Accounting and information systems /

Wilkinson, Joseph W.

Accounting and information systems / Joseph W. Wilkinson - Second Edition - New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1986 - xxii, 958 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

CONCEPTS AND PURPOSES -- Overview of Information Systems and Accounting -- Environments of Information Systems -- Transaction Processing: Accounting Cycles and Elements -- Transaction Processing: Controls and Documentation -- COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS: FEATURES, TASKS, AND DESIGN ALTERNATIVES -- Computers within Business Information Systems -- Computer-Based Data Conversion -- Computer-Based Data Management: Basic File Concepts -- COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS: EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS -- Computer-Based Communication Networks -- Microcomputers in Business Systems -- Decision Support Systems and Modeling -- SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -- Systems Organization and Planning -- Systems Analysis and Design -- Systems Justification and Selection -- Systems Implementation and Operation -- COMPREHENSIVE CASES -- Case A: Microcomputer Merchandise Mart -- Case B: Data cruncher Office Equipment, Inc -- Case C: Grind and Cast Corporation.

A revised text aimed at the computer-based accounting market. Designed to be comprehensive in scope, it analyzes the key approaches used to plan, analyze, design, justify, select and implement a computer-based information system, and features extensive case studies.

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ACCOUNTING -- DATA PROCESS

HF 5679 .W55 1986