Book description
Never out of print since 1997, and substantially updated for this
second edition,
The Operational Auditing Handbook
has earned an international reputation as a hands-on, practical manual
for internal auditors and managers to enable them to carry out audits
and reviews of a wide range of business activities including:
- Finance and accounting
- Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Purchasing
- Operations and production
- Marketing and sales
- Distribution
- Personnel and management development
- Research and development
- Information technology
- Security
- Environmental responsibility
- Subsidiaries and remote operating units
The Operational Auditing Handbook clarifies the underlying
issues, risks and objectives for a wide range of operations and
activities and is a professional companion, with many checklists, for
those who design self-assessment and audit programmes of business
processes in all sectors. Reflecting the strategic importance of
information technology today, this second edition is considerably
expanded in this area with leading edge material. Other completely new
material includes clear, authoritative guidance on how to achieve
effective of governance, risk management and internal control
processes.
Andrew Chambers is Professor of Internal Auditing
at London South Bank University and Professor Emeritus of Cass
Business School, London. He runs Management Audit LLP specializing in
auditing and corporate governance work, and is a member of the
international Internal Audit Standards Board.
Graham Rand specializes in IT auditing, risk management and
operational review. His career, in the UK and overseas, has featured
involvement in a range of organizations, principally in the electrical
retail, financial services and public sectors. Much of his current
consultancy is on Information Management, Records Management, IT
Security and providing support on the development of Risk Management
and Information Security environments.
