Auditing for Managers

Auditing for Managers
Author: K. H. Spencer Pickett
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780470090985

At a time when many organizations are cutting their internal auditing departments, it's imperative that every manager understands the fundamentals of internal audits. This book is designed as a corporate resource to help managers and their teams set standards for self-auditing, risk management, compliance review, and formal disclosure reporting. Readers will learn proven, effective techniques for performing reliable and defensible audit reviews to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.

Total Quality Auditing

Total Quality Auditing
Author: Amanda Jo Erven
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733784306

Begin the transformation of the Internal Audit function by applying Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts. The book, Total Quality Auditing, How a Total Quality Mindset Can Help Internal Audit Add Real Value, presents how to put TQM concepts to work in the world of Internal Auditing. The Total Quality Auditing (TQA) Six Points of Focus including Ethics and Culture, Standards of Conduct, Customer Feedback, Lean Auditing, Balance of Audit and Consulting and Internal Audit Leadership provide a framework that can be immediately applied to increase the value of Internal Audit through proactive steps to reduced risks and improved organization effectiveness. TQA is a new and refreshing approach that will change the way Internal Audit goes to work. TQA is a teachable moment for organization leaders, CEO's, CFO's, CAE's and Internal Auditors, not of how auditing is conducted today, but how it can be transformed in the future.

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2019-03-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0359541828

Policymakers and program managers are continually seeking ways to improve accountability in achieving an entity's mission. A key factor in improving accountability in achieving an entity's mission is to implement an effective internal control system. An effective internal control system helps an entity adapt to shifting environments, evolving demands, changing risks, and new priorities. As programs change and entities strive to improve operational processes and implement new technology, management continually evaluates its internal control system so that it is effective and updated when necessary. Section 3512 (c) and (d) of Title 31 of the United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)) requires the Comptroller General to issue standards for internal control in the federal government.

Auditing Business Continuity

Auditing Business Continuity
Author: Rolf von Roessing
Publisher: Rothstein Associates Inc
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781931332156

This book not only provides a general outline of how to conduct different types of business continuity audits but also reinforces their application by providing practical examples and advice to illustrate the step-by-step methodology, including contracts, reports and techniques. The practical application of the methodology enables the professional auditor and BCM practitioner to identify and illustrate the use of good BCM practice whilst demonstrating added value and business resilience

Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems

Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems
Author: CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 960
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781118021620

This book discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. A variety of approaches are given so the reader can select the best methodology for a given audit. This book updates the original CCPS Auditing Guideline project since the implementation of OSHA PSM regulation, and is accompanied by an online download featuring checklists for both the audit program and the audit itself. This package offers a vital resource for process safety and process development personnel, as well as related professionals like insurers.

Leading the Internal Audit Function

Leading the Internal Audit Function
Author: Lynn Fountain
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498730434

While the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has provided standards and guidelines for the practice of internal audit through the International Professional Practice Framework (IPPF), internal auditors and Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) continue to experience difficulties when attempting to balance the requirements of the IPPF with management expe

Maintenance Management Auditing

Maintenance Management Auditing
Author: Anthony Kelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In this book Anthony Kelly explains the unique procedure he's developed for auditing the management of the maintenance of both productive plant and infrastructures: for example, of petrochemical processing installations and of vehicle fleets. Case studies demonstrate the application of this procedure to comprehensive audits of several weeks duration, to 'fingerprint' audits taking perhaps a day or so, and to benchmarking exercises. Industrial managers absorbing the ideas and procedures presented in this book will be better able to audit for themselves their own maintenance departments, or to specify such audits when they are to be undertaken by external consultants. Such investigations will highlight existing problems and identify their causes - a necessary process before embarking on major organizational or system change. Extensive use of case studies Contains a structured questionnaire of over 1,000 questions that is based on the ideas and concepts of business centered maintenance. Provides a template for the auditing or maintenance management departments through the aide memoir.

Organizational Auditing and Assurance in the Digital Age

Organizational Auditing and Assurance in the Digital Age
Author: Marques, Rui Pedro
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522573577

Auditing is constantly and quickly changing due to the continuous evolution of information and communication technologies. As the auditing process is forced to adapt to these changes, issues have arisen that lead to a decrease in the auditing effectiveness and efficiency, leading to a greater dissatisfaction among users. More research is needed to provide effective management and mitigation of the risk associated to organizational transactions and to assign a more reliable and accurate character to the execution of business transactions and processes. Organizational Auditing and Assurance in the Digital Age is an essential reference source that discusses challenges, identifies opportunities, and presents solutions in relation to issues in auditing, information systems auditing, and assurance services and provides best practices for ensuring accountability, accuracy, and transparency. Featuring research on topics such as forensic auditing, financial services, and corporate governance, this book is ideally designed for internal and external auditors, assurance providers, managers, risk managers, academicians, professionals, and students.

Auditing the Risk Management Process

Auditing the Risk Management Process
Author: K. H. Spencer Pickett
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2005-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047174008X

Risk management is a part of mainstream corporate life that touches all aspects of every type of organization. Auditors must focus firmly on risk: risk to the business, the executives, and the stakeholders. Auditing the Risk Management Process incorporates all the latest developments in risk management as it applies to auditors, including the new Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) enterprise risk paper. Auditing the Risk Management Process includes original risk maps and process models developed by the author, explaining where and how topics fit within an overall audit framework, all the latest developments in risk management as it applies to auditors, and insight into how enterprise risk management affects the responsibilities of both internal and external auditors.