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Intelligent Internal Control and Risk Managementby Matthew Leitch
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95This important and timely book offers a way of improving the value of control and risk management by bringing creativity and design skills to the fore. It provides an arsenal of 60 high performance control mechanisms, including several alternative ways to design controls and control systems, controls for monitoring and audit, controls for accelerated learning, and techniques for finding and recovering cash.This design material is combined with insights into the psychology of risk control, strategies for encouraging helpful behaviour and enabling change, and a surprisingly simple integration of internal control with risk management. The material is not specific to any one country and has international appeal for internal auditors and all those... more...
Internal Controlby K. H. Spencer Pickett
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 89.50An entertaining introduction to a very serious and complex issue Internal control is no longer the exclusive domain of highly trained accountants on the internal auditing staff. Corporate boards, CEOs, and employees at virtually every level are now seen as responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring these controls; few, however, have the training and background needed to fulfill this complex responsibility. Through the entertaining story of a manager's visit to the Caribbean, Internal Control: A Manager's Journey illustrates how control can be managed throughout an organization. In each chapter, Operations Manager Bill Reynolds learns the key concepts and techniques of internal control and discovers how to design, document, install,... more...
Operational Review Workbookby Rob Reider
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 78.95Practical, proven tools for conducting successful operational reviews An operational review evaluates management's conformity with plans and resource allocations, organizational structure, operating procedures, processes, and controls. In today's volatile marketplace, organizations must do everything possible to ensure their operations are running most economically and effectively to maximize desired results. In such a competitive environment, operational reviews have become increasingly important. The Operational Review Workbook not only gives readers a better understanding of the concepts behind operational reviews but also enables them to conduct reviews with more confidence and authority. A companion to Rob Reider's Operational Review:... more...
The Internal Auditing Handbookby K. H. Spencer Pickett
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 165.00This comprehensive publication serves as a complete guide to the theory and practice of internal auditing, although founded on professional audit theory, it seeks to incorporate the real life experiences of the audit practitioner. Spencer Pickett covers the conventional audit topics as well as many specialist areas such as computer audit, fraud investigations, value for money, managing change and establishing an audit function. The developing scope of the new corporate auditor's work is reflected in the diverse material that is contained in the book. New material includes: the new definition of internal audit issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), a new set of professional auditing standards, new focus on risk management, the... more...
Operational Reviewby Rob Reider
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 131.50Shows in a step-by-step manner how an operational review should be conducted. Demonstrates the differences between an operational and financial audit. Details how to identify which organizational systems are detrimental to a corporation's growth. Shows how to judge the results and make recommendations to management. Provides blank and sample forms required for conducting a comprehensive operational review. more...
Brink's Modern Internal Auditingby Robert Moeller
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 200.00Brink's Modern Internal Auditing, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive resource and reference book on the changing world of internal auditing, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues. * Sixth edition of a very well respectede auditing resource. * Provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of the internal auditor. * Includes discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the impact it has on auditing (particualry concerning controls). * Provides expanded coverage of fraud and business ethics. * Includes guidance on reporting results effectively. * Provides in-depth discussion of internal audit and corporate governance. more...
Auditing Standards And Perceptionsby Gerald Vinten
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00Performance evaluation is arguably one of the most important processes in public accounting. Auditors are often evaluated on every engagement, and such evaluations become a primary input into periodic evaluations made for the purpose of promotions and raises (Wright, 1980; Hunt, 1995). more...
Financial Regulationby Gerald Vinten
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00Except for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries[1] still regulate the accounting and auditing profession through the codes of commercial law. As we shall see later, the setting of accounting and auditing regulations in KSA (i. more...
Costing Towards Effectivenessby Gerald Vinten
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00Standard costing, according to various authors, is inconsistent with today?s manufacturing environment (e.g. Monden and Lee, 1993; Ferrara, 1995; Drury, 1999). Instead, to meet the intensely, competitive, global business environment, companies should use tools or strategies such as JIT, ABC, TQM, process reengineering, life cycle assessment and target costing. more...
Improving Organisational Performanceby Gerald Vinten
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00Accounting has become the most intellectually challenging area in the field of management, and the most turbulent one. All these new accounting theories aim at turning the accounting data into information for management decision-making. more...









