Accounting Information Systems (with Acquiring, Developing and Implementing Guide and CD-ROM)
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The text focuses on providing skills necessary for a foundation in enterprise risk management--particularly as these risks pertain to information systems and relevant business processes. Fundamental to an enterprise risk management orientation, from an information systems perspective, are the underlying enterprise systems, e-business systems, and controls for maintaining these systems.
About the Author
Ulric J. (Joe) Gelinas, Jr., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Accountancy at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts. He received his A.B. in Economics from ST. Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont, and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Professor Gelinas has also taught at the University of Tennessee and at Vesalius College, Vrije Universtiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium. As a Captain in the United States Air Force, he was Officer-in-Charge of IT Operations. Professor Gelinas was the founding editor of the Journal of Accounting and Computers (formerly the Kent/ Bentley Journal of Accounting and Computers and he Kent/ Bentley Review). Professor Gelinas has published articles on accounting information systems, computers in accounting education, technical communications, and information privacy. Professor Gelinas worked as an IT auditor and BankBoston and has conducted training-using this textbook-at CSC Partners, a nationwide systems integration firm. He has made presentations and conducted workshops at the International Conference of the Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA), ISACA's Computer Audit, Control and Security (CACS) conferences, as well as other professional groups. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, the Information Systems Audit & Control Association, Beta Alpha Psi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. Professor Gelinas was a member of the U.S. expert panel that reviewed Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT) and has conducted COBIT workshops throughout the world. He was the author of a portion of Implementation Tool Set, a volume that accompanied the second edition of COBIT. In his spare time, Professor Gelinas is engaged in his favorite activities: sailing, scuba diving, bird watching, antiquing and music. Steve G. Sutton, Ph.D., CPA, is the Myers Chair of Accounting Information Systems at The University of Connecticut. He received his BSA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Professor Sutton has also taught at the University of Calgary, Arizona State University West, Bryant College, and Texas Tech University. His audit and information systems consulting experience with Mayer Hoffman McCann, CPAs, and KPMG Peat Marwick, along with experience as a computer operator with Deere & Co., support his teaching and research interests in accounting information systems, auditing, and accounting education. Professor Sutton is the founding and continuing editor of Advances in Accounting Information Systems and a founding and continuing co-chair of the annual Accounting Information Systems Research Symposium. In addition, he serves as a departmental editor for the journal, Database. Professor Sutton is also a co-author of the monograph, Productivity and Quality Measurement Systems for Internal Auditing (Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation) and co-editor of another monograph, Behavioral Accounting Research: Foundations and Frontiers (American Accounting Association). Professor Sutton has published over 50 journal articles and made over 50 conference presentations on accounting information systems, auditing, and computers in accounting education. He has made continuing education presentations for both the international association and Phoenix Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the American Public Power Association, as well as several public accounting firms. He is a past chair of the Information Systems Section of the American Accounting Association. Among Professor Sutton's hobbies are 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, travel, skiing, and hiking.
Accounting Information Systems (with Acquiring, Developing and Implementing Guide and CD-ROM),Ulric J. Gelinas,Steve G. Sutton,Jim Hunton,South-Western College Pub,0324220987,Accounting,Accounting - General,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Data processing,Financial Applications - General,Information Management,Computers / Financial Applications / General
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