Accounting Information Systems, 7th Edition

Ideal for understanding the accounting information systems and related technologies you’ll use in your business career, Hall’s ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 7th Edition includes an emphasis on ethics, fraud, and the modern manufacturing environment. The book focuses on the needs and responsibilities of accountants as end users of systems, systems designers, and auditors. This edition provides complete integrated coverage of Sarbanes-Oxley as it effects internal controls and other relevant topics affected by this legislation, as well as reorganized discussion of transaction cycles that make the balance between manual- and computer-based systems more apparent.

Table of Contents

Part I Overview of Accounting Information Systems
Chapter 1 The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective
Chapter 2 Introduction to Transaction Processing
Chapter 3 Ethics, Fraud, and Internal Control

Part II Transaction Cycles and Business Processes
Chapter 4 The Revenue Cycle
Chapter 5 TheExpenditureCyclePartI: Purchases and Cash Disbursements Procedures
Chapter 6 TheExpenditureCyclePartII:Payroll Processing and Fixed Asset Procedures
Chapter 7 The Conversion Cycle
Chapter 8 Financial Reporting and Management Reporting Systems

Part III Advanced Technologies in Accounting Information
Chapter 9 Database Management Systems
Chapter 10 The REA Approach to Database Modeling
Chapter 11 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Chapter 12 Electronic Commerce Systems

Part IV Systems Development Activities
Chapter 13 Managing the Systems Development Life Cycle
Chapter 14 Construct, Deliver, and Maintain Systems Project

Part V Computer Controls and Auditing
Chapter 15 IT Controls Part I: Sarbanes-Oxley and IT Governance
Chapter 16 IT Controls Part II: Security and Access
Chapter 17 IT Controls Part III: Systems Development, Program Changes, and Application Controls