ACCT 484 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: First Normal Form, Third Normal Form, Isaca
5 Oct 2016
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What tool(s) do organizations use to explain how a system works: the tools that organizations use to explain how a system works is flowcharts, Accounting information systems: collect, store, transmit, and analyze data, accounting, information, system, types. Trends in accounting information systems: business intelligence, countering terrorism, corporate scandals and accounting, sarbanes oxley, social technology, financial accounting. Electronic communications with analysts: managerial accounting. Careers in accounting information systems: certified information technology professional, certified information systems auditor, financial accounting, managerial accounting, systems consulting, information systems auditing. Accounting information systems: collect data: resources, events, agents, convert into useful information for decision makers (internal and external, apply adequate internal controls. What is xbrl: the process of assigning computer readable tabs to each value in the financial statements. What are the benefits to users of xbrl: comparability between companies and easier to do. What are the challenges to users of xbrl: the availability of software.
