Preventing Runaway IT Projects: Protecting Auditors from Entrapment
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More and more often, accounting professionals are being included on information systems project teams in an oversight role. One aspect of this role is to determine when a project is too dysfunctional to be continued. This study examined whether the accounting education received by students is adequate in this area through the use of an innovative research approach (conjoint analysis) that examines the decision to continue as if it was a consumer purchasing decision. The results show that accounting majors are often entrapped into continuing projects for reasons other than what is best for the organization.
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