Acquiring, developing and implementing accounting information systems

Ulric J. (Joe) Gelinas, Jr., Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus at Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts conducting course development and instruction for PricewaterhouseCoopers on business processes, internal control, and IT auditing topics. Dr. Gelinas is Senior Consultant for MIS Training Institute, and teaches in the University of Maastricht's International Executive Master of Finance and Control Program. Professor Gelinas received awards and recognition for his written work on inter organizational collaboration and coordination infrastructures, accounting information systems, using technology in business education, technical communications, and information privacy. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Beta Alpha Psi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. Professor Gelinas was a member of the U.S. expert panel that reviewed Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT) and has since conducted COBIT workshops throughout the world.Steve G. Sutton, Ph.D., CPA, is the Myers Chair of Accounting Information Systems at The University of Connecticut. He received his BSA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Professor Sutton has also taught at the University of Calgary, Arizona State University West, Bryant College, and Texas Tech University. His audit and information systems consulting experience with Mayer Hoffman McCann, CPAs, and KPMG Peat Marwick, along with experience as a computer operator with Deere & Co., support his teaching and research interests in accounting information systems, auditing, and accounting education. Professor Sutton is the founding and continuing editor of Advances in Accounting Information Systems and a founding and continuing co-chair of the annual Accounting Information Systems Research Symposium. In addition, he serves as a departmental editor for the journal, Database. Professor Sutton is also a co-author of the monograph, Productivity and Quality Measurement Systems for Internal Auditing (Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation) and co-editor of another monograph, Behavioral Accounting Research: Foundations and Frontiers (American Accounting Association) . Professor Sutton has published over 50 journal articles and made over 50 conference presentations on accounting information systems, auditing, and computers in accounting education. He has made continuing education presentations for both the international association and Phoenix Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the American Public Power Association, as well as several public accounting firms. He is a past chair of the Information Systems Section of the American Accounting Association. Among Professor Sutton's hobbies are 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, travel, skiing, and hiking. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.