Accounting Information Systems: Essential Concepts and Applications

Part One: Systems Concepts and Technologies; The Study of Accounting Information Systems; The Business Environment and the AIS; Information Technology and the AIS; AIS Development and Documentation Tools; Computer-Based Transaction Processing; Data and Data Base Management; Part Two: Control Concepts and Procedures; Risk Exposure and the Internal Control Structure; General Controls and Application Controls; Security for Transaction/Information Processing Systems; Auditing for Information Systems; Part Three: Transaction Processing Cycles; General Ledger and the Financial Reporting Cycle; The Revenue Cycle; The Expenditure Cycle; The Conversion Cycle; Part Four: Processing Information for Management's Needs; Managerial Decision Making and Reporting; Decision Support and Expert Systems; Specialized Information Systems and Networks; Part Five: Information Systems Development; Systems Organization, Development and Planning; Systems Analysis and Design; Systems Justification, Selection and Implementation.