Internal Audit Reports Post Sarbanes-Oxley: A Guide to Process-Driven Reporting / Edition 1

by Susan M. Switzer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470050842
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/29/2007
Series:	IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors) Series , #7
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.91(d)

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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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.