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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150223903321

Autore

Boczko Tony

Titolo

Introduction to accounting information systems / / Tony Boczko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-280-78121-1

0-273-73957-3

9786613691606

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 462 p. ) : col. ill

Disciplina

657.0285

Soggetti

Information storage and retrieval systems - Accounting

Accounting - Data processing

Management information systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of articles List of figures and tables Guided Tour of the book Introduction Acnowledgements Part 1 A contextual framework Chapter 1 Information systems in accounting and finance - an overview Chapter 2 Systems thinking Chapter 3 Control - management by design Part 2 Information systems in accounting and finance Chapter 4 Accounting information systems and the information age Chapter 5 Networking - creating connections Chapter 6 Information management and data processing Chapter 7 Accounting information systems - a cyclical perspective Chapter 8 Information technology and the virtual world Part 3 Risk, security, surveillance and control Chapter 9 Risk exposure - fraud, cyber terrorism and computer crime Chapter 10 Internal control and accounting information systems security Chapter 11 Accounting information systems audit Chapter 12 Accounting information systems development Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction to Accounting Information Systems offers an introductory insight into the nature, role and context of accounting information systems. Students will gain an understanding of how companies can integrate technologies into their AIS and how this integration can assist in the management and control of organisational resources and the



maximisation of shareholder wealth.