Articles
Tag: internal audit
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What Happens if We Ban Audit Reports?
While eliminating audit reports may be a step too far, thinking about their value and better ways to deliver that value can stimulate changes.
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Internal Audit: Getting From Recommendations to Actions
Management will take actions they believe are high priority and in their own interests. They won't if the only reason to act is “the auditor told us to do it."
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Remove the Restraints of the Audit Report Format
We are not limited to a rigorously enforced standard for communicating in person. Why should we be limited when we are writing?
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Enterprise Risk Management and the Internal Audit Plan
One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working.
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How Do We Fix Risk Management?
Instead of risk management, can we think of it as success management or effective management? Because that's what it is.
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The Risk of Excessive Red Tape
Practitioners need to have the courage to stimulate management to remove controls and other procedures that cost more than they are worth.
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How Risk Management Can Build Credibility With Management
ERM wants a seat at the management table. What do risk practitioners need to do to make this happen? And should that really be their goal?
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Is Risk-Based Audit the Best Approach?
Risk-based audit needs a reset to enterprise risk and value auditing.
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Is Agile Auditing the Latest Fad or a Really Great Practice?
If your organization is practicing agile internal auditing, is it practicing big A Agile or little a agile? Because there's a big difference between the two.
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Getting the Most Out of Internal Audit
An effective internal audit team can provide great value to an organization. It's encouraging this is starting to be recognized.
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The Evolution of Internal Audit
How agile is your internal audit team? Do you have speedboats or only battleships?
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Should We Audit at the Speed of Risk?
The annual audit plan is typically out-of-date even before it is approved by the audit committee.
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Risk Practitioners Should Be Asking 'How Can We Help?'
We may have a business card that says we are internal auditors. But we are part of the management team and our first duty is to help the organization succeed.
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Should You Boast About Internal Audit Value?
Value is what people would be willing to pay for, not what you say it is. The same applies to internal audit.
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