Spreadsheet

Advantages
- Can use the software to do calculations such as incomes and expenditures etc.
- Able to easily sort information into different orders

Database

Advantages
- Easily record, display and maintain customer information
- Link it to other information such as stock

Spreadsheet Over Database - require less training
Database Over Spreadsheet - Databaseses can produce reports


The need for typists would dramatically increase in the business and the need for secretaries would dramatically decrease. The information would no longer need to be sorted etc by secretaries, however, more data is needed to be inputted into computers etc. Also, new positions would be opened. They would require a technical support assisantant in order to solve any issues that occur with the programs etc. They would also require someone to design the spreadsheets and database in the first place.