SECTION A: Information Technology
Business Process Management & IT
- Introduction to various Business processes- Accounting, Finances, Sale, Purchase etc.
- Business Process Automation - Benefits & Risks
- Approach to mapping systems
- Entity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Systems Flow diagrams, Decision Trees/tables,
- Accounting systems vs. Value chain automation.
- Information as a business asset
- Impact of IT on business processes
- Business Risks of failure of IT
- Business Process Re-engineering
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Information Systems and IT Fundamentals
- Understand importance of IT in business and relevance to Audit with case studies.
- Understand working of computers and networks in business process automation
from business information perspective
- Concepts of Computing (Definition provided by ACM/IEEE and overview of related
terminologies)
- Overview of IS Layers - Applications, DBMS, systems software, hardware, networks
& links and people
- Overview of Information Systems life cycle and key phases
- Computing Technologies & Hardware
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Telecommunication and Networks
- Fundamentals of telecommunication
- Components and functions of Telecommunication Systems
- Data networks - types of architecture, LAN, WAN, Wireless, private and public
networks etc.
- Overview of computing architectures - centralized, de-centralized, mainframe,
client-server, thin-thick client etc.
- Network Fundamentals - Components, Standards and protocols, Network risks &
control - VPN.
- Encryption, Secure protocols. Network administration and management - concepts
and issues.
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Business Information Systems
- Information Systems and their role in businesses
- IT as a business enable & driver - ERP, Core Banking System, CRM, SCM, HRMS,
Payment Mechanisms
- The relationship between organizations, information systems and business
processes
- Accounting Information Systems and linkages to Operational systems, Business
Reporting, MIS & IT
- Organization Roles & responsibilities and table or authorities, importance of access
controls, privilege controls
- Specialized systems - MIS, DSS, Business Intelligence, Expert Systems, Artificial
Intelligence, Knowledge Management systems etc
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Business Process Automation through Application software
- Business Applications - overview and types
- Business Process Automation, relevant controls and information systems.
- Information Processing & Delivery channels and their role in Information Systems.
- Key types of Application Controls and their need
- Emerging concepts -Virtualization, Grid Computing, Cloud delivery model.
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PAPER-7B Strategic Management
Business Environment
- General Environment-Demographic, Socio-cultural, Macro-economic, Legal/political,
Technological, and Global,
- Competitive Environment.
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Business Policy and Strategic Management
- Meaning and nature, Strategic management imperative
- Vision, Mission and Objectives
- Strategic levels in organizations
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Strategic Analysis
- Situational Analysis - SWOT Analysis, TOWS Matrix, Portfolio Analysis - BCG Matrix
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Strategic Planning
- Meaning, stages, alternatives, strategy formulation
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Formulation of Functional Strategy
- Marketing strategy, Financial strategy, Production strategy, Logistics strategy, Human resource strategy
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Strategy Implementation and Control
- Organizational structures
- Establishing strategic business units
- Establishing profit centers by business, product or service
- Market segment or customer
- Leadership and behavioural challenges
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Reaching Strategic Edge
- Business Process Reengineering
- Benchmarking
- Total Quality Management
- Six Sigma
- Contemporary Strategic Issues.
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