The Strategic Audit Many companies begin their operation in different ways. Some companies start with a lot of capital and become successful‚ while others start with very little capital and still find success. However‚ once profitability has been achieved‚ it can be very difficult to maintain in the long run. One tool many managers use in order to keep operations running smoothly is the strategic audit. A strategic audit is used to compare current operations with ideal operating conditions.
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Explanation of what a marketing audit is: The purpose of a marketing audit is to review and appraise existing marketing activities and to look at the way the marketing is planned and managed‚ giving the opportunity for a systematic examination of each element of the organisations current marketing activity and achievements‚ and to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of the organisations investment in marketing. The marketing audit assists in the evaluation of the whole marketing activity‚ and
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reporting process. Auditors need to remember that they are serving the public interest and not the interests of client management. 1-2. The audit opinion formulation process is a systematic approach by which the auditor evaluates the risk of being associated with a client‚ through the process of gathering and evaluating audit evidence‚ to determining the type of audit opinion that should be rendered. The stages and outcome of each stage are as follows: • Assessing Client Acceptance and Retention:
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specilSpecialised audit services SECTION 2: SPECIALISED AUDIT SERVICES 2003-04 This section of the report includes information on audits conducted over and above the regularity audits. These include the following: • Forensic audits • Performance audits • Integrated audits • Performance information reviews For an explanation of each type of audit‚ please refer to my 2003-04 Activity Report. It is important to highlight that some of the forensic and performance audits result in a report to management
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Harnischfeger Corp 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. On page 17‚ note 2 states that in 1984 Harnischfeger altered their depreciation from a direct method to the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. They also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel‚ LTD and sold by them in their net sales instead of stating only the gross margin per unit. An adjustment of the residual values on certain
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References: Berr‚ (2008) Corporate Governance: http://www.berr.gov.uk/bbf/corp-governance/page15267.html Accessed at 20/2/2008 Gates‚ S (2006) Incorporating strategic risk into enterprise risk management: A survey of current corporate practices: http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/searchArticles.do?histSort=R&mode=H&searchMode=B&articleSearchSequenceNumber=12097531&pageNr=0 Accessed at 21/2/2008 KPMG‚ (2005) Inter audit 2005: A survey of current practises in Ireland: http://www.iia.org.uk/download
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Resignation & Removal of Auditors Resignation of Auditors Resignation procedures Auditors deposit written notice together with statement of circumstances relevant to members & creditors or statement that no circumstances exist Notice of resignation Sent by company to Registrar of Companies within 14 days Statement of circumstances Sent by auditors to Registrar of Companies within 28 days Sent by company to everyone entitled to receive a copy of accounts within 14 days Convening of
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1. Political/legal: The first operating license from the department of conservation was only for 30 days‚ for those 30 days 28 people paid $75 dollars each to leap off the 43m bridge‚ but it wasn’t long before word spread and New Zealand and Queenstown in particular were considered prime destinations on the world adventure tourism map. Economic: AJ Hackett Bungy had a huge economic effect on New Zealand because it put New Zealand on the adventure tourism map and helped to bring more visitors
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COMMUNICATIONS AUDIT I. Definition Communications Audit is a study to analyze the productivity of companies that allocate a large budget and work energy for their marketing communications and image building as well as those companies that are planning an IPO. II. Measurings covered by the audit The most important feature of a Communications Audit is that it can measure qualitative as well as quantitative values. The items that can be measured are: · Precision of the implementation
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