Accounting Information Systems - Hardcover

Romney, Marshall B.; Steinbart, Paul John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130909033 ISBN 13: 9780130909039

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2002

Synopsis

Accounting Information Systems provides readers with the knowledge and skills they need to pursue successful careers in accounting. The book reflects how information technology (IT) is altering the very nature of accounting, discussing how developments such as the Internet, electronic commerce, EDI, databases, and artificial intelligence are fundamentally transforming the way organizations conduct their business activities. The authors also explore ways in which accountants can improve the design and function of Accounting Information Systems (AIS) so that they truly add value to the organization. The authors address conceptual foundations of accounting information systems including e-business, relational databases and data modeling and database design, control and audit of accounting information systems and computer fraud, accounting information systems applications including the revenue, expenditure and manufacturing cycles and the systems development process. For those in accounting related positions.

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From the Back Cover

Are you looking for a textbook that will provide your students with the knowledge and skills the need to pursue successful careers in accounting?

Romney/Steinbart—the number one AIS textbook—has what you need! This textbook offers the essential concepts you have come to expect in the previous editions, and continues to reflect the most current topics in AIS.

• NEW—Updated and expanded coverage of e-business (now in Chapter 3). Topics include how the Internet, electronic commerce, EDI, and databases are fundamentally transforming business activities, as well as how these IT developments are changing the way that businesses must account for the result of those activities.
• NEW—Expanded discussion of the REA data model (Chapter 5) features more detail on commitment events.
• NEW—Revised SysTrust coverage (Chapter 8) now follows the same structure and format as the AICPA's new service, with assurance that an information system is reliable.
• All of the cycle chapters (Chapters 11-15) now presuppose the use of an ERP system and contrasts it with legacy systems. Other important topics, such as XBRL (Chapter 15), are also covered.
• NEW—Expanded supplements package offers new practice sets, casebooks, and on-line courses.
• NEW—The Getting Started Series—FREE with new texts! Introduce your students to the most current releases of the leading software packages—QuickBooks, Peachtree, Excel, and Simply Accounting—by packaging your choice of a free 70-page manual with new copies of Romney/Steinbart! Add Peachtree or Simply Accounting software for a nominal price.
• NEW—Microsoft Excel for Accounting: AIS and Auditing is available at a nominal charge with new textbook purchase.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130909033
• ISBN 13: 9780130909039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 735