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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819048903321

Titolo

Achieving managerial control / / editor, Gerald Vinten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-51538-4

9786610515387

1-84544-398-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 p.)

Collana

Managerial auditing journa; ; ; v. 19, no. 4, 2004

Altri autori (Persone)

VintenGerald

Disciplina

657

Soggetti

Auditing

Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Control self-assessment as a route to organisational excellence A Scottish Housing Association case study; Management accounting practices in selected Asian countries A review of the literature; Impact of ISO 9000 registration on company performance Evidence from Malaysia; Goal characteristics, communication and reward systems, andmanagerial propensity to create budgetary slack; BSQ strategic formulation framework A hybrid of balanced scorecard, SWOT analysis and quality function deployment

The evolution of IT auditing and internal control standards in financial statement audits The case of the United StatesA conceptual risk framework for internal auditing in e-commerce; Investment appraisal A new approach; Errata

Sommario/riassunto

Control self-assessment (CSA) has been discussed as an audit technique, but little practical guidance is available in the UK on the subject. A limited number of public sector organisations have implemented it. This paper describes a case study of CSA implementation in a Scottish Housing Association. The case study details the decision processes that led to the choice of CSA as a favoured audit technique, and the development of CSA skills within the organisation. This paper examines the broader benefits of a CSA



approach, in terms of performance management and employee empowerment. This paper a