Corporate Governance

Internal Audit Reports Post Sarbanes-Oxley A Guide to Process-Driven Reporting

By Susan M. Switzer
John Wiley & Sons January 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780470050842
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication
January 2007
Format
Hardback , 256 pages
Jurisdiction
U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Brimming with commonsense advice delivered in a conversational, easy-to-read style, Internal Audit Reports Post Sarbanes-Oxley: A Guide to Process-Driven Reporting helps you transform raw data into useable information and then translate that information into actionable messages while complying with the SOX Act.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

About the Institute of Internal Auditors.

SECTION ONE: FROM VENI, VIDI, VICI TO SOX.

Chapter 1: Process-Driven Reporting.

Chapter 2: The Latest Standards.

Chapter 3: New Rules and New Tools.

SECTION TWO: GOING WITH THE FLOW.

Chapter 4: New Looks for Audit Reports.

Chapter 5: The Value-Added Spoken (and E-Mailed) Word.

SECTION THREE: REPORT WRITING 101, ER, MAKE THAT 404.

Chapter 6: Critical Word Choices.

Chapter 7: Structured Sentences.

Chapter 8: Paragraphs, Punctuation, and Capitalization.

Chapter 9: Graphics and Editing.

SECTION FOUR: IT’S A FLAT WORLD AFTER ALL.

Chapter 10: It’s a Flat World After All.

APPENDICES.

Appendix A: Professional Standards.

Appendix B: Find the Flaws.

Appendix C: Bibliography.

Index.

About the Author

SUSAN M. SWITZER, a writer and corporate communication counselor, serves on the Governor's Council for Film and Media Industries of New Mexico. She is a former Director of Communications with KPMG Peat Marwick where she taught internal audit report writing. She is a training innovator who has conducted specialized courses in effective communication for clients such as Schlumberger, MASCO, Strategic Marketing Corporation, General Electric Capital Corporation, and AT&T. She also wrote and produced a radio series broadcast on CBS entitled Taking Account.

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