Accounting Information Systems

Overview

Main description

Hurt's Accounting Information Systems, 2e continues to take a fresh new approach that puts judgment and critical thinking, not technology, at the heart of the AIS course. Using a conversational writing style appealing to students, this book presents AIS as an art as much as a science. AIS is presented as a set of fundamental ideas and concepts that can be applied in various organizational contexts. Students are provided with vocabulary they will need to succeed in the profession and ensuring that they can communicate clearly and effectively about accounting information systems with both accountants and nonaccountants. The text end-of-chapter exercises and assessment tools are all competency-based, distilling knowledge to its essential elements and then encouraging students to use those essential elements to think for themselves.

Table of contents

Part One Introduction and Basic Concepts 1 Role and Purpose of Accounting Information Systems 2 Transaction Processing in the AIS 3 Professionalism and Ethics 4 Internal Controls Part Two Documentation Techniques 5 Flowcharting 6 Data Flow Diagramming 7 REAL Modeling Part Three Systems Analysis and Information Technology 8 Information Systems Concepts 9 XBRL 10 E-business and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Part Four Business Processes 11 Sales/Collection Process 12 Acquisition/Payment Process 13 Other Business Processes 14 Business Process Management Part Five Other Topics in Accounting Information Systems 15 Computer Crime and Information Technology Security 16 Decision-Making Models and Knowledge Management 17 Professional Certifications and Career Planning 18 Auditing and Evaluating the AIS Glossary Comprehensive Chapter References Index