G. A. SWANSON is a Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University. His more than 50 articles have appeared in such journals as Systems Research, Behavioral Science, The Accounting Review, Internal Auditor Advances in Accounting, Accounting Historians Journal, and The Journal of Business Education. He is coauthor of Measurement and Interpretation in Accounting--A Living Systems Theory Approach (Quorum, 1989), Internal Auditing Theory--A Systems View (Quorum, 1991), and Management Observation and Communication Theory (Quorum, 1992).

• PrefaceIntroduction and OverviewEmpirical Science--Observing Concrete SystemsAccounting Measurement of Concrete ProcessesMacro AccountingBasic Economic ProcessesDynamics of Interest, Taxes, Rent, Royalties, Dividends, and ProfitRecurring Effects of Certain DynamicsSupranational Systems: Inter-Societal ExchangesConclusionsIndex

G. A. SWANSON is a Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University. His more than 50 articles have appeared in such journals as Systems Research, Behavioral Science, The Accounting Review, Internal Auditor Advances in Accounting, Accounting Historians Journal, and The Journal of Business Education. He is coauthor of Measurement and Interpretation in Accounting--A Living Systems Theory Approach (Quorum, 1989), Internal Auditing Theory--A Systems View (Quorum, 1991), and Management Observation and Communication Theory (Quorum, 1992).

• PrefaceIntroduction and OverviewEmpirical Science--Observing Concrete SystemsAccounting Measurement of Concrete ProcessesMacro AccountingBasic Economic ProcessesDynamics of Interest, Taxes, Rent, Royalties, Dividends, and ProfitRecurring Effects of Certain DynamicsSupranational Systems: Inter-Societal ExchangesConclusionsIndex