AIS – Final Study Chapter Highlights Chapter 1 – ACCOUNTING SYSTEM INSIGHTS 1. Enterprise system – A system that supports business activities throughout the enterprise‚ including inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs 2. Integrated enterprise system – Shares data across functional areas within the enterprise 3. Business processes – Related activities performed by an enterprise to create value by transforming input into output 4. Value chain – An organizing framework for business processes
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On current term where technology and system is information has wented places that so quick‚ have revamped each’’’s transaction processing finance transactions of earlier one manual to process computerised one. This causes a lot of entitas carries on business to have gets to conform to that change. Since that change have made environmentally emulation at any given industry gets competitive‚ where if an entitas not at support by good Information System therefore entitas that won’t get to get long-lasting
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1. What is data vis-à-vis information? When can information be deemed good and useful? How are these related/ connected to an information system? Data are facts‚ which may or may not be processed (edited‚ summarized‚ or refined) and have no direct effect on the user. By contrast‚ information causes the user to take an action that he or she otherwise could not‚ or would not‚ have taken. Information is often defined simply as processed data. This is an inadequate definition. Information is determined
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Discussion I. I. Accounting information system is a combination of collecting‚ recording‚ storing‚ and processing data of a business. The advancement of technology initiates business firms to seek for new innovations that would greatly help in business functions. As what Dillon and Kruck (2004) had explained‚ “at the start of the 21st century‚ business organizations are facing an explosion of global competition and innovation and facilitating this explosion is the increasing ability of organizations
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Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant True-False Questions 1. The acronym AIS stands for “Accounting Information Standards.” 2. Accounting information systems must be computerized to be effective. 3. It is best to view an AIS as an accounting system that must be computerized. 4. AISs often create information that is useful to non-accountants. 5. In order to be useful‚ raw accounting data must be processed by a computer. 6. The path that data follow in an AIS‚ for
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES COURSE CODE: ENT432 COURSE TITLE: INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ENT432 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM Course Developer/Writer A. I. Ehiagwina School of Management Sciences National Open University of Nigeria Lagos. Course Editor Dr. I. D. Idrisu School of Management Sciences National Open University of Nigeria Lagos Course Coordinator Mrs C. Aturu-Aghedo School of Management Sciences National Open University
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Chinese accounting system has a rapid changed during the past decades‚ whatever it changes‚ the identity of Chinese accounting form is obviously shown to the world. Professionalism vs. Statutory Control “Even after the recent reforms ···accounting practices remain that reflect the state-controlled nature of the Chinese economy”（Adhikari‚1995‚Accounting for China） In China‚ accounting law is established by The Department of Administration of Accounting within the Ministry of Finance‚ accounting profession
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still a young and constantly evolving nation. Originally being a penal colony‚ part of the British Empire‚ Australia has grown into an essentially independent country and has proven to be a solid force in both the world economy and in the field of accounting. • History and Federal structure The isle of Australia was discovered in 1522 by British explorers and was originally called New Holland. It was designated by the British government to be a penal colony. The name was changed to Australia
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States‚ United Kingdom‚ and Chinese Accounting Systems‚ Accounting Standards‚ Accounting Practices This report discusses the accounting practices of the following countries U.K‚ U.S.A and China. An analysis of these different accounting systems will be conducted on issues such as the growth and background‚ social‚ economic and fiscal pressures that have led to each nations current characteristics. Concluding on the direction each nations accounting systems and practices seem to be heading towards
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The importance of accounting system in any organization cannot be over emphasize. It does not only facilitate proper control and safeguard of assets of the organization but also helps management in its planning for the organizational objective by the information that the system supplies. Lack of efficient accounting practices lead to a series of financial problems‚ fraud‚ frustration among employees‚ loss of public confidence and possibly‚ the collapse
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