K.H. Spencer Pickett ; assisted by Jennifer M. Pickett.
2nd ed.
Hoboken, NJ :
J. Wiley,
2003.
1 online resource (xiv, 786 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE INTERNAL AUDITING HANDBOOK; CONTENTS; List of abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Corporate Governance Perspectives; 3 Managing Risk; 4 Internal Controls; 5 The Internal Audit Role; 6 Professionalism; 7 The Audit Approach; 8 Setting an Audit Strategy; 9 Audit Field Work; 10 Meeting the Challenge; Appendix A Induction/Orientation Programme; Appendix B CRSA Best Practice Guide; Appendix C A Poem by Professor Gerald Vinten; Appendix D Analytical Techniques by Sue Seamour; Index.
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This 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.