INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEMS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

00095L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Business Administration

Language:

Italian

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BERARDI LAURA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Prerequisites:

The student must have the basic knowledge of business administration,
financial and management accounting. Not training obligations are
requested in advance.

Objectives

The course aims to study the integrated tools provided for the
management of the business information. In particular, it wants to study
the evolution of the Business Information Systems with a special focus on
the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, traditional, extended
and advanced.
These training objectives are linked to the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding - The Course aims to provide to the
student knowledge and capabilities on the issues of the Business
Information Systems. These knowledge and capabilities are obtained
through the participation in frontal lessons, and self and guided study;
Applying knowledge and understanding – The student during the Course
is encouraged to use e-learning cooperative and collaborative tools (e.g.
e-learning platform) for facilitating the capability of discussion on the
topics of the Business Information Systems. The applying knowledge and
understanding appear through the critical reflection of the students on
the content of the books proposed for the self-study; is stimulated by the
classroom activities; and is favored by the analysis of the SAP case study
(the top vendor of ERP in the World). The topic of the application of the
XBRL languages, instead, is analyzed by the empirical examples of the
use of the XBRL for the accountability and the financial and not financial
communication.

Contents

The course studies the following topics:
- The business information System (BIS)
- The contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to
the process management
- The evolution of the BISs and the ERP systems
- The inter-company relationships and the extended ERP
- The Information Systems for the strategy
- Choose and manage an ERP project for small business
- The SAP ERP System
- The outsourcing of the Business Information Systems
- The virtualization and the cloud computing
- The security of the business information

Extended Syllabus

Part I (6 cfu):
- The Business Information System (definition, objectives, and requisites
of the BIS; the Information Production Process; the BIS for supporting the business activities; the XBRL language for the business financial
communication)
- The contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to
the process management (definition and classifications of the process;
Process Management, Business Process Improvement, Business Process
Reengineering, the Venkatraman Model)
- The evolution of the BISs and the ERP systems (EDP, MRP, CIM, ERP)
- The inter-company relationships and the extended ERP (CRM, SCM, B2B
operators, and services)
- The Information Systems for the strategy (BI, BSC, SEM)
- Choose and manage an ERP project (ERP implementation, the cycle time
of an ERP in the small business)
Part II (3 cfu):
- The SAP (overview, FI - financial accounting module, CO-controlling
module)
- The IT outsourcing
- The virtualization and the cloud computing
- The security of the business information

Recommended Bibliography

CANDIOTTO R., (2016), Il sistema informativo dell’azienda nell’ambiente
digitale, Giappichelli
REA M.A., VALENTINETTI D., (2009), XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting
Language) e reporting finanziario d’impresa. Quadro conoscitivo e prime
riflessioni, Aracne, Roma
Additional teaching materials (slides, notes, articles, reports, etc.) are
available on the dedicated e-learning

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Classroom lessons and the use of an e-learning platform
(https://fad.unich.it) for the shearing of teaching materials, e-mail, and
message, news and communications related to the content of the Course
and the exam.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Knowledge and understanding – The verification of the training
effectiveness is entrusted to a written session done at the end of the
Course. In particular, students who have attended the lessons must
answer to some writing questions (open-ended questions) on all the
learning units provided in the program and analyzed in the classroom
(one question per learning unit). We tried constantly to interact with the
students during the lessons in order to check their progress in terms of
knowledge and skills acquired, also through the use of the e-learning
platform. The evaluation of the written test is expressed in thirtieths. The
verbalization of the vote takes place only for those students who have at
least achieved a sufficient assessment in this preliminary session (at least
18/30).
In an official date of the exam, however, the same written session is
followed by a further oral session for verifying the ability of the students
(even those who have not followed the Course) to discuss the issues
addressed during the course and studied in textbooks and teaching
material provided by the teacher on the e-learning platform. Both the
written and oral session is evaluated in thirtieths. In an official date of the
exam, the oral session is allowed only after having passed the
preliminary written session with at least sufficient evaluation (not less
than 18/30). The overall evaluation, always in thirtieths, takes into
account the evaluations of both sessions. The oral examination serves to
better define the vote by evaluating the ability of students to interact
successfully on the topics discussed and to discuss some detailed aspects
that had not been adequately explored, and consequently evaluated, in
the written session.
Applying knowledge and understanding - During the examinations
(written and oral sessions) the students' ability to apply the theoretical
notions on the BISs is verified through empirical case study selected by
the teacher. Also, the topic of XBRL represents an application of the
general theoretical notions on the topics of BISs for the financial and
management accounting. The verification of the capability of the
students to discuss the benefit of the use of the XBRL for the
accountability and the business communication will be both during the
written session, both during the oral session, with an open-ended
question specifically dedicated.

Contacts/More Information

E-mail: l.berardi@unich.it
The student meeting is every week on Wednesday at 11:00 -13:00, and
during the course on other day and hour in accordance with the students.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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