Question

this week we are studying Flowcharting and the different ways in which they can be useful for accounting information systems.
Present in your words an overview of the benefits and uses of Flowcharts. If you were a new employee of a company, how could the use of Flowcharts help you understand the systems of the organization?

Note:Could you please don't use your handwriting to answer this question to be easy for me to solve...Thanks

Answer 1

Flowcharts are visual diagrams of a process. A good flowchart helps to find out the step-by-step description of the process using symbols connected by lines and arrows that establishes the relationships between those steps.

Benefits Of Flowchart

Better Communication- Flowcharts improve communication between the organisations.

Documentation- An important benefit of flowcharts is that they provide documentation of a process. when problems arise because flow charts let you trace the process

Effective analysis -Through the flowcharts, the program is divided into smaller parts, making effective analysis of the program.

Visibility- Management can easily depict the process the for which work has to be done.

Uses of Flowchart

Problem Solving-One can use the flowchart to solve the problem of the organistion at a particular process

There are different types of flowchart and each one is used for specific purpose.

Flexibilty-Employees can learn the instantly learn the way to do a job

If I were a new employee of a company, I would use the Flowcharts in the following ways:

Hierarchy- Flowchart will help me to understand the hierarchy of the organisation in a visual way and help me to know to whom to report.

Production Process:Flowchart will enable me to learn the production process easily and in an effective manner.

Easy Working:Similarly as helping in production process flowchart will also help me in office and administrative department.

Easy Learning:Flowchart will help me for the easy and simple learning of process.

Decision Making:Flowchart will enable me and my team to take decision making easily.

Creativity and Simple-Flowchart understanding will make me more creative and learning would be so simple.