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Article: Improving information system economy.
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- Internal Auditor
- Article date:
- August 1, 1991
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IMPROVING INFORMATION SYSTEM ECONOMY
How effective is your organization's information system? Analyzing and streamlining the flow of information can cut costs and waste. EFFECTIVE and efficient information flow is vital to the health of every organization. Commonly, however, information is a poorly managed asset. By investigating how well the information system is functioning and suggesting improvements in it, internal auditors can enhance the use of a key resource.
Symptoms of a Poorly Performing Information System
Before "fixing" the organization's information system, the internal auditor must determine if there are symptoms suggesting that ...