This book builds on the results of many years of research carried out into internal auditing practices and how they are developing. It presents issues and principles aimed at encouraging internal auditors worldwide to break new ground in the development of their professional practices. It looks into future internal auditing and what it will require to continue to be at the cutting edge of all risk management, control and governance processes. The book includes a CD ROM which contains seventy case studies of organizations that are world-class in their contribution to good corporate governance practices. Written by leading contributors, these cases help communicate and promote cutting edge internal auditing, and assist in the development of best practice.
About The Author.Preface.Foreword.Acknowledgements.1. Introduction.2. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Looks Into The Future In 1975.3. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Is World-class.4. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Wears Many Hats.5. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Knows How To Govern Well.6. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Fights Crime.7. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Assists The Board.8. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Is Committed To Quality.9. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Continuously Benchmarks.11. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Is Creative.12. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Asks The Right Questions.13. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Contributes To Good Reputations.14. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Promotes Itself.15. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Manages Knowledge Well.16. You Are The Future Of Cutting Edge Internal Auditing.17. The Future of Internal Auditing is Yours.Appendices.A. Leading Edge Internal Auditing Principia 1998.B. Cutting Edge Internal Auditing Principia 2008.C. Answers To Self-Assessment Questions.Index.