Synopses & Reviews
Proven to be one of the most successful new AIS textbooks on the market, this book continues to be a popular choice among innovative instructors and at schools exploring new approaches to teaching AIS. While most books follow a more traditional orientation, this book presents a unique and distinct approach. This was the first AIS book to accurately address the changing roles of accounting, accountants, and information technology within organizations. Understanding the activities, processes, and information needs of organization stakeholders remains the focus in the Second Edition. Students learn that in the competitive organizations of today and tomorrow, accountants cannot simply prepare and report information, they must take a more active role in business decisions, and provide solutions that impact the organization's bottom line.
Synopsis
Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern Based Approach, 3e, by Dunn/Cherrington/Hollander presents a pattern-based approach to designing enterprise information systems with a particular emphasis on the enterprise-wide database. This edition is built on the idea that a separation between accounting information systems and management information systems should not exist. We believe patterns help people see the "big picture" of enterprises more clearly and therefore help design better systems. We believe you cannot identify anything that we need to account for that we do not also need to manage; nor can we identify anything we need to manage that we do not also need to account for. In this edition, we will show how a well-designed REA-based Accounting Information System is the Enterprise Information System.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1
An Introduction to Integrated Enterprise Information Systems
Chapter 2
Representation and Patterns: An Introduction to the REA Enterprise Ontology Chapter 3
The REA Enterprise Ontology: Value System and Value Chain Modeling Chapter 4
The REA Enterprise Ontology: Business Process Modeling Chapter 5
Task Level Modeling Chapter 6
Relational Database Design: Converting Conceptual REA Models to Relational Databases Chapter 7
Information Retrieval from Relational Databases Chapter 8
The Sales/Collection Business Process Chapter 9
The Acquisition/Payment Business Process Chapter 10
View Integration and Implementation Compromises Chapter 11
The Conversion Business Process Chapter 12
The Human Resource Business Process Chapter 13
The Financing Business Process Chapter 14
Enterprise System Risks and Controls Chapter 15
ERP Systems and E-Commerce: Intra- and Inter-Enterprise Modeling Glossary of Terms and Concepts