Terms of Reference

PROJECT GUIDE LINES AQ2013
Layout
  1. TITLE PAGE
  * Must have student’s details Project Title, Student Name, AAT Reg. No., Assessor Name, year, word count,

  2. DECLARATION STATEMENT
  * Authenticity statement and Student’s Signature,

  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  * Main project contents and proper page numbering

  4. TERMS OF REFERENCE
  * Can include Rationale behind the project, or Objectives of project

  5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  * A summary of the project that can be written for management purposes

  6. METHODOLOGY
  * Sources of information for writing project, could be websites, Textbooks, etc.

  7. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND
  * Can mainly include General background, Shareholding, products of company, both Internal and External Stakeholders of the Company, External Regulations, Internal policies (Reference to Ogarnogram)

  8. CURRENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS
  * Could also include Working Methods, Record Keeping Systems. Accounting systems include, Sales System, Purchases System, Payroll System, Cash and Bank, Costing Systems, General ledgers

  9. REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, TRAINING
  * Analyses / Evaluate a number of Topics including Weaknesses to Accounting systems and the following: (Reference to SWOT Analysis)
  * Employees to be trained, Loss of production time during training, Skills and Knowledge to be acquired

  10. INTERNAL CONTROL AND FRAUD ANALYSIS
  * Internal controls in CPL and comments on missing Internal Controls.
  * Definition, Types, Causes, Impact, Detection and Potential areas of Fraud in the Company (Reference to Fraud Matrix)

  11. ETHICAL, SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION AND WEAKNESSES
  * Ethical principles (e.g. confidentiality, Professional Behaviour, Integrity etc.) and their impact on Company)
  * Must included the all   principles of professional ethics
  * Definition, principles of sustainability, application/Implications to the Company
  * Consider the 3 areas of sustainability...