NATURE OF OPERATIONAL AUDIT • Also known as management audits and performance audits. • Conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and/or efficiency of operations. • Examinations of all or part of an entity to determine the degree of its operational efficiency‚ effectiveness and economy. • Also refers to the auditor’s study of business operations for the purpose of making recommendations about economic and efficient use of resource‚ effective achievement of business objectives
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Audit Planning Memorandum for Database Environment Date | 02/04/2013 | To | Audit Senior Management | School Board | Temple University | Prepared By | Shan Jiang | ------------------------------------------------- Background Types of RDBMS: MySQL 5.0 - an open-source database used extensively in small or medium-sized web applications. One of the simplest databases to secure from hacking because of the small attack surface it exposes Number of DB servers: 3 Business units rely
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Weaknesses in an Internal Audit Control System by Osmond Vitez‚ Demand Media An internal audit control system is a common safeguard found in business today. This safeguard is broken down into two parts: internal audits and internal controls. Internal audits are informal reviews by the business owner or employees. They provide information on internal operations in employee performance. Internal controls represent the specific policies the business owner‚ manager and employees must follow in the
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The Role of Audit An audit is ‘an independent examination of‚ and the subsequent expression of opinion on‚ the financial statements of an organization’ (Hussey‚ 1999‚ p. 33). The audit can be viewed as an integral part of corporate financial reporting‚ where the assurance it provides stems from the trust placed in the judgement of the auditor. The audit is designed to demonstrate ‘the completeness‚ accuracy and validity of transactions which‚ when aggregated‚ make up the financial statements’ (Power
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Audit & Investigation AQ002-3.5-2-AINV-T 15-Jun-12 WASEED AHMED LECTURER: MR. MEGAT ABDULLAH MEGAT MAHMUD Table of Contents Different roles of internal and external auditors. 4 Internal auditors: 4 External auditors: 4 Identify the benefits in forming an audit committee. 6 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of MPL’s control environment: 7 Control Environment: 7 a. Integrity and Ethical Values:
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t THE NIGHT AUDIT I- Functions of the Night Audit: ( The major functions of the night audit is to: • Verify posted entries to guest and non-guest accounts • Balance all front office accounts • Resolve room status and rate discrepancies • Monitor guest credit limits • Produce operational and managerial reports 1. The role of the night audit: ( The night audit requires attention to accounting detail‚ procedural controls‚ and guest credit restrictions. In this sense‚ the night auditor
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capabilities are key intangible assets that make a significant difference when it comes to market value. Organizational capabilities are stable over time and more difficult to copy than other competitive advantages like product strategy or technology. A capabilities audit can show a company how measure up and how to build on intangible strengths to implement cultural interchange and communal harmony among employees. Some capabilities that well-managed companies all tend to have are as follows Talent:
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on the quality and quantity of audit evidence to be obtained when auditing financial statements and the procedures for obtaining that audit evidence. Audit Evidence (AE) "Audit evidence" means the information obtained by the auditor which includes source documents and accounting records underlying the financial statements and corroborating1 information from other sources. The auditor should obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to be able to draw reasonable
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Independent Auditor ’s Report To the Stockholders Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. 1235 Winner ’s Road Write City‚ IN 12354 LCC has conducted an audit of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. balance sheets‚ the retained earnings‚ cash flows‚ and other related statements of income for the year ended December 31‚ 2006/2007. Apollo Shoes Inc management is responsible for maintaining the effective internal controls that goes along with the financial statements and how well the accuracy is going to be. LLC has evaluated the
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A project audit provides an opportunity to uncover the issues‚ concerns and challenges encountered in the execution of a project. It affords the project manager‚ project sponsor and project team an interim view of what has gone well and what needs to be improved with the project to successfully complete it. If done at the close of a project‚ a project audit can be used to develop success criteria for future projects by providing a forensic review. This review will provide an opportunity to learn
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