Accounting Information Systems, 13th Edition

For undergraduate and graduate courses in AIS.

The market-leading text with the most comprehensive, flexible coverage of AIS available.

 This market-leading text delivers the most comprehensive and flexible coverage of the major approaches to teaching AIS, while allowing instructors the flexibility to reorder chapters and focus the material to suit their individual course needs. This new edition has been updated to cover all of the most recent developments in AIS and to show AIS has changed the roles of an accountant. 

Students see the concepts in action:

• Integrated chapter-opening cases introduce important material and reinforce key concepts.
• •  Key concepts and topics are identified.
  • Several key issues/problems to be solved as presented.
  • The cases are referenced throughout the chapter.
  • Chapter summaries present solutions to the problems and issues raised in the case.
• A real-world view in the focus boxes and real-world examples help students understand how companies are using the latest IT developments to improve their AIS.

• NEW! Introduction of business process diagrams in Chapter 3 and their use in the five chapters of Part III to provide an easy-to-understand method for showing the sequential flow of activities within business processes.
• NEW! More detailed discussion of internal control frameworks: COSO, COSO-ERM, and COBIT.
• NEW! Updated discussion of information security countermeasures, including the security and control implications associated with virtualization and cloud computing. 
• NEW! Annotation of the data flow diagrams in the five chapters of Part III to include information about when and where major internal control threats exist within each business process. 
• NEW! Many new end-of-chapter discussion questions and problems, including additional Excel exercises that are based on articles from the Journal of Accountancy so that students can develop the specific skills used by practitioners.
• NEW! Many new computer fraud and abuse techniques have been added to help students understand the way systems are attacked.
• NEW! The database chapter has been updated with all new tables and figures so that the Microsoft Access screen shots reflect the latest version of that product. 

• Hands-on Excel exercises, many based on “how-to” tutorials that appeared in recent issues of the Journal of Accountancy, help readers hone their computer skills.
• Numerous problems in every chapter provide additional opportunities to demonstrate mastery of key concepts.
• Cases in each chapter encourage reader to delve deeper into specific topics.
• Chapter quizzes let readers self assess their understanding of the material. Detailed explanations about the correct answer to each quiz question are provided.
• Extensive use of graphics enhances students’ understanding of the concepts through hundreds of figures, diagrams, flowcharts, and tables.

• Chapters can be easily reordered to focus on the material most appropriate to individual courses.

Up-to-date information covers critical topics, such as:

• Introduction of business process diagrams in Chapter 3 and their use in the five chapters of Part III to provide an easy-to-understand method for showing the sequential flow of activities within business processes.
• More detailed discussion of internal control frameworks: COSO, COSO-ERM, and COBIT. 
• Updated discussion of information security countermeasures, including the security and control implications associated with virtualization and cloud computing. 
• Annotation of the data flow diagrams in the five chapters of Part III to include information about when and where major internal control threats exist within each business process. 
• Many new end-of-chapter discussion questions and problems, including additional Excel exercises that are based on articles from the Journal of Accountancy so that students can develop the specific skills used by practitioners.
• Many new computer fraud and abuse techniques have been added to help students understand the way systems are attacked.
• The database chapter has been updated with all new tables and figures so that the Microsoft Access screen shots reflect the latest version of that product.