Intro -- Table of Contents and Preface -- Half Title -- Title page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Dedications -- Preface -- Main Features -- Chapter Maps -- Chapter-Opening Vignettes -- Chapter Outline -- Learning Objectives -- Integrated Project -- Data Analytics -- Progress Checks -- Data Modeling and Microsoft Access -- Connect Accounting for Accounting Information Systems -- AIS 4e Content Updates -- General Updates for the 4th Edition -- Chapter-by-Chapter Updates -- Connect Page -- InstructorsThe Power of Connections -- StudentsGet Learning that Fits You -- Acknowledgments -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Accounting Information Systems and Firm Value -- Accounting Information Systems and Firm Value -- A look at this chapter -- A look ahead -- Introduction -- Accountants as Business Analysts -- Definition of Accounting Information Systems -- A Simple Information System -- Attributes of Useful Information -- Data versus Information -- Discretionary versus Mandatory Information -- Role of Accountants in Accounting Information Systems -- Specific Accounting Roles -- Certifications in Accounting Information Systems -- The Value Chain and Accounting Information Systems -- AIS and Internal Business Processes -- Financial Reporting System -- Human Resource Management System -- AIS and External Business Processes -- The Supply Chain -- Customer Relationship Management -- Using AIS to Create a Cost Accounting System: An Example -- AIS and Value Creation -- AIS and Firm Profitability -- Summary -- Key Words -- Answers to Progress Checks -- Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Lab 1-1 Excel: Descriptive Analytics: Determining the Most Profitable Products (SKU) and Customers -- Lab 1-1 Alternate -- Lab 1-2 Excel: Calculating Descriptive Statistics -- Lab 1-2 Alternate.

Chapter 2: Data Analytics: Addressing Accounting Questions with Data -- Introduction -- A look at This chapter -- A look back -- A look ahead -- The Impact of Data Analytics on Business and Accounting -- Impact of Data Analytics on Business -- Impact of Data Analytics on Accounting -- The Emerging Importance of Data Analytics in Accounting -- The Data Analytics Process: The AMPS Model -- The Cyclical, Recursive Nature of the AMPS Model -- Illustration of the AMPS Analytics Model: Predicting Inventory Needs -- The AMPS Model: Ask the Question -- The AMPS Model: Master the Data -- The AMPS Model: Perform the Analysis -- The AMPS Model: Share the Story -- Demonstrating Data Analysis With Excel Following the AMPS Model -- Demonstration Lab 1: Descriptive Data Analytics: Accounts Receivable Aging -- Demonstration Lab 2: Diagnostic Data Analytics: Segregation of Duties -- Demonstration Lab 3: Predictive Data Analysis: Predicting Bankruptcy -- Demonstration Lab 4: Prescriptive Data Analytics: Estimating the Breakeven Point -- Summary -- Key Words -- Answers to Progress Checks -- Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Lab 2-1 Excel: Diagnostic Analytics: Variances and Conditional Formatting -- Lab 2-1 Alternate -- Lab 2-2 Excel: Diagnostic Analytics: Bank Reconciliations Using Conditional Formatting -- Lab 2-2 Alternate -- Lab 2-3 Excel: Predictive Analytics: Prediction of Product Sales -- Lab 2-3 Alternate -- Lab 2-4 Excel: Prescriptive Analytics: Sensitivity Analysis of Profitability under Changing Volume, Sales Price and Fixed and Variable Costs Assumptions -- Lab 2-4 Alternate -- Chapter 3: Data Analytics: Data Visualizations -- Introduction -- A Look at This Chapter -- A Look Back -- A Look Ahead -- Data Visualizations -- Exploratory and Explanatory Data Visualizations -- EXPLORATORY DATA VISUALIZATIONS.

EXPLANATORY DATA VISUALIZATIONS -- Data Visualization Concepts -- Appropriate Visualizations for Categorical Data -- CHARTS APPROPRIATE FOR CATEGORICAL DATA -- Appropriate Visualizations for Numerical Data -- CHARTS APPROPRIATE FOR NUMERICAL (QUANTITATIVE) DATA -- BAR CHARTS AND LINE CHARTS TO VISUALIZE NUMERICAL DATA -- VISUALIZATIONS OFTEN DEPEND ON USER PREFERENCE -- Storytelling -- Executive Summary -- Full Report -- Summary -- Key Words -- Appendix A: Sample Charts And Their Uses -- Answers to Progress Checks -- Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Lab 3-1 Excel: Creating Column Charts, Line Charts and Pie Charts for Tesla Sales and Earnings -- Lab 3-1 Alternate -- Lab 3-2 Power BI: Creating a Word Cloud -- Lab 3-2 Alternate -- Lab 3-3 Excel: Using Scatterplots and Regression to Evaluate the Relationship between Advertising Expenditures and Sales -- Lab 3-3 Alternate -- Lab 3-4 Excel: Times Series Analysis of IBM Sales and Earnings -- Lab 3-4 Alternate -- Lab 3-5 Tableau: Times Series Analysis of IBM Sales and Earnings -- Lab 3-5 Alternate -- Lab 3-6 Power BI: Times Series Analysis of IBM Sales and Earnings -- Lab 3-6 Alternate -- Lab 3-7 Excel: Create a Dashboard in Excel Using Pivot Tables and Slicers -- Lab 3-7 Alternate -- Chapter 4: Process Modeling and Documentation Tools -- Accountants as Business Analysts -- A look at This chapter -- A look back -- A look ahead -- Changing Roles of Accountants in Business -- IMA Competency Framework -- CGMA Competency Framework -- IFAC Accountant Roles -- AICPA and NASBA CPA Evolution -- Business Process Documentation -- Definitions -- Purposes of Documentation -- Value of Business Models -- Types of Business Models -- Activity Models -- Business Process Modeling Notation -- Basic Building Blocks for BPMN Diagrams -- Example of a Business Process Diagram.

