the role of internal auditing which is to assist management to maximizing the opportunities and to minimizing the threats to the organization. Internal auditing must maximize the assurance provided to the board‚ the audit committee and the management‚ and contribute to the continuous improvement strategies for the organization. So‚ how to maintain good internal auditing function within the organization? Outsourcing of internal audit function is one of the solutions. So‚ what is internal auditing? What
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Case 33: California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) was co-founded in 1985 in Beverly Hills‚ California by Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax. Rosenfield and Flax both hold the title of Co-President‚ Co-CEO‚ and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for California Pizza Kitchen. Susan Collyns‚ Chief Financial Officer‚ currently leads the financial team at California Pizza Kitchen which is faced with reducing the corporate income-tax liability while balancing the goal of the management
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Professionalism‚ Ethical Codes and the Internal Auditor: A Moral Argument Mary Ann Reynolds ABSTRACT. This paper examines the case of the internal auditor from a sociological and ethical perspective. Is it appropriate to extend the designation of professional to internal auditors? The discussion includes criteria from the sociology literature on professionalism. Further‚ professional ethical codes are compared. Internal auditors’ code of ethics is found to have a strong moral approach‚ contrasting
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External/Internal Factors When analyzing a company it is important to understand what the internal and external factors of the company are and how those factors are affecting the four functions of management. The four functions of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Internal factors affect what happens within the company and external factors are the outside environment that affects the company. Through strategic planning the company can build on its strengths
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Chapter 1—Auditing and Internal Control TRUE/FALSE 1. Corporate management (including the CEO) must certify monthly and annually their organization’s internal controls over financial reporting. ANS: F PTS: 1 2. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COBIT framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 3. Both the SEC and the PCAOB require management to use the COSO framework for assessing internal control adequacy. ANS: F PTS: 1 4. A qualified opinion
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The marketing environment surrounds and impacts upon the organization. There are three key elements to the marketing environment which are the internal environment‚ the microenvironment and the macroenvironment. Why are they important? Well marketers build both internal and external relationships. Marketers aim to deliver value to satisfied customers‚ so we need to assess and evaluate our internal business/corporate environment and our external environment which is subdivided into micro and macro
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difference between internal and external factors Internal factors that affect businesses come from within the business itself‚ without regard to any outside factors like customers and other businesses. External factors would be opposite. Internal factors: 1) Employee Turnover/Employee Satisfaction 2) Management of Resources 3) Research and Development External Factors: 1) Advertising 2) Quality of business reputation‚ or quality of products business produces 3) Competition by other
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Internal Control Issues 1.List what you believe should have been the three to five key internal control objectives for Goodner’s Huntington sales office. * Assets Safeguard The padlock and other some security are used as a physical protection of Goodner’s inventory from stolen by unauthorized person. * Authorization of Transaction Goodner’s policy said that the new customer required an approval of the sale manager for the credit sale. The objective of this policy is to control
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AO1 Internal and External Customer Needs at Cadbury World Internal Customers: Staff: At Cadbury world the staff are constantly training and working on how to communicate with the customers‚ always training to maintain their expectations and how they can improve. They can improve. They have this training course called Welcome Host for managers. (Www.welcometoexcellence.co.uk) and here they learn how to have good customer service. There are different training courses they have to take part
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Executive Summary California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) was founded in 1985 by Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield with a vision of offering customers designer pizza at reasonable prices. CPK’s target market is geared towards affluent customers making $75‚000 annually‚ and over the span of 2 decades the business was able to grow from a single location into 213 locations across 28 states and 6 foreign countries. CPK generates revenue from 3 main sources: company restaurants‚ franchises‚ and royalties. CPK stands
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