Accounting Information Systems | Thirteenth Edition | By Pearson (Paperback)  | Released: 01-Jan-18

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 our 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. Teaching and Learning ExperienceThis texts presents a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:Students see the concepts in actionUp-to-date information covers critical topicsStudents get numerous opportunities to practice and hone their skillsInstructors get the flexibility to tailor the material to fit their individual course needsFeaturesIntegrated chapter-opening cases introduce important material and reinforce key concepts.Key concepts and topics are identifiedSeveral key issues/problems to be solved as presentedThe cases are referenced throughout the chapterChapter summaries present solutions to the problems and issues raised in the caseA 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.Up-to-date information covers critical topics, such as:Fraud and computer fraudInternal control frameworks COSO, COSO-ERM and COBITInformation security countermeasures, including the security and control implications associated with virtualization and cloud computingHands-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 i