Book Description
Takes a cycles approach to accounting information systems (AIS) analysis with excellent integration of subsystems. The Third Edition has been updated to reflect changes in practice. There is a new chapter on systems implementation, along with greater coverage of accounting cycles, auditing, controls, and their relation to EDP. Treatment provides a good balance between hardware and software design. Emphasis is on applications, with discussion of how to incorporate AIS into the total business organization. Includes chapters on microcomputers and production control systems, additional end-of-chapter problems, and a new comprehensive case study. Prerequisites are intermediate accounting and some computer science.
Synopsis
This account focuses on the cycles approach and features integration of subsystems. Using a consistent level of math complexity and assuming a basic knowledge of intermediate accounting and computer science, the text provides accounting students with a working knowledge of accounting information systems (AIS) analysis and a balance between hardware and software design. The cycle approach stresses accounting systems, rather than general or management information systems, thereby promoting understanding of systems interrelationships and interdependencies.
