ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 7E (GELINAS, DULL)

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Product Description
As the importance of accounting information systems (AIS) grows in the world of business
today, so does your need for a solid background in this critical area. ACCOUNTING
INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 7E helps you develop the necessary skills and solid foundation in
enterprise risk management as it relates to business processes and their information systems. The
book's proven coverage centers around three of the areas most critical in accounting information
systems today--enterprise systems, e-Business systems, and controls for maintaining those
systems--with icons that direct your attention to the most important information. The book uses a
conversational writing style and relaxed tone, rather than stilted, technical language, to help you
easily grasp even the most challenging topics. You explore today's most intriguing AIS topics and
how they relate to information technology, business processes, strategic management, security,
and internal controls. With this edition, you master the basics of information systems, the tools
and processes for organizing and managing information, as well as a more advanced enterprise
risk management topics. This edition guides for through the dimensions of corporate governance,
internal controls, and business processes in detail. A new full chapter on systems development
equips you with critical skills in acquiring and implementing accounting information systems.
Whether you want an emphasis on enterprise risk management approach, solid understanding of
databases or REA, or a background in systems development, ACCOUNTING INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, 7E has the thorough foundation and information you need.
About the Author
Ulric J. (Joe) Gelinas, Jr., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at Bentley University, Waltham,
Massachusetts. He also conducts course development and instruction for
PricewaterhouseCoopers on business processes, internal control, and IT auditing topics. Dr.
Gelinas is Senior Consultant for MIS Training Institute, and he teaches in the University of
Maastrichts International Executive Master of Finance and Control Program. He received his
A.B. in Economics from St. Michaels College, Winooski, 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. Professor Gelinas has published articles on interorganizational collaboration and
coordination infrastructures, accounting information systems, using technology in business
education, technical communications, and information privacy. In 2003, Professor Gelinas
received the Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award from the American
Accounting Association. He has made presentations and conducted workshops at the
International Conference of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA);
ISACAs 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 and 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 is the author of Implementation Tool Set, a volume that accompanies the second and third
editions of COBIT. In his spare time, Professor Gelinas is engaged in his favorite activities:
sailing, hiking, and bird watching.

Richard (Rick) Dull, Ph.D., CPA, CISA, CFE, is Associate Professor of Accountancy at Clemson
University, Clemson, South Carolina. His professional experience includes application
programming with a manufacturing firm as well as audit and information systems consulting
experience. His experience provides a base for his teaching and research interests in accounting
information systems, continuous assurance, forensic accounting, and technology in accounting
education. His work on a project involving cross-departmental integration of enterprise systems
earned a Microsoft Pinnacle Award for Excellence in Education, as well as a Clemson University
Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence. Professor Dull has been published in academic
and practitioner journals, including Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of
Accounting Information Systems, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Accounting
Education: an International Journal, CPA Journal, and Personal Financial Planning. He has made
frequent conference and continuing education presentations in local, national, and international
venues on topics including continuous auditing and assurance, accounting information systems,
and accounting education. Professor Dull is a member of the American Accounting Association,
American Institute of CPAs, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Information
Systems Audit and Control Association. His professional activities have included serving on the
AICPAs Assurance Services Executive Committee, and serving as the President of the AAAs
Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies Section. He currently serves the AICPA as a
member of BEC Subcommittee and as an Editorial Advisor for the Journal of Accountancy.
Professor Dull was a recipient of a Fulbright Award in 2008, spending a semester lecturing and
researching in Croatia. In addition to his work, he enjoys spending time with his family and
church, as well as traveling and boating.