Consider the Following Short Case as You Respond to the Question

Multiple Choice

Consider the following short case as you respond to the 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.Amanda's firm has set a goal that all audits be completed within seven days, regardless of the size and nature of the client.Thus, Amanda's team may be experiencing information overload due to:

A) Task and process parameters.
B) Information characteristics.
C) Both task and process parameters and information characteristics.
D) Neither task and process parameters nor information characteristics.