Published Article-Sox Institute 12/2008 The Essence of Internal Control A statement on policy and procedures issues as they relate to managements views and /or findings with regard to OMB A-123 audits. Writing position papers on justification of actions taken has raised some questions about control. There seems to be a shift in the mind set of managers now that Section 404 of Sox’s (documentation) has really kicked in with compliance performance of the financial managers responsibility
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Pessimistic 21 How employees prefer to receive messages that are Informal and optimistic 22 How employees prefer to receive messages that are Informal and Pessimistic 23 Preferred method of internal communications 24 Conclusions and recommendations 25 Conclusions 25 Recommendations 27 Website (Intranet) 27 Internal Newsletter 27 References 28 Appendices 30 Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire and Confidentiality Statement 30 Appendix B - Research Request Letter 30 Appendix C - Communication Tip Sheet 31
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Title: Importance of Internal Communications for a company and two case studies. Internal communications is considered a vital tool for connecting people within the company. It does not refer only to those few “official” channels of communication in a company‚ it is also the strategic management of information flows to ensure the optima level of employee engagement. (Civicus‚ 2001) This business context of communication is a dual listening process. It is a top-down‚ bottom-up‚ side-to-side
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Internal Controls Paper FIN/324 University of Phoenix November 2‚ 2005 Internal Controls Paper When it comes to the internal controls of firms and enterprises‚ executives are constantly keeping a close look on the accuracy and effectiveness of these controls along with seeking ways to better them. According to COSO (2004) the implementation of internal controls helps guide companies in reaching towards their profitability goals‚ the accomplishment of their mission statement‚ and helps minimize
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Internal and External Factors Paper XXXXXXXXXXXX MGT/230 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Internal and External Factors Paper The purpose of this paper is to explain how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management in the Wal-Mart Corporation. For any organization to survive‚ irrespective of its size‚ it must develop and implement its own management concept. Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals (Bateman & Snell
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* External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage In this lecture‚ we focus * Company’s present strategy * Internal strength and weakness and external opportunity and threat * Five generic competitive strategy * Competitive advantage and strategy for Diversification * External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage Considerations for Present Strategy: * Cost (low cost?) * Quality (superior quality?) * Customer based (broad or narrow segment) * Product-distribution
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Internal Environment Analysis Company Profile * History Founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ FedEx Express was established in 1973 and it has grown rapidly. Smith had the idea of creating a company that would deliver mail all over the United States over night. His idea was to fly mail from one location to another at night because the traffic is better and packages could be sorted‚ distributed and out of its original location faster. Delivering to over 220 countries and territories‚ FedEx today
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Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment 1.1 The internal verifier is at the heartof quality assurance in N/SVQ’s‚ both within the national framework and within the quality and management systems of each approved centre. The role‚ in terms of managing assessment so that it consistently meets national standards‚ is central to maintaining public confidence in each and every N/SVQ issued. Therefore internal verification is a key factor in managing ‘risk’ and ensuring that when
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Richman Investments "Internal Use Only" Data Classification Standard The "Internal Use Only" data classification standard at Richman Investments will include system infrastructure to include the User Domain‚ Workstation Domain‚ and the LAN Domain. This standard will cover all user access and their workstations‚ as well their access to internet websites and company databases and any information in between. Below is a description of each domain standard: User Domain: This Domain is where only
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper will evaluates the role of information technology and how it affects internal audit process in banking industry. The study will also stresses on how IT affects internal control (control environment‚ risk assessment‚ control activities‚ information and communication and monitoring) and provides guidelines and best practices in evaluating techniques available to effectively perform auditing tasks internally. It will addresses how technology‚ Information system (IS) and
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