Accounting Information System Business Process Method (1st Edition) (English Edition of Contemporary American MBA Classic Textbook Series)

Author: Frederick L. Jones
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Publish Date: 2003-01-04
Features: This book combines AIS topics using a business process approach, providing a solid conceptual foundation for accounting systems and controls. In this book, the author emphasizes the relationship between content and accounts, as well as their roles as designers, users, and evaluators of information systems. The book offers numerous problem-solving aids to help students develop the ability to collect evidence and analyze transaction cycles and accounting information systems, identify risks and controls, apply accounting methods, and design and evaluate accounting information systems. Important cases are integrated throughout each chapter, creating a cohesive whole. At the end of the book, a comprehensive case study is provided to help students integrate the concepts and tools covered in the book. The focus in teaching is on database design and accounting methods, and the engineering of database design is also included in this book. An appendix is provided at the end to help students learn how to apply relevant databases (an introduction to database management systems) to accounting information systems. This book is suitable for undergraduate and MBA courses in accounting information systems, requiring no prior knowledge beyond an understanding of accounting standards.