Identifying Participants in Business Process Diagrams -- Messages in BPMN -- Extended Building Blocks for BPMN Diagrams and Modeling Concepts -- Subprocesses and Repeating Activities -- Data Objects, Datastores, and Associations -- Rules for Connecting Symbols with Sequence Flows and Message Flows -- Steps to Prepare Business Process Models -- Review Exercise: Preparing a basic BPMN Diagram -- Review Exercise: Preparing a Basic BPMN Diagram -- Summary -- Key Words -- Appendix A Flowcharting -- WHAT IS A FLOWCHART? -- BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FLOWCHARTS -- EXAMPLE OF BUSINESS PROCESS FLOWCHART -- ADDITIONAL FLOWCHART SYMBOLS -- SHOWING RESPONSIBILITY -- SHOWING OPPORTUNITY -- Appendix B Data Flow Diagrams -- WHAT IS A DATA FLOW DIAGRAM (DFD)? -- BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS FOR DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS -- EXAMPLE OF A DFD -- NESTING OR EXPLODING DFDs -- BEST PRACTICES FOR DFDs -- USING DFDs FOR SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION -- Answers to Progress Checks -- Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Chapter 5: Data Modeling and Control Concepts -- Data Modeling -- A look at this chapter -- A look back -- A look ahead -- Structure Models -- Unified Modeling Language Class Diagrams -- Building Blocks for UML Class Diagrams -- Best Practices in Preparing Class Diagrams -- UML Class Models for Relational Database Design -- Review Exercise: Preparing and Implementing a UML Class Diagram -- Review Exercise: Preparing and Implementing a UML Class Diagram -- Decision Requirements and Business Rules -- Business Rules and Decision Tables -- Business Models and Rules to Implement Internal Controls -- Summary -- Key Words -- Appendix A Entity-Relationship Diagrams -- WHAT IS AN ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM? -- BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF ERDS -- ERD EXAMPLE USING INFORMATION ENGINEERING NOTATION -- CARDINALITY OPTIONS -- Answers to Progress Checks.

Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Chapter 6: Relational Databases and Enterprise Systems -- Relational Databases and Enterprise Systems -- A look at this chapter -- A look back -- A look ahead -- Introduction -- Definitions for Databases -- Fundamentals of Relational Databases -- Entities and Attributes -- Keys and Relationships -- Basic Requirements of Tables -- Using Microsoft Access to Implement a Relational Database -- Introduction to Microsoft Access -- Steve's Stylin' Sunglasses -- A Data Model and Attributes for Steve's Stylin' Sunglasses' Sales Process -- Multiplicities in Steve's Stylin' Sunglasses' Data Model -- Demonstration Lab 1: Using Access to Implement a Simple Database for Steve's Stylin' Sunglasses -- Demonstration Lab 2: Creating a Form for Data Entry and Display -- Structured Query Language (SQL) -- Enterprise Systems -- Challenges of Enterprise System Implementation -- Enterprise Systems Computing in the Cloud -- Summary -- Key Words -- Answers to Progress Checks -- Multiple Choice Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Chapter 7: Sales and Collections Business Process -- Sales and Collections Business Process -- A look at This chapter -- A look back -- A look ahead -- Sales and Collection Process -- Sunset Graphics Example -- Company Overview -- Sunset Graphics' Sales and Collection Process Description -- Sunset Graphics' Activity Models -- Basic Sales Activity Model -- Refining the Model to Show Collaboration -- Refining the Model to Consider Exceptions -- Basic Internet Sales Activity Model -- Planning and Implementing Sales and Collection Process Controls -- Application Controls -- Sunset Graphics' Structure Models -- UML Class Model for Quotes -- UML Class Model for Adding Orders -- UML Class Model for Adding Cash Receipts -- UML Class Model for Adding Categorical Information.

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