Accounting Information Systems

Aimed at accounting students, this textbook describes the various facets of accounting information systems (AIS). The text may also be useful to business or industrial engineering students who wish to obtain a deeper knowledge of AIS. Eighteen chapters discuss such topics as computer hardware and software, methods of accounting data processing, file processing and the database approach, auditing the AIS, and systems implementation and operation. Coverage extends to recent developments in international trade, the World Wide Web, e-business, and computer crime.