Accounting software evaluation: hardware, audit trails, backup, error recovery and security

Avi Rushinek; Sara F Rushinek

doi:10.1108/02686909510100887

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Accounting software evaluation: hardware, audit trails, backup, error recovery and security

Avi Rushinek and Sara F Rushinek

Managerial auditing journal, Vol.10(9), pp.29-37

1995-12-01

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/02686909510100887

Abstract

Computer hardware

Purchasing

Database packages

Accounting systems

Systems development

Applications software

Illustrates the selection of accounting software packages (AP) by correlating user needs to system specifications. A recommendation report ranks the software in descending order of their correlations to user needs. As a by-product the system educates the consultant or user by explaining the specifications, making their expectations more realistic and avoiding unpleasant "after the fact" surprises.

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Title: Accounting software evaluation: hardware, audit trails, backup, error recovery and security
Creators: Avi Rushinek - Professor in the Department of Accounting at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Sara F Rushinek - Department of Computer Information Systems at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Publication Details: Managerial auditing journal, Vol.10(9), pp.29-37
Publisher: MCB UP Ltd
Academic Unit: Miami Herbert Business School; MHBS - Accounting; MHBS - Business Technology; MHBS - Management Science
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031577401002976