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The Study of Accounting Information Systems: Fourth Edition by Wilkinson, Cerullo, Raval, and Wong-On-Wing
The Study of Accounting Information Systems: Fourth Edition by Wilkinson, Cerullo, Raval, and Wong-On-Wing
FEEDBACK
INFORMATION SYSTEM
DATA INFORMATION
FEEDBACK
Data Versus Information
Storage
Processing
Consumers
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Exchange Events
Internal Events
Environmental Events
Accounting Information
System
An Accounting Information
System is a unified structure that
employs physical resources and
components to transform economic
data into accounting information
for external and internal users.
The Business Firm as a System
Organization Organization’s
Environment functions
of the Firm Information
Business System AIS Transaction
Firm Cycles
Operational
Business Events
System
from Operations
System Characteristics of
Business Firms
Objectives
Environment
Constraints
Input-Process-Output
Feedback
Controls
Subsystems
FUNCTIONS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
ENVIRONMENT
ustomers Suppliers
ORGANIZATION
INFORMATION SYSTEM
FEEDBACK
Sales/ Production
Marketing Info
AIS
Personnel Finance
Relationship of AIS & MIS
MIS
Order entry/Sales
Billing/A.Rec./Cash receipts
Purchasing/A. Pay./Cash disb.
Inventory
Payroll
General ledger
Production
Examples of AIS Subsystems
(Merchandising)
Order entry Purchasing/
Sales A. Payable/
System Inventory Cash Disb.
System
Shipping System
Receiving
Revenue Expenditure
Cycle Cycle
General
Ledger Human
Billing/ Resource
A. Receivable System Management
Cash Receipts Ext/Fin. reporting (Payroll)
System Tax & req. reporting System
Internal reporting
No Planning/Control, Investment, or Production Cycles reflected here
The Operational System of
a Manufacturing Firm
Facilities Manufacturing Firm
Labor Supporting
(human Operations
services)
Material Producing Storing Shipping Goods
Acquiring
from Finished Finished Finished to
Materials Goods Goods Goods Customer
Supplier
Data Information
AIS
Production Cycle
Human
General Resource
Ledger Management
System (Payroll
System
No Revenue, and Investment Cycles reflected here
Organizational Structure in
Business Firms
Hierarchical
Decentralized
Network
Objectives and Users of AIS
Support day-to-day operations
Transaction processing
Support Internal Decision-Making
Trend Analyses
Quantitative & Qualitative Data
Non-transactional sources
Help fulfill Stewardship Role
Resources Required for an AIS
Financial accountants
prepare financial information
for external decision-making in
accordance with GAAP
Managerial accountants
prepare financial information
for internal decision-making
Roles of Accountants With
Respect to an AIS
Auditors - evaluate controls
and attest to the fairness of
the financial statements.
Accounting managers -
control all accounting activities
of a firm.
Tax specialists - develop
information that reflects tax
obligations of the firm.
Consultants - devise
specifications for the AIS.
Ethical Standards for
Consulting
Professional competence
Exercise due professional care
Plan and supervise all work
Obtain relevant data to support reasonable
recommendations
Maintain integrity and objectivity
Understand and respect the responsibilities of all
parties
Disclose any conflicts of interest