Accounting Information Systems - Hardcover

Cushing, Barry E.; Romney, Mashall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201501589 ISBN 13: 9780201501582

Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co, 1990

Synopsis

For one-semester courses in AIS at the undergraduate or graduate level.

This market-leading text reflects how information technology (IT) is altering the very nature of accounting, discussing how developments such as the Internet, electronic commerce, EDI, and databases 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

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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: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201501589
• ISBN 13: 9780201501582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 887