specified in the Syllabus (the same form will be attached in the Assignments
area of the course). In addition to losing points for late submission, points could be

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deducted for less than team effort or additional points could be given for above and
beyond effort.

Late submission points for late team project work:

Late by one day = -10 points
Late by two days = -20 points
Late by three days = -30 points
Late by four or more days = -40 points plus 10 points for each day later

Late submission points for late teaming evaluation forms will be deducted as follows:
Late by one day = -5 points
Late by two days = -10 points
Late by three days = -20 points
Late by four or more days = -30 points

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 TEAMING EVALUATION FORM
This part of the team project is confidential. Explain the SPECIFIC work each person did and consider
contribution, quality, effort, time, flexibility, leadership, results, timely completion, knowledge, experience,
creativity, initiative, concern for team, delivering a quality product that flows well and is professional. I will be
looking at the scores from each team member to get an idea of the effort each person put towards the project. If the
scores for an individual are consistently low, this could amount to points being deducted or a failing grade on the
Team Project and other teamwork. Form MUST be typed and submitted through webCT assignments.

My Name
Team Name
(List Team Members in alphabetical order of last names, including yourself).
Score:
Above and beyond – A+ - went above and beyond in some way and deserves a score higher than the majority of the
team (explain why they deserve above and beyond status)
Full contributor – A - should get all the team points because they gave a fair effort (explain why they are a full
contributor)
Less than full - If less than a full contributor, say whether they gave a B, C, D or F effort and you give support for
why you scored them there - why they were not a full contributor.

Ranking: Rank each team member from 1 to X with 1 being overall the best team member (you MUST rank
yourself). Note: no person can have the same number!
Team Member’s Name Score of Team Ranking
Member
Team Member #1
Team Member #2
Team Member #3
Team Member #4
Team Member #5

Explain the SPECIFIC work (i.e. sections of the paper) that each person did on the project and the
strengths of each team member, INCLUDING you.

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What did you like about the group work and did YOU and YOUR TEAM do that worked well?

What would YOU do to improve YOUR work and what could the TEAM have done better?

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Scholastic Honesty
The University has policies and discipline procedures regarding scholastic dishonesty.
Detailed information is available on the Scholastic Dishonesty web page. All students are
expected to maintain a high level of responsibility with respect to academic honesty. Students
who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties,
including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University. Since
such dishonesty harms the individual, all students and the integrity of the University, policies
on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced.

All students in the class are expected to behave in accordance with academic integrity. Strict
adherence to the Policy on Cheating as stated in the Regent’s Rules and Regulations, Part
One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, subdivision 3.22 is expected. This policy reads:

Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities.

Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary
penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from
the university. Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating,
plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are
attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for
another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or
attempt to commit such acts.

Since this is an on-line course, academic dishonesty includes plagiarism which also includes
any instance of having another person complete work on your behalf whether this is tests,
quizzes, or project related work. Academic dishonesty of any type, will NOT be tolerated in
this class. All instances of academic dishonesty (as noted above) will be referred to the Dean

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 of Students. To give you an idea of how this works, plagiarized materials turned in will be sent
to the Dean of Students Office with a minimum recommendation of negative points, a grade of
0 on the assignment, or an F in the course. The Dean may also assess other disciplinary
penalties, which could include being suspended or expelled from school. I use
www.turnitin.com to evaluate plagiarism in submitted papers and refer all cases of potential
plagiarism to the Dean of Students. The MLA Format must be used for all papers.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES OF PROVEN ACADEMIC

DISHONESTY, THE BEST OVERALL SEMESTER GRADE YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS
COURSE WOULD BE A C.

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Course Evaluation
As required by UTD academic regulations, every student must complete an evaluation for
each enrolled course at the end of the semester. An online instructional assessment form will
be made available for your confidential use. Please look for the course evaluation link on the
course Homepage towards the end of the course.

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University Policies
Student Conduct & Discipline

The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and
regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the responsibility of
each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable about the rules and
regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General information on student
conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z Guide, which is provided to
all registered students each academic year.

The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of
recognized and established due process. Procedures are defined and described in the Rules
and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI,
Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of the university’s
Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies of these rules and regulations are available to
students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist
students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391).

A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of
citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the
Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students are subject to
discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off
campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.

Academic Integrity

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 The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty.
Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work
done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high
standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work.

Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to
applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work
or material that is not one’s own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the
following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students
suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.

Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any
other source is unacceptable and will be dealt with under the university’s policy on plagiarism
(see general catalog for details). This course will use the resources of turnitin.com, which
searches the web for possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective.

Email Use

The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication
between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises
some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email exchange.
The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a student’s
U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if
it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree
of confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted
information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all
communication with university personnel. The Department of Information Resources at U.T.
Dallas provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other
accounts.

Withdrawal from Class

The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level
courses. These dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog.
Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's responsibility to handle
withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I cannot drop or withdraw any
student. You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that you will not receive a final grade of
"F" in a course if you choose not to attend the class once you are enrolled.

Student Grievance Procedures

Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and
Activities, of the university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures.

In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other

fulfillments of academic responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first to make a serious
effort to resolve the matter with the instructor, supervisor, administrator, or committee with
whom the grievance originates (hereafter called “the respondent”). Individual faculty members
retain primary responsibility for assigning grades and evaluations. If the matter cannot be
resolved at that level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the respondent with a

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 copy of the respondent’s School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written response
provided by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the School Dean. If
the grievance is not resolved by the School Dean’s decision, the student may make a written
appeal to the Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint and
convene an Academic Appeals Panel. The decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final.
The results of the academic appeals process will be distributed to all involved parties.

Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of
Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and
regulations.

Incomplete Grade Policy

As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed
at the semester’s end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete
grade must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long
semester. If the required work to complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is
not submitted by the specified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a
grade of F.

Disability Services

The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities
equal to those of their non-disabled peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the
Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is:

The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
(972) 883-2098 (voice or TTY)

Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable
adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it
may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the
case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an assignment requirement may
be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is
hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may have to be
rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special
services such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance.

It is the student’s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an
accommodation. Disability Services provides students with letters to present to faculty
members to verify that the student has a disability and needs accommodations. Individuals
requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class or during office
hours.

Religious Holy Days

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 The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other required activities
for the travel to and observance of a religious holy day for a religion whose places of worship
are exempt from property tax under Section 11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated.

The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as possible
regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The student, so excused,
will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within a reasonable time after the
absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a maximum of one week. A
student who notifies the instructor and completes any missed exam or assignment may not be
penalized for the absence. A student who fails to complete the exam or assignment within the
prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.

If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the purpose of
observing a religious holy day] or if there is similar disagreement about whether the student
has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed assignments or examinations,
either the student or the instructor may request a ruling from the chief executive officer of the
institution, or his or her designee. The chief executive officer or designee must take into
account the legislative intent of TEC 51.911(b), and the student and instructor will abide by the
decision of the chief executive officer or designee.

Off-Campus Instruction and Course Activities

Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law and
University policies and procedures regarding travel and risk-related activities. Information
regarding these rules and regulations may be found at the website address given below.
Additional information is available from the office of the school dean.
( http://www.utdallas.edu/Business Affairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm)

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the
Professor.

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