The Operational Auditing Handbook Auditing Business and IT Processes

Chambers, Andrew D. (Author). Rand, G. K. (Graham K.) (Added Author).

Summary: Never out of print since 1997, and substantially updated for this second edition, The Operational Auditing Handbook has earned an international reputation as a hands-on, practical manual for internal auditors and managers to enable them to carry out audits and reviews of a wide range of business activities including:Finance and accountingSarbanes-Oxley compliancePurchasingOperations and productionMarketing and salesDistributionPersonnel and management developmentResearch and developmentInformation technologySecurityEnvironmental responsibilitySubsidiaries and remote operating unitsThe Operatio.

Record details

ISBN: 9780470665503 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0470665505 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780470662113 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0470662115 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Hoboken [N. J.] : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

9 business/management techniques and their impact on control and audit

Formatted Contents Note:

The Operational Auditing Handbook: Auditing Business and IT Processes; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Understanding Operational Auditing; 1 APPROACHES TO OPERATIONAL AUDITING; Definitions of "Operational Auditing"; Scope; Audit Approach to Operational Audits; Resourcing the Internal Audit of Technical Activities; Productivity and Performance Measurement Systems; Value for Money (VFM) Auditing; Benchmarking; 2 BUSINESS PROCESSES; Introduction; An Audit Universe of Business Processes; Self Assessment of Business Processes; A Hybrid Audit Universe; Reasons For Process Weaknesses