Referencing Styles : APA On completion of this subject you will be able to: 1. Understand the purpose and role of accounting information systems in today’s business environment 2. Describe the various transaction cycles, financial reporting, management reporting systems and e-commerce 3. Discus the database & REA approach to data-base modeling 4. Understand the risks inherent in computer-based systems/ERP, including e-commerce, the role of ethics and the various internal control processes that need to be in place 5. Appreciate the opportunities for computer fraud and the security measures in electronic commerce that need to be taken to overcome this 6. Appreciate the purpose of computer controls and auditing in digital economy 7. Describe the processes use in the development of computer-based systems/ERP and the ways in which processes are managed