Kay Was Frustrated

question 10

Essay

Kay was frustrated. She was auditing a new client for the first time, but the client's accounting information system was in complete disarray. The client, a multi-national corporation, had boxes and filing cabinets full of paper forms in at least three languages. She had been working very long days with her other clients, too. She needed to come up with a plan for making sense of the documents before she could proceed with any of the audit tasks.
-Kay is experiencing information overload. The text identified five common sources of information overload; explain which of the five are related to Kay's specific situation.

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Definitions:

Reorganization

The process by which a company changes its structure, strategies, or operations, often to increase efficiency or to adapt to new markets.