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General Updates for the 2nd Edition |
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Added additional End-of-Chapter Multiple Choice Questions and Problems throughout the text |
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Significantly revised many End-of-Chapter Problems for availability and auto-grading within Connect |
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Revised and added many new Discussion Questions in most chapters |
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Chapter by Chapter Updates |
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Specific chapter changes for Accounting Information Systems 2nd Edition, are as follows |
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Updated the opening vignette, highlighting the use of Starbucks Clover coffee machines |
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Updated real-world references |
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Edited and updated the Progress Check questions |
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Increased introductory coverage of BPMN |
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Added discussion of flow object types, including gateway and event types |
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Introduced repeating activities |
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Added introduction to data objects, data stores, and associations |
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Updated discussion of how the multiplicities for associations indicate where foreign keys are posted in relational tables |
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Added discussion of business rules, decision requirements, and decision tables |
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Updated the section on Using Microsoft Access to Implement a Relational Database. Figures 4.6 through 4.17 were updated using Microsoft Access 2013 |
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Updated Appendix A. Figures 4.A1 through 4.A9 were updated using Microsoft Access 2013 |
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Added additional figures related to sales activity models |
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Updated the Chapter 5 Comprehensive Exercise |
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Updated the Chapter 6 Comprehensive Exercise |
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Updated BPMN diagrams to include revisions to Chapter 2 |
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Substantially modified the chapter to describe to students how to approach an integrated project |
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Created two new integrated projects with multiple versions to accommodate various class schedules and to allow instructors to rotate projects |
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The first of the two integrated projects is a more challenging project that includes issues related to managing inventory levels and internal inventory transfers. Other topics covered include multiple sales types, including Internet, wholesale, and retail sales, where customers can pay by cash, check, or credit card |
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The second of the two integrated projects is shorter and less challenging and focuses on wholesale sales from multiple distribution centers |
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This is an all-new chapter emphasizing data analytics |
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Illustrated how data analytics is used to help Starbucks pick its store locations |
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Inserted an all-new explanation of how data analytics is used in business and accounting |
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Added an explanation and example of how Audit Data Standards provided by the AICPA are used to facilitate data analytics between a company's financial staff and the external auditors |
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Explained how the DATA Act recently passed by Congress gives firms specific responsibilities to protect privacy and the breach of individual identifying information |
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Illustrated data analytics and data analytics techniques in both Excel and Tableau |
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Updated the opening vignette, highlighting Kevin Johnson, who has substantial technology leadership as Starbucks's new president and chief operating officer |
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Added an all-new example and inserted an additional figure illustrating a digital marketing dashboard |
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Updated real-world references, particularly of examples of business intelligence |
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Edited and updated Progress Check questions |
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Updated COSO Internal Control Framework to COSO 2013 by updating the five components and adding the 17 relevant principles of internal controls |
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Added Figure 11.2 to summarize COSO 2013 control components and principles |
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Updated the opening vignette |
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Revised the contents of computer fraud and abuse as well as vulnerability assessment and management |
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Edited and updated the Progress Check questions |
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Updated the opening vignette |
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Added discussion of the IT Governance Institute Val IT Framework |
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Added an all-new opening vignette, highlighting Gerri Martin-Flickinger as the Starbucks chief technology officer |
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Edited and updated Progress Check questions |
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Updated the opening vignette highlighting technology used at Walmart |
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Updated Figure 16.2 with recent information technology project outcomes |
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