Reflect on the course overview you heard today. What aspects of this course and of QuickBooks are you most interested in learning about? Tell me about any concerns you might have and anything else you think I should know.

Note: This is a thinking and writing assignment. Please be thoughtful, thorough and professional in your response. Professional writing style includes good sentence structure, proper grammar, correct spelling, and effective readability.

Essential Objectives:

1. Describe the elements of an integrated, computerized accounting system and tell how such a system differs from a manual system, including relative advantages/disadvantages of each.

2. Explain the procedures for moving from a manual to a computerized accounting system and the proper operational procedures for running an automated system, including documentation.

3. Use problem-solving techniques to analyze accounting situations and make correct transaction and adjusting entries to the computer.

4. Set up and maintain a complete set of books using the integrated accounting modules on the computer i.e. General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, and Payroll.

5. Prepare a complete set of financial statements, along with supporting reports, using accounting data created on an automated system.

6. Formulate a plan to improve an existing accounting system by detailing the use of the new accounting software, procedures, forms, job simplification, controls, equipment changes or other methods.

7. Explain the function and primary features of a spreadsheet program and be able to set up a simple business spreadsheet.

8. Define and describe trends in the current technology of computer automation of business.

9. Demonstrate proper file maintenance for accounting applications.

10. Pass the QuickBooks Certification exam.