Accounting Software
Identify different types of accounting software.
Explain factors to consider when choosing accountingsoftware.
Course Assignments
1. Course Preparation
Due Day 1
Read the course description and objectives.
Read the instructor’s biography and post your own. [Chat Roomforum]
2. Readings
Read Appendix A.
Read “A Strategy for Finding the Right Accounting Software”at
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/sep2003/johnston.htm
3. CheckPoint: Choosing Accounting Software
Due Day 4 [Post to the Individual forum.]
Resource: “A Strategy for Finding the Right Accounting Software”at
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/sep2003/johnston.htm
Write a 200- to 300-word response addressing the followingtopics:
o Identify the different types of accounting software.
o Provide the names of different software programs for each type ofsoftware.
o Discuss which companies would use each type of software.
4. Assignment: Accounting Software Memo
Due Day 7 [Individual forum]
Read the following memo:
Your department’s accounting software is extremely outdated and youhave included
the purchase of new software in this year’s fiscal budget. You havedecided it is time
to start looking into purchasing your company’s accounting softwareand have
chosen someone in your department to undertake the task. You wantto draft a
memo for your employee to help guide her in the purchasingprocess.
Prepare a 350-word memo discussing the factors to consider whenchoosing
accounting software. Discuss why each factor is important and therisks of not
considering each factor.
Post your paper as an attachment.





