Evaluating Information The head of the accounting department of Stanway Manufacturing has attempted to design a formal set of reports on the operations and activities of the company. At the end of each week, he now prepares an Excel spreadsheet analysis of company activities for the week and gives it to each department head and company officer. The three company officers started Stanway in 1963 just after they graduated from high school.

All three have been involved heavily in the day-to-day business activities of Stanway and have not had time to take any business or computer courses. How might the backgrounds of the officers affect their views of the reports prepared by the accountant?