PROJECT GUIDE LINES AQ2013
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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...