Includes glossary and index

Contents: Accounting information systems:an overview -- Overview of business processes -- Systems development and documentation techniques -- Relational databases -- Computer fraud and abuse -- Control and accounting information systems-part1: information security -- Information systems controls for systems reliability-part2:confidentiality,privacy,processing integrity,and availability -- Auditing computer-based information systems -- The revenue cycle:sale to cash collections -- The expenditure cycle:purchasing to cash disbursements -- The production cycle -- The human resources management and payroll cycle -- General ledger and reporting system -- Database design using the REA data model -- implementing an REA model in a relation database -- Special topic in REA modeling -- Introduction to systems development and systems analysis -- Ais development strategies -- Systems design,implementation,and operation.