The experience of using students as part of an internal audit teamis described. Teaching staff and consulting advisers worked withstudents on three successive “live cases” within…
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The experience of using students as part of an internal audit team is described. Teaching staff and consulting advisers worked with students on three successive “live cases” within their own institution. Some prior auditing experience provided the best foundation for developing and showing skills but students may have learned most from the experience of facing problems they were not prepared for.
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Concepts and practical applications are used to explore motivation from the perspectives of auditors, managers and psychologists. The premise is that improved communication…
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Concepts and practical applications are used to explore motivation from the perspectives of auditors, managers and psychologists. The premise is that improved communication positively affects auditor and manager performance. Several theories of motivation are examined, including behaviour types, as explored through the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Putting theory into practice, ways are looked at in which audit supervisors can enhance audit staff motivation by more actively involving them in audit planning and report writing. From the manager's perspective, how to use the audit process more effectively to encourage managers to make organisational improvements is addressed.