In the newly revised fifth edition of Accounting Information Systems: Controls and Processes, a dedicated team of accounting professionals delivers an authoritative and comprehensive treatment of accounting information systems and internal accounting controls. You'll explore business accounting processes and related controls, as well as the ethics and corporate governance issues related to them.
The authors, drawing on decades of combined experience studying and participating in the accounting industry, offer readers an appreciation for internal controls while maintaining an easy-to-follow style that doesn’t inundate students with technological and technical information. You'll find data flow diagrams and document flow charts, as well as process maps, that explain and highlight business processes used in real-world companies.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
- NEW content on innovations such as artificial intelligence, machine language, and robotic process automation
- Updated Microsoft Dynamics GP screenshots illustrating a real-world accounting information system
- Updated and new examples taken from real companies that illustrate key concepts in the text, including PPG Industries, Colonial Pipeline hacking, power outages in Texas, and myriad others
- Updated coverage of the Trust Services Principles
- Expanded discussion of SOC 1, 2, and 3 concepts, as well as the incorporation of CPA Excel
FEATURES
- Process maps that present business processes in a clear, straightforward manner
- A business process approach that offers students context for the control systems highlighted in each chapter
- A long-form, continuing case with coverage in each chapter of the ebook and included on the companion website
- Practical, end-of-chapter questions, problems, and cases that reinforce each chapter’s main themes
- An ongoing emphasis on increasingly used automated IT controls, as opposed to manual controls
- Easy-to-understand discussions of the latest technological advancements, including AI and RPA
- Corresponds and aligns closely to the AICPA Model Curriculum
- Enhanced e-Book with basic assessment for each learning objective
