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Eddy Vaassen is Professor of Accounting Information Systems at Maastricht University and technical
advisor at Deloitte and Touche
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Accounting Information Systems: A Managerial Approach has been written for students taking accounting
information systems (AIS) courses at universities in Europe. Students from other parts of the world
pursuing an international career may benefit from this book. Eddy Vaassen has broad experience of
teaching contemporary AIS to university students and also to company employees on in-house training
programs.
Features:
- Provides a managerial approach to AIS by placing the subject firmly in the context of existing management practices.
- Develops a European perspective on AIS.
- Considers the accounting information system as an enabler of organizational control.
- Examines the interaction between information and communication technology (ICT) and AIS.
- Includes a series of 14 comprehensive case studies that integrate the theory as discussed in the book and demonstrates the importance of AIS in real-life situations.
- Includes a series of chapter-specific cases that can be used to test if the theory discussed in each chapter has been understood.
Table of Contents:
- An Overview of Accounting Information Systems
- Cornerstones of Accounting Information Systems
- Organizations with a Dominant Flow of Goods
- Organizations without a Dominant Flow of Goods
- Contingency Approaches to Accounting Information Systems
- Information and Communication Technology and Related Administrative Concepts
- The Dynamics of Internal Control and ICT
- Bridging the Gap between Internal Control and Management Control
- The Integrative Role of the Accounting Information System in Managing Contemporary Organizations
- Communications of Accounting Information Systems
- Appendix Further Case Studies
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