Accounting/Finance and Information Technology

Subdomains

Click on the subdomain titles to examine the range of skills and concepts a student can expect to demonstrate for assessment of this Domain:

• Accounting and Finance
• Information Technology

Accounting and Finance

• The graduate analyzes historical and budgeted financial data.
• The graduate determines the financial condition of a firm using financial ratios and other financial data.
• The graduate correctly applies time value of money techniques and techniques that ignore present value for capital investment decisions.
• The graduate performs cost analysis.
• The graduate determines the most advantageous capital structure for a given situation.

Information Technology

• The graduate recommends courses of action taking into consideration the role of personnel, hardware and software components while differentiating between business decision making and information technology management decision making.
• The graduate selects appropriate technology applications to manage information and make decisions in given situations.
• The graduate uses information technology tools for specified business purposes.
• The graduate determines appropriate uses of information technology in creating strategic advantage.
• The graduate analyzes privacy and security concerns related to technology in the workplace in terms of their potential impact on business operations, and recommends appropriate countermeasures to satisfy these concerns.