Internal Control: A Manager's Journey

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 14, 2002 - Business & Economics - 384 pages
An entertaining introduction to a very serious and complex issue
Internal control is no longer the exclusive domain of highly trained accountants on the internal auditing staff. Corporate boards, CEOs, and employees at virtually every level are now seen as responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring these controls; few, however, have the training and background needed to fulfill this complex responsibility.
Through the entertaining story of a manager's visit to the Caribbean, Internal Control: A Manager's Journey illustrates how control can be managed throughout an organization. In each chapter, Operations Manager Bill Reynolds learns the key concepts and techniques of internal control and discovers how to design, document, install, and monitor an innovative, efficient internal control policy. He discovers that effective internal control is based on risk assessment and should encourage innovation. He also learns important techniques for preventing, detecting, and correcting fraud.
This unconventional, extraordinarily useful guide is peppered with practical examples and workable solutions that can be used to institute improved control and accountability in any company of any size. It's the ultimate resource for CEOs, CFOs, operations managers, and anyone involved in the design, implementation, review, or reporting of internal controls.

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Contents

One Taking Time Off
1
Two Concepts of Control
15
Three Negril and the Art of Using Procedures
65
Four Fishing Witches and Support Systems
117
Five Fraud Corruption and Lots of Rain
153
Six Controlled Creativity and Chaos
217
Seven A Corporate Internalized Control Facility
261
Eight The Letter
303
Appendix A The Managerial Control System
307
Appendix B Three Strikes and Youre Out Putting Compliance into Perspective
333
Appendix C Top Ten Imperatives for Facilitators
341
Appendix D Training Courses
343
Appendix E A Risk Paradigm
357
Notes
361
Index
365
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K. H. Spencer Pickett is a senior lecturer in internal auditing at the Civil Service College in Berkshire, England. He delivers courses for internal auditors as part of their requirement to attain the government internal audit standard and prepares students for the Institute of Internal Auditors examination at the practitioner and professional levels.

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