The book covers the ICMA Syllabus on Management Information Systems and Data Processing and will prove vital to students following this course. Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, The Management Accountant and the Computer-Based Information System, An Introduction to Computers, Computer Technology, Computer Hardware, Software and the Principles of Programming, File Organization and Processing, Data Organization and Management and Databases, On-Line and Interactive Systems, Computer Systems - Control and Security, Systems Analysis and the Business Environment, Systems Theory and Control Systems, Systems Analysis and Design, Business Activities and Organization, Applications, Basic Accounting Systems, Enhanced Management Accounting Systems, Financial and Corporate Models, Decision Support Systems, Microcomputer Systems, MIS and Management Accounting and Productivity and Cost Control, Further Reading, Glossary, Index.