ACCOUNTING
INFORMATION
SYSTEM
Chapter 1 – Introduction to AIS
1. Information Environment
2. Impact of Organizational Structure on
AIS
3. Evolution of Information Systems
4. Role of Accountants
TOPIC NO. 2
Impact of Organizational
Structure on AIS
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
FUNCTIONAL SEGMENTATION
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
FUNCTIONAL SEGMENTATION
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNCTION
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNCTION
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Disadvantages of DDP:
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Advantages of DDP:
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Q16. Distinguish among responsibility,
authority, and accountability. Which flow
upward and which flow downward?
Q18. List each of the functional areas and their
sub- functions.
Q19. ???
Q20. What is the role of a database
administrator?
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Q21. Name the three most common ways to
segment an organization.
Q22. What is the role of the accounting
function in an organization?
Q23. Distinguish between the centralized and
distributed approaches to organizing the IT
function.
Q24. What is the role of the data
control group?
Topic 2 – Impact of Organizational Structure on AIS
Q25. What is distributed data processing?
Q26. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of distributed data processing?
Q27. What types of tasks become redundant
in a distributed data processing system?
TOPIC NO. 3
Evolution of Information
Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Topic 3 – Evolution of Information Systems
Q28. What is a flat-file system?
Q29. What are the three general problems
associated with data redundancy?
Q30. Define the key elements of the REA
model.
Q31. What is an ERP system?
TOPIC NO. 4
Role of Accountants
Topic 4 – Role of Accountant
Topic 4 – Role of Accountant
Q32. What three roles are played by
accountants with respect to the information
system?
Q33. Define the term attest function.
Q34. Define the term assurance.
Q35. What is IT Auditing?
End of
Chapter 1