Strategic Management‚ OM/SCM‚ and Technology Management journals from 2001 to 2010. Findings – Benchmarking remains an important strategic tool of business in turbulent times. Five research dimensions for benchmarking are discussed in terms of the following: strategy-based benchmarking; operational effectiveness-based benchmarking; technical efficiency-based benchmarking; and micro-macro integrative benchmarking. For sustainable competitive advantage‚ benchmarking goes beyond the operational level
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Internal Memorandum To: Clayton Parker‚ Finance Department Manager Form: Robert Roa‚ Budget Analyst Date: August 26‚ 2012 Subject: Request for Funding I am writing you in request for funding to attend an advance business writing class (WRTG 394)‚ which will be held 03 September to 12 October 2012 in the Texas A & M University campus located here in San Antonio‚ Texas. Advance Business Writing (WRTG 394) is described to be an upper-level business writing course. The class
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Over and over again the Standards specify what internal auditors should provide assurance and consulting on – the scope of internal auditing (governance‚ risk management and control processes). Standard 2100 is one such injunction – “The internal audit activity must evaluate and contribute to the improvement of governance‚ risk management‚ and control processes using a systematic and disciplined approach.” What are these processes that internal auditing has to evaluate and contribute to the
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development”‚ is a statement Martin Henry‚ a national journalist‚ salutes in his article on May 26‚ 2013 in the Jamaica Gleaner. Inner city communities are plagued with single-parent families and oftentimes it is the father which is absent. Mothers can do much and no more and boys who come from these broken homes oftentimes become a product of their society and a pattern develops. The issue of absentee fathers has become a social problem in the development of the family (the first institution of socialization)
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Professionalism‚ Ethical Codes and the Internal Auditor: A Moral Argument Mary Ann Reynolds ABSTRACT. This paper examines the case of the internal auditor from a sociological and ethical perspective. Is it appropriate to extend the designation of professional to internal auditors? The discussion includes criteria from the sociology literature on professionalism. Further‚ professional ethical codes are compared. Internal auditors’ code of ethics is found to have a strong moral approach‚ contrasting
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Types of Information Security Controls Harold F. Tipton Security is generally defined as the freedom from danger or as the condition of safety. Computer security‚ specifically‚ is the protection of data in a system against unauthorized disclosure‚ modification‚ or destruction and protection of the computer system itself against unauthorized use‚ modification‚ or denial of service. Because certain computer security controls inhibit productivity‚ security is typically a compromise toward which security
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ASSIGNMENT – INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF PFIZER‚ Inc. Provide a brief description of your company and identify 3 general terms for each of the 6 categories of the value chain which could apply to your organization and explain how they are relevant to this analysis (18 items). Pfizer‚ Inc. is a pharmaceutical corporation with annual revenue of $ 67.8 billion (2010 Annual Report). It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PFE. It is also Dow Jones Component Company. The
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INTERNAL AUDIT TRAINING MODULE BASED ON THE INTERNAL AUDIT PROCEDURE MANUAL Ministry of Finance & Economic Development November 2005 TABLE OF CONTENT MODULE I I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL BACKGROUND SESSION I INTRODUCTION BREAKING THE ICE LEARNING CONTRACT BASES AND AUTHORITY THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF AUDITING 1 1 1 2 3 SESSION II HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL AUDITING INTERNAL AUDITING IN ETHIOPIA THE SCOPE AND PRACTICE OF INTERNAL AUDITING IN ETHIOPIA NEED TO ADOPT THE PROFESSIONAL
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Training Material on Internal Auditing Internal Auditing Handbook 1 Session 1 – External Audit........................................................................5 1.1 Definition and Objective.....................................................................5 1.2 Responsibilities of External Audit ......................................................5 1.3 Scope of the Audit .............................................................................6 1.4 Auditor’s Report Basic
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ACC621 Midterm review Internal auditing is an independent objective assurance and consulting acitivity designed to add value and improve an organizations operations. Adding value is provided by improving opportunities to achieve organizational objectives identifying operational improvement reducing risk through exposure through both assurance and consulting. Auditing has its key components - accomplish objectives -evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management -assurance and consulting
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