The Internal Auditing Handbook

The Internal Auditing Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of internal auditing, its broad scope reflecting the growing importance of the new corporate auditor?s role. Although founded on professional audit theory, it also incorporates the real life experiences of the audit practitioner. The numerous illustrations, case studies and original assignments, each with a suggested solution, address key problems faced by audit management and front line audit staff. The accompanying disk holds numerous standardised documents for printout or amending for the reader?s own purpose. The Internal Auditing Handbook deals with conventional audit topics such as audit standards, quality assurance and procedures, planning and risk analysis, internal controls, the audit charter, statistical sampling, flowcharting, and interviewing. In addition, it also examines many specialist topics that provide a unique comment on managing the audit function, includingComputer auditFraud investigationsManaging organisational changeEstablishing a new audit function (on disk)Audit strategiesRecruiting policiesTraining and developing audit staffPerformance appraisalMarketing audit servicesSetting an audit structureAudit information systems, time monitoring and job coding structuresThis handbook will be an indispensable reference for both new and experienced auditors, as well as business managers, members of audit committees, control and compliance teams, and all those who may have an interest in promoting corporate governance.