st in the reduction of
             record-keeping by automating most of the functions performed by the clerks. Files were
             automatically inserted in their proper order, and could be recovered from the computer's
             memory and reviewed almost instantaneously. Also, inputting the information into the
             computer and allowing it to perform certain operations such as adding and sorting
             resulted in the reduction of errors in record-keeping operations. Computers also assisted
             the management of a company by providing managers or executives with up-to-date
             information used for decision making (Stern and Stern 237). Computers provided
             employees with a way to more quickly and accurately process larger volumes of business
             data, thus being beneficial to the company as a whole by allowing them to operate more
             The types of business data that many of these employees had to process include all
             the information received by a company. When these data are processed, their information
             is outputted, and is needed by the managers of the business. The managers, using these
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