Providing a straightforward, concise text on the essentials of accounting information systems, this student textbook emphasizes the role of the accountant as user, evaluator, and designer of accounting information systems. It stresses the typical transaction processing systems and cycles employed by a business entity and the importance of accounting control within the accounting information system. The book also includes the step-by-step procedure for analyzing, designing and implementing a computer-based accounting information system. The text is concise and provides hands-on computer assignments.