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Little Blue Book of Challenging Challenges (September 2008)
A board can't be expected to have perfect foresight. But standing back from the day-to-day detail and asking questions that challenge assumptions is the next best thing. Here are some reminders of Useful Things to Ask. It's based on questions some boards are wishing they'd asked a bit harder. Maybe one or two will be helpful.
Gaps and overlaps (May 2008)
Do you have enough assurance? We look at the challenges faced by businesses in providing assurance and suggest some approaches to getting it right.
Little blue book of governance pitfalls (October 2007)
Sometimes getting it right is about not getting it wrong. Even good boards can get complacent about their own performance. Here are a few things for you to think about.
How audit committees can assess external audit effectiveness (October 2007)
A look at how audit committees can add value by focusing instead on the qualitative, less visible aspects of the audit process.
Four years on - what's changed?
A survey of governance practice in the FTSE 350 (September 2007)
The results of a survey conducted in July 2007 based on responses from just over half of the FTSE 100 and 40% of the FTSE 350.
Articles
Covering the odds
Vicky Kubitscheck shares her thoughts on how the creation of a principles-based regulatory environment affect the role of internal audit.
Managing Risk
Prevention is always better than cure. Malcolm McCaig says risk is part of life, and so needs to be assessed and controlled
Appetite for Destruction?
How do you balance risk and reward? Malcolm McCaig looks at how risk should be viewed and what can be done to control it without impinging on normal activities.
Rave review
How can you get the most form an external review of internal audit effectiveness? Hanif Barma looks at what you really need to think about when commissioning an external review of the effectiveness of internal audit. Internal Auditing & Business Risk Magazine January 2008.
Improving the audit committee
In the second of two articles, Hanif Barma suggests some ways to help your audit committee evolve. Internal Auditing & Business Risk Magazine August 2007.
Sorting the wheat from the chaff
Understanding the audit committee is the first step to working with it effectively. Hanif Barma provides a framework for sorting out the good committees from the bad. Internal Auditing & Business Risk Magazine July 2007.
The path to improvement
In the last of a series of articles on internal audit effectiveness, Hanif Barma looks at how an audit function can better achieve its goals. Internal Auditing & Business Risk Magazine December 2006.
