Strategic Information Systems for Business

Running head: STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS
STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS
Name of the Student
Name of the Organization
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................2
Discussion..........................................................................................................................2
Data flow diagram of payroll system..............................................................................2
Data flow diagram of purchases and cash disbursements systems..............................3
System flowchart of cash disbursements system..........................................................4
System flowchart of payroll system................................................................................5
System flowchart of purchases system..........................................................................7
Description of internal control weakness in each system and the risks............................8
Organizational Weakness..............................................................................................8
Risks associated with the weaknesses.............................................................................8
Unauthorized access......................................................................................................8
Sniffing and Spoofing.....................................................................................................9
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................10
Bibliography.....................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The main aim of the report is to clearly describe about the situation of the Bell
studio and then evaluate all the risks, procedures as well as all the internal controls for
the cycle of expenditure. The flow diagram of data of all the purchases as well as all the
systems of the disbursements of cash has been provided within the report. A brief
description is present about all the weakness which is internally controlled in each of the
system as well as all the risks which are linked with a number of weaknesses which are
identified.
Discussion
Data flow diagram of payroll system

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The data flow diagram helps in the understanding of the flow of the data among
the various interactors of the organisation. It helps in the understanding of the gaining
various perspective about the data flow. The organisation implemented the proper
mechanisms for monitoring the proper data flow. In the data flow diagram of the payroll
system the employees are provided with their salary in the form of the cheques and the
proper management of the supervisors has been done.
Data flow diagram of purchases and cash disbursements systems
The purchase system and the cash disbursement system is placed in the central
role of the system from where the data is flowing the organisation. Data is effectively
flowing among the various interactors of the system payroll officer, bank, cash
disbursement system, the department of purchasing, the vendor, then the data of
treasurer has been made in the interactive system. This system provides the idea about
the data transfer among the various departments of the organisation. The purchasing
clerk sends the purchase order to the vendor from where the clerk gains the effective
response about the purchase order. The receiving clerk updates the inventory in the
computer terminal and the data is stored in the database.