This edition goes beyond the business process level of coverage of the REA enterprise ontology not previously addressed. We?ve drilled down the high-level value system view to the more detailed value chain level and illustrated how the transaction cycles fit together to form the value chain, which enables your students to see the "big picture." Increased coverage of the more difficult business processes: conversion, payroll, and financing.



Table of Contents:

Chapter 1

An Introduction to Integrated Enterprise Information Systems

Chapter 2

Representation and Patterns: An Introduction to the REA Enterprise Ontology

Chapter 3

The REA Enterprise Ontology: Value System and Value Chain Modeling

Chapter 4

The REA Enterprise Ontology: Business Process Modeling

Chapter 5

Task Level Modeling

Chapter 6

Relational Database Design: Converting Conceptual REA Models to Relational Databases

Chapter 7

Information Information Retrieval from Relational Databases

Chapter 8

The Sales/Collection Business Process

Chapter 9

The Acquisition/Payment Business Process

Chapter 10

View Integration and Implementation Compromises

Chapter 11

The Conversion Business Process

Chapter 12

The Human Resource Business Process

Chapter 13

The Financing Business Process

Chapter 14

Enterprise System Risks and Controls

Chapter 15

ERP Systems and E-Commerce: Intra- and Inter-Enterprise Modeling

Glossary of Terms and Concepts