auditing must maximize the assurance provided to the board‚ the audit committee and the management‚ and contribute to the continuous improvement strategies for the organization. So‚ how to maintain good internal auditing function within the organization? Outsourcing of internal audit function is one of the solutions. So‚ what is internal auditing? What is outsourcing of internal audit function? How could outsourcing of internal audit function help the role of internal auditing? All these questions
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Importance of HR Planning Importance of HR Planning in an Organization: Planning is very important to our everyday activities. Several definitions have been given by different writers what planning is all about and its importance to achieving our objectives. It is amazing that this important part of HR is mostly ignored in HR in most organizations because those at the top do not know the value of HR planning. Organizations that do not plan for the future have fewer opportunities to survive the
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Auditing procedures: Five assertions: 1. Occurrence: Define: transactions and events that have been recorded have occurred and pertain to the entity. Explain: sales and purchases shown in the income statement belong to the company and are real‚ that is they actually took place. 2. Completeness: Define: all transactions and events that should have been recorded have been recorded. Explain: all the individual transactions making up the balances in the income statement are recorded; no sales
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LLP‚ to perform a financial statement audit for the year ended December 31‚ 2013. Using the PCAOB’s proposed standard on confirmations and electronic confirmations‚ you are to complete the testing of the cash balance reported by Simply Soups Inc. at year-end. Today‚ a majority of large banks require auditors to use electronic cash confirmation requests and‚ as a result‚ mostly all large audit firms use them. When using electronic confirmation requests‚ audit firms typically rely on a third-party
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INTRODUCTION Human Resource is a basic need of any work to be done. According to ARTHUR LEWIS: “There are great differences in development between countries which seem to have roughly equal resources‚ so it is necessary to enquire into the difference in human behaviors” The project report is all about recruitment and selection process that? an important part of any organization.Recruitment highlights each applicants skills‚ talents and experience. Their selection involves developing a list
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Guideline for capstone assignment Rudolf M¨ller u Director of Bachelor Programmes August 3‚ 2009 1 Introduction In the study guide on ELEUM it says: The Bachelor thesis in the form of a capstone assignment concludes year 3 of the Bachelor’s programme. The capstone assignment is an individual assignment of 4 ECTS. The aim is to demonstrate your mastery of domain of study in an assignment that integrates your acquired knowledge and skills. This guideline gives a detailed description
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I have chosen Costco as my focus‚ which is a large player in the Wholesale industry that vows to be fair to everyone involved in their business. The company strives to do things the right way which will be proven through the analysis of their Mission Statement‚ Press Releases‚ and a Forbes Article. Mission Statement: The Costco mission statement is short and simple. Costco states that their main priority is to provide members with quality goods and services at the lowest prices but that they will
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when performing an audit. This responsibility is defined in International Standards on Auditing and enforced through legislation in national jurisdictions. This report identifies the factors that should be of consideration when deciding on the appropriate level of responsibility auditors’ should have to detect corporate fraud. There are various limitations inherent in audits that should be taken into account‚ as they hinder fraud detection which is why even though an audit may be performed properly
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Running head: Beginning the Audit Report Beginning the Audit Report Gina Taylor Auditing ACC/546 Selina Ashworth August 20‚ 2012 AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER August 20‚ 2012 Larry Lancaster Apollo Shoes 10253 W. Higgins Rd. Ste 600 Rosemont‚ IL 60018 Dear Mr. Lancaster: This letter is to confirm our understanding of the terms and objectives of our engagement and the nature and limitations of the services we will provide. Services We will audit the financial statements of Apollo Shoes as of
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Shockley produced a conceptual design based on certain aspects that are considered to have an effect on the auditor’s capability to endure stress. It has been suggested that‚ given the shut working connection between auditors and customers and the fact that auditors are paid by their customers‚ it is emotionally impossible for an auditor to be free from prejudice. Numerous aspects of concern have been noted in the literary works for many years. Shockley’s conceptual design highlighted on recognized
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