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Discuss three disadvantage of reliance on automated accounting information systems and a possible check/balance to insure protection of the company's assets?

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The expert discusses three disadvantage of reliance on automated accounting information systems and a possible check/balance to insure protection of the company's assets.

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The disadvantages of reliance on automated accounting information systems are:
a. Any error in data entry will adversely affect the final reports. The error could be a simple human error or could be a series of errors committed at different stages but the effect of the errors could seriously alter the final reports.
b.Analysis of the data would be more theoretical and statistical and may not be practical and realistic. For ex. the automated data ...

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