Question 1 a) Select two companies where inadequate internal control have resulted in disastrous effects on the organisation or exposed it to heavy losses. Research the facts of the failure and report on the facts and the losses suffered. In your report‚ include suggestions for changes to operations (internal controls) that could have prevented the final outcome. Where could you find a list of these internal controls and how are they documented? Examples of companies include: Coles Myer
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The Internal Assessment focuses on identifying and evaluating a firm’s strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of business‚ including: management‚ marketing‚ finance‚ production‚ research and development‚ computer information systems. There are many subareas inside these functions‚ such as customer service‚ warranties‚ advertising‚ packaging‚ and pricing under marketing. The functional business areas differ for different types of organizations‚ such as hospitals‚ universities‚ government
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Appendix 1: Case Analysis Case reports should fulfill 3 basic requirements. 1. Identify all pertinent issues to be addressed by management. 2. Analyze and evaluate the company’s situation--both internally and externally--with regard to the mentioned issues and potential solutions. 3. Evaluate potential alternatives against decision criteria in order to select a recommended course of action‚ and develop an implementation plan that is as realistic or ‘do-able’ as possible and that addresses the
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Inventory Internal Controls ________________________________________ A company’s investment in inventory is usually a large one‚ and it may be comprised of a large number of merchandise items that can be readily stolen and resold. If the inventory contains mostly raw materials‚ then keeping track of it is essential for ensuring that the production processes using it will not run short of materials. This means that you need to implement an array of controls‚ either to prevent theft or to ensure
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Chapter 5: Internal Control over Financial Reporting 1. Internal control is a process designed to guarantee the achievement of the objectives of reliable financial reporting‚ compliance with laws and regulations and ineffective and inefficient operations. FALSE 2. Auditing standards require that the auditor exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the planning and performance of the audit. TRUE 3. If internal controls are not enforced they are useless
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"The Influence of Grapevine Communications as the antecedent for the successful of management of change". 1) Rational One of the human activity that connects people together and at the same time‚ building the relationship is called communication (Duncan and Moriarty‚ 1998). This means that each individual is related to one another due to communication (Sanford‚ Hunt & Bracey‚ 1976). In organization perspective‚ communication is defined as communicative acts that constitute the action and
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Internal audit’s role in effective corporate governance advisory Internal audit’s role in effective corporate governance Internal audit’s role in effective corporate governance Recent events have highlighted the critical role of boards of directors in promoting effective corporate governance. In particular‚ boards are being charged with ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of their organisations’ internal control systems. The internal audit function plays a key
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card and debit card transactions. They were transacted a few seconds after the first transactions which were approved. d. 2 of the declined transactions were perfect rounded numbers $20 and $30 unlike the other transactions b. Additional analysis that I would recommend to be performed and to obtain other indicator to help plan the audit e. List the details of the 2 declined transactions that were exact round numbers f. Add employee details in the transaction list g. Expand
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McKinsey & Company was founded in 1926 as the Accounting and Engineering Advisors and it grew rapidly. The case describes the steps taken by McKinsey & Company to transform the firm into "snowball makers" and "snowball throwers." 1. What was the organization design that was in place at McKinsey and what did they want to change? Did the change in design complement their strategy? What were the key barriers to implementing change? The organization design in place at McKinsey was general in nature
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Internal scanning involves looking inside the farm business and identifying strengths and weaknesses and assessing the businesses’ resources and management’s skills. It is part of the strategic planning process. An overview of Strategic Planning for a Farm Business and how internal scanning fits into the planning process is available. Internal business scanning is comprised of the following three categories: 1. Farm Business - What are the unique strengths and limitations of your business? 2.
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