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Discussion 2-1 Documentation Techniques Some individuals argue that accountants should focus on producing financial statements and leave the design and production of managerial reports to information systems specialists. What are the advantages and disadvantages of following this advice? To what extent should accountants be involved in producing reports that include more than just financial measures of performance? Why? In your response posts, agree with your peers by building upon their points or challenge their opinion and provide reasoning for the disagreement. Hi Class, The advantages that accountants will have on helping the design and produce managerial reports is because accounting reports are important to have a complete look of how the business is performing. Accountants would know what information would be required to be included within the accounting management reports. Since accountants have to make decisions based on accounting reports, displaying the financial status of a business at present and having the ability to project into the future. Having accountants help in the design of managerial reports saves time, reduces errors, and makes the data accurate and complete (Romney & Steinbart, 2021). The disadvantages of accountants are when the Information system specialist has to develop queries that are repetitive, they would only need the input of the accountant that is need once and would not need the accountant after the initial query that is used frequently. Having the accountant engaged in these queries more than needed takes away from the accountant’s actual position to get the financial reports and make determination from that information. The reports that accountants should be involved that are not financial measuring of performance would be managerial reports that review budget vs actual reports. The accountants should be involved in measures that are relevant to the business and the goals that are set by the CEO of the company (King, 2023). I believe that accountants should be involved based on giving formation about trends and compounding information for the owners to make employment and payroll decisions. This allows them to look into turnover rates and make informed decisions. Reference: Romney, Marshall B., Steinbart, Paul John. (2021). Accounting information systems (15th Ed). Harlow: Pearson.
King, S. (2023).  Financial reports vs. management reports: What’s the difference?  Outsourced Back Office for Service Businesses and Nonprofits. https://www.growthforce.com/blog/financial-reports-management-reports-differences 
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