Accounting Information Systems: Basic Concepts & Current Issues, 2/e
Robert L. Hurt,
California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
ISBN: 0078111056 Copyright year: 2010
New Features
Reorganization of the 2nd Edition:
The book is now organized in five major parts: Introduction and Basic Concepts, Documentation Techniques, Systems Analysis and Information Technology, Business Processes and Other Topics in AIS.
The chapter on REAL modeling and event-driven accounting systems has been moved up from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7, giving instructors the flexibility to use any combination of flowcharts/DFDs/REAL models in teaching the course.
The chapter on XBRL has been moved up from Chapter 15 to Chapter 9; material and exercises on XBRL are incorporated as appropriate in other chapters after the topic is introduced.
Material on application service providers, including SAS 70 audits, has been condensed and incorporated in the chapter on e-business and enterprise resource planning.
Two topics from Chapter 7 in the first edition (factors to consider in selecting information technology and the weighted rating model) have been incorporated in Chapter 8 of the second edition, along with several new topics.
New AIS in the Business World: Each chapter opens with new illustrative vignette about a real firm and an AIS issue/concept-not a fictional, contrived case. Students will develop a clearer understanding of how AIS works in the "real-world" with the most current information available.
New "Critical Thinking" Section: Every chapter concludes with a "Critical thinking" section which focuses on developing judgment skills and showing students how to apply topics in new settings.
Reading Review Problem: Most chapters have a "reading review problem" based on the first edition's AIS in the Business World.
New "Why Do We Care" feature: Every section opens with a new feature: "Why Do We Care." Suggested and written by Dr. Kevin Dow, those features show students how the topics in each section are relevant in professional practice.
New topic coverage: Chapter 8 on information systems concepts discusses the systems development life cycle and the capability maturity model. Part Four (Business processes) now includes a chapter on business process management.
Updated Figures and illustrations: Figures and illustrations have been updated throughout the text as well as many end-of-chapter activities.
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