Accounting Information Systems, Global Edition

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For one-semester undergraduate or graduate courses in accounting information systems.
Accounting Information Systems delivers the most unprecedented coverage of each major approach to teaching AIS, giving instructors the opportunity to reorder chapters and focus the material to suit their individual course needs. The 15th Edition, Global Edition covers all of the most recent updates in AIS, including how developments in IT affect business processes and controls, the effect of recent regulatory developments on the design and operation of accounting systems, and how accountants can use AIS to add value to an organisation. Not only will students see how AIS has changed the role of an accountant, but they’ll also be prepared for a successful accounting career in public practice, industry, or government.

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PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Accounting Information Systems: An Overview

2. Overview of Transaction Processing and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

3. Systems Documentation Techniques

PART II: DATA ANALYTICS

4. Relational Databases

5. Introduction to Data Analytics in Accounting

6. Transforming Data

7. Data Analysis and Presentation

PART III: CONTROL OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

8. Fraud and Errors

9. Computer Fraud and Abuse Techniques

10. Control and Accounting Information Systems

11. Controls for Information Security

12. Confidentiality and Privacy Controls

13. Processing Integrity and Availability Controls

PART IV: ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS

14. The Revenue Cycle: Sales to Cash Collections

15. The Expenditure Cycle: Purchasing to Cash Disbursements

16. The Production Cycle

17. The Human Resources Management and Payroll Cycle

18. General Ledger and Reporting System

PART V: THE REA DATA MODEL

19. Database Design Using the REA Data Model

20. Implementing an REA Model in a Relational Database

21. Special Topics in REA Modeling

PART VI: THE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

22. Introduction to Systems Development and Systems Analysis

23. AIS Development Strategies

24. Systems Design, Implementation, and Operation