Microenvironment This section will focus on the factors within the company that effect its ability to serve its customers and follow its strategy successfully. The factors that will be looked at are: The company‚ suppliers‚ intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors and publics. The Company HSBC is one of the world ’s largest and most successful banks. To have an idea of its magnitude have a look at the organisational structure (appendix 1). In the UK alone it has 1700 branches‚ approximately
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Concurrent Auditing Techniques Integrated Test Facility The integrated test facility technique (ITF) involves auditors establishing a mini company or dummy company on the live files processed by an application system. For example‚ in a payroll system‚ auditors might establish a master-file record for a fictitious employee. Auditors then submit test data to the application system as part of the normal transaction data entered into the system. They monitor the effects of their test data on the dummy
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Scenario Diageo Africa is a £1bn net sales value‚ £300m trading profit drinks business that operates in over 40 markets across Africa through various business models including publicly quoted companies‚ joint ventures and licensed brewing arrangements. In Nigeria it trades under the name Guinness Nigeria and will be referred to as such from this point. Over the past few years Africa has been Diageo’s most dynamic growth region‚ delivering the highest proportion of its global growth. Guinness
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auditors are employed by organizations to perform the internal auditing activity. Internal auditors are employed by companies to do both financial and operational auditing. Their role in auditing has increased dramatically in the past two decades‚ primarily because of the increased size and complexity of many corporations. Because internal auditors spend all of their time with one company‚ their knowledge about the company’s operations and internal controls is much greater than the external auditors’
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The owners (stockholders) elect a board of directors to provide oversight of the organization’s activities and accountability back to its stakeholders.” The key players in corporate governance are the stockholders (owners)‚ board of directors‚ audit committees‚ management‚ regulatory bodies‚ and both internal and external auditors. 2-2. In the past decade‚ all parties failed to a certain extent. For detailed analysis‚ see exhibit 2.2 in the chapter and repeated here: Corporate Governance
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that the balance sheet includes all inventory owned by the company .This includes all raw material‚supplies‚inventory in transit.The company may have on consignment with another business and inventory stored off the premises. Confirming the existence of inventory through observation address the occurrence and completeness assertion as well. Auditors job is to watch employees and make sure they following agreed upon procedure of company There are two main objectives of auditing. The primary objective
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Abstract: The audit function creates several important relationships among the various parties. One of the most significant and potentially problematic relationships is between the audit firm and the audit client. The decision by the audit firm to accept or retain a client is crucial because of the potential risk of being associated with certain clients. Engagement risk is considered to be composed of three components: client’s business risk‚ audit risk‚ and auditor’s business risk. Client’s
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of financial or operating data from a company or industry to provide a basis for comparison. Every ratio in the analysis measures a distinctive association that may have an impact on another ration. An auditor use a financial or accounting ratio to evaluate the overall financial condition of a company. Current and prospective stockholders and creditors used ration analysis to gauge viability and future performance of a company. The performance of a company is usually evaluated by comparing its current
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preparers. Auditors of financial reports need to be trained accountants with detailed knowledge about the complex technical accounting and disclosure issues required to assess the choices made by the financial report preparers. When undertaking an audit‚ the auditor should use professional scepticism‚ professional judgement and due care. Auditors should be independent of the client. Independent auditors have no incentives to aid the entity in presenting their results in the best possible light. They
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