Achieving managerial control / / editor, Gerald Vinten

• Pubblicazione: [Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 p.)
• Disciplina: 657
• Soggetto topico: Auditing; Management
• Altri autori: VintenGerald
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Achieving managerial control
• ISBN: 1-280-51538-4; 9786610515387; 1-84544-398-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819048903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Managerial auditing journal ; ; v. 19, no. 4.