Task-
Your task is to write a report that critically analyses the adoption of SAP systems in business organisations and discuss accounting challenges and benefits in an SAP environment. You are required to conduct a literature review and analysis using academic journal
articles through the library databases on the topic of SAP adoption and diffusion in business organisations. Your report must be structured as follows:
. 1) Introduction (100 words) - Provide an overview of the report that follows.
. 2) Overview of SAP (300 words) - Provide an explanation of SAP and its functionalities. Provide examples of other commercial ERP systems available on the market.
. 3) Challenges and benefits (700 words) - Discuss accounting challenges and benefits that have been identified in the research literature (academic journal articles you reviewed) concerning SAP adoption.
1. Understand the role of information systems in general, and accounting information systems specifically, in supporting the operations of an organisation.
2. Understand the importance and benefits of systems development methodologies.
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. 4) Recommendation (300 words) - From your literature review, provide recommendations of success factors for SAP adoption.
. 5) Conclusion (100 words) - Summarise and synthesise the report.
Required--
- Write a report that addresses all of the above sections.
- Format requirements: "Times New Roman" size 12 with 1.5 line spacing, approximately 1500 words in total (not including references). You must include the total of words used in your report. The report should have appropriate headings and subheadings (including an introduction and conclusion).
- This report must use academic journal articles to support any claims you make.
- You must acknowledge the use of the work of others (e.g. the academic journal articles on which your report is based) using the Harvard referencing style (see http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/research/referencing.html). Any ideas or quotations must be correctly cited in the body of your report and a reference list must be provided at the end of your report.
- Once you have submitted your report, check the originality report in turn-it-in and ensure similarity with other sources is referenced. You can resubmit your report until the due date.
Please note that the originality report for a resubmission takes 24 hours to be produced. Please ensure that you allow adequate time, if you are considering resubmission.
- Review the marking rubric so that you understand the expected standards and how you will receive feedback.