Consider the Following Short Case as You Respond to the Next

Multiple Choice

Consider the following short case as you respond to the next question: Amanda is a partner in a CPA firm; she supervises a staff of ten professionals, some of whom are already licensed CPAs and some of whom are still working toward licensure. She is responsible for audits of independent bookstores in California, Nevada and Arizona. Amanda is concerned that the less experienced professionals she supervises are repeating the mistakes she and the more experienced professionals on her team made when they began auditing. She therefore wants to create a knowledge management system.In assigning personnel to a specific audit team, Amanda normally has one licensed CPA working with a professional who is not yet licensed, thus cutting down on information overload due to:

A) Organizational design.
B) Poor use of information technology.
C) Both A and B.
D) Neither A nor B.