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THEKNOWLEDGETHATJOBROTATIONISPRACTICEDANDTHATONEEMPLOYEEMAYPERFORMANOTHER’SJOBATALATERDATETENDSTODISCOURAGEDEVIATIONSFROMPRESCRIBEDPROCEDURES
ALSO,ROTATIONHELPSTODISCLOSEANYIRREGULARITIESTHATMAYOCCUR
Authorizingcompletecontroloverasequenceofrelatedoperationsbyoneindividualpresentsopportunitiesforinefficiency,errors,andfraud
Thecontroloverasequenceofoperationsshouldbedividedsothattheworkofeachemployeeisautomaticallycheckedbyanotheremployeeinthenormalcourseofwork
Asystemfunctioninginthismannerhelpspreventerrorsandinefficiency
Fraudisunlikelywithoutcollusionbetweentwoormoreemployees
Toreducethepossibilityoferrorsandembezzlement,thefunctionsofoperationsandaccountingshouldbeseparated
Thus,oneemployeeshouldnotberesponsibleforhandlingcashreceipts(operations)andmaintainingtheaccounts