Strategy Evaluation and Control This unit deals with the last phase of strategic management. The formulation of strategy lays down the strategic intent and the strategy required to achieve them. The end result is adjustment of strategies reformulation of objectives or adoption of plans. Strategic evaluation and control is the process of determining the effectiveness of a given strategy in achieving the organizational objectives and taking corrective action wherever required ‘Evaluation of strategy
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When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.9 Introduction 2.0 Objectives of an internal control system 2.1 Identify customizable components 2.2 To identify factors that promotes the effective implementation of internal control system. 2.3 Challenges associated with internal control systems. 2.4 Limitations of internal controls 2.5 To identify the top rated types of internal controls. CHAPTER TWO
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Internal Controls XACC 280 By University of Phoenix Professor This paper will discuss the internal controls and how they work in business. I will shed some light on the organizations financial and business policies‚ process and procedures. The purpose of these internal controls is to protect the company’s resources against fraud‚ misappropriate funds and most important waste. A company can spend quite a
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Internal Control - Integrated Framework Executive Summary Senior executives have long sought ways to better control the enterprises they run. Internal controls are put in place to keep the company on course toward profitability goals and achievement of its mission‚ and to minimize surprises along the way. They enable management to deal with rapidly changing economic and competitive environments‚ shifting customer demands and priorities‚ and restructuring for future growth. Internal controls promote
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An Investigation of Auditor Decision Processes in the Evaluation of Internal Controls and Audit Scope Decisions 1. Introduction Over the past decade numerous studies have focused on auditors’ judgments. With few exceptions these studies have found that when auditors are given the same task‚ they frequently make different decisions.’ This result has been obtained for relatively simple tasks (e.g.‚ Joyce [1976]) and relatively complex tasks (e.g.‚ Reckers and Taylor [1979] and Mock and
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Introduction: An internal control system refers to the process by which organizations maintain environments that encourage incorruptibility and deter fraudulent activities by managements and employees. Internal control systems are evaluated during the planning phase of an independent financial statement audit. This is the system is also known as detection and prevention of fraud in an organization. The “Questionnaire Method” is one of various techniques to measure internal control system of any organization
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reduction as yet recorded in the account on which it is drawn. 2. Since financial investments are assets with a high degree of inherent risk‚ companies must establish effective internal control over their investments. a. Describe the functions that should be segregated to provide good internal control over financial investments. b. Describe two other internal control policies that should be established for financial investments. a. The functions that should be segregated with respect to financial
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performance of audits hardly seems to be an option and will eventually be assumed; the prefix “computer-assisted” will be omitted. The purpose of this paper is to provide information about CAATs. This paper describes CAATs‚ compares CAATs to traditional audit procedures‚ and discusses the costs‚ risks‚ and benefits of using CAATs. The paper also discusses specific types of CAATs such as data analysis software‚ the test data technique‚ utility software and the audit-expert system. It also brings
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Justification for an Internal Control System Cynthia Kinney ACC544/Internal Control Systems June 27‚ 2011 Gary Godfrey Justification for an Internal Control System An internal control system is described as a way to control an organization better‚ minimize risk‚ reduce loss‚ and achieve goals. Two approaches‚ political and insurance‚ are used to justify the need for this type of system. Issues such as security valuation‚ asset allocation‚ optimization‚ and performance are considered with
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