The General Company has an accounting staff of five employees: a supervisor and four clerks. The daily tasks of each clerk are as follows:

Supervisor ( Mary Wild)

Checking paperwork— 5 hours

Filing documents— 5 hours

Preparing invoices— 4 hours

Other activities— 1 hour

Accounts payable clerk (Joe Freed-mire)

Preparing monthly statements— 4 hours

Preparing aging report— 3 hours

Checking invoices— 4 hours

Helper clerk ( Bob Stans)

Checking invoices— 3 hours

Preparing aging report— 2 hours

Account posting— 5 hours

Document verification clerk (Margaret Lee)

Preparing disbursement vouchers— 4 hours

Checking invoices— 2 hours

Other activities— 3 hours

Clerk- typist (Debbie Chase)

Typing invoices— 4 hours

Assisting in verification of invoices— 3 hours

Required

a. Prepare a work distribution chart using tasks such as aging of accounts receivable, voucher preparation, and so on.

b. Identify any weaknesses in the distribution of tasks. In addition, note any internal control problems.