Accounting Information Systems: Basic Concepts and Current Issues takes a different approach to AIS than you may have seen in other texts. The text is based on several premises,which are outlined below:
1. The design and implementation of accounting information systems is a complex endeavor, involving at least as much "art" as "science." Throughout the text, I've tried to give students a sense of that complexity. Rather than providing them with chapters full of rules, regulations, and deterministic problems, I've presented AIS as a set of fundamental ideas and concepts that can be applied in various organizational contexts. The text does include many checklists and problems with "single, correct responses," but its fundamental task is to help students develop their own criticalthinking and judgment skills within the context of accounting information systems.
2. Students are more likely to read a text written in conversational, easy to understand language. I've adopted a very conversational, relaxed tone throughout the book. Technical concepts and ideas are explained simply, in everyday languagethus providing students with the vocabulary they will need to succeed in the profession and ensuring that they can communicate clearly and effectively about accounting information systems with both accountants and nonaccountants.