Data Analytics for Accounting – An Opportunity or a Threat?

Purpose of this Assignment: This assignment is a research exercise which provides exposure to

reading academic journal articles, using evidence to support your arguments, and more importantly,

referencing properly in your writing.

Question:

From ‘Accountants’ to ‘Business Analysts’: Is Big Data Analytics an opportunity or a threat for the

accounting profession?

Requirements / Checklist:

 Answer the question with a paragraph of around 300 words. Support your answers with

evidence from three credible sources:

1.  Richins G, Stapleton A, Stratopoulos TC & Wong C (2017) ‘Big data analytics:

Opportunity or threat for the accounting profession?’, Journal of Information Systems,

31(3): 63–79.

 PDF available on the BUSN7008 Academic Integrity and Referencing Workshop

Wattle site (hereafter, the Wattle site).

2.  An online source that is not an academic journal article (e.g. an institutional report, an

online magazine/news article).

3.  One other credible source of any type (e.g. a journal article other than the one above, a

different online source to the one above, a book, a news article, etc.).

 Include at least one quotation (‘…’) – it could be from any one of the three sources.

 All three sources must be properly referenced in text using the Harvard referencing style.

 A properly formatted reference list with full references for all three sources using the Harvard

style.

 Present professionally using Times New Roman, 12-point font size and 1.5 line spacing.

 Submit via Turnitin on the Wattle site before the due date.



Useful tips

1. Proper referencing – How?

 Complete the Referencing lesson in your own time. It includes instructions on how to use

in-text citations, complete a reference list, and correctly quote materials.

 The Harvard Style Guide prepared by Monash University and the Australian

Government Author-Date Style Manual are excellent learning resources. [In fact, we

use these same style guides to mark this referencing exercise].

2. Searching for academic articles? The Wattle site has guidance on how to search for

appropriate academic sources. Not all academic journals are equally credible. Some are better

ranked than others. See the Financial Times 50 list for the top 50 business journals.

3. Write in your own words with supporting evidence. Use the material from the Workshop to

guide you in how to paraphrase and summarise sources.

4. Read strategically. Since you are only required to write a short paragraph of 300 words, it is

most likely not necessary to read your sources word-by-word. See tips and guidelines on the

Wattle site regarding Reading Strategies for more informatio



Zs:

https://guides(dot)lib(dot)monash(dot)edu/citing-referencing/harvard2020-intro



Zs:

https://www(dot)stylemanual(dot)gov(dot)au/referencing-and-attribution/author-date



https://guides(dot)lib(dot)monash(dot)edu/citing-referencing/harvard2020-intro



https://www(dot)stylemanual(dot)gov(dot)au/referencing-and-attribution/author-date