Exploring Internal Stickiness: Impediments to the Transfer of Best Practice Within The Firm. The author wants to highlight problems with transfer of internal knowledge within firms and also disagree to previous beliefs of the cause for the lack of transfer‚ blaming knowledge related factors as the cause for this “internal stickiness”. The ability to transfer best practices internally is critical for companies to get a competitive advantage. The author analyzes “internal stickiness” of knowledge
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British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578‚ Vol.8 No.I (2012) ©BritishJournal Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Tanzanian Commercial Banks Dr.Jayalakshmy Ramachandran Asst. Professor‚ Nottingham University Business School‚ Seminyih‚ Malaysia‚ Email: jayalakshmy.rama@nottingham.edu.my 60386248779 Dr.Ramaiyer Subramanian ‚ Lecturer‚ Faculty of Business and Law‚ Multimedia University‚ Malaysia. Email: ramaiyer.subramaniam@mmu
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What is internal control and why is it important The American Institute of Accountants first defined the term internal control in 1949‚ followed by further clarifications in 1958 and 1972. In 1977 publicly held companies came under legislation to adequately implement controls to protect their financial information. A report by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations in 1992 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are more recent documents defining internal controls.( Bishop‚ 1991‚p.117-123; Colbert
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THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OUTLINE | The Nature of an Internal Audit | | Integrating Strategy and Culture | | Management | | Marketing | | Finance/Accounting | | Production/Operations | | Research and Development | | Management Information Systems | | The Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix | OBJECTIVES After studying this paper‚ you should be able to do the following: 1. | Describe how to perform an internal strategic-management audit. | 2. | Discuss
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INTERNAL AUDIT 1 Internal audit ‘Internal audit’ is an appraisal activity established by management for the review of accounting and internal control systems as a service to the entity. It reviews‚ monitors and make recommendations for the improvement of systems. Other activities include: Examination of financial information Review of economy‚ efficiency and effectiveness (‘value-for-money’ audits) Review of compliance with external laws and regulations Review of internal policies Review
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Internal Recruitment The assessment of an employer’s current staff to ascertain if any current employees are sufficiently skilled or qualified to perform required job vacancies. When a business engages in internal recruitment‚ a current employee might be reassigned to the new position by giving them either a promotion or an internal transfer. Advantages of Internal Recruitment Reduced Recruiting Costs There are costs associated with recruiting‚ especially when your search is conducted outside of
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Internal Controls Internal controls are all the procedures and measures companies put in place in order to achieve two specific goals related to accounting (Kieso‚ Kimmel‚ & Weygandt‚ 2011). The first goal is the protection against loss of assets from various sources such as theft or accounting error (Kieso‚ Kimmel‚ & Weygandt‚ 2011). Companies‚ clients and shareholders must have assurance that there is suitable control over all business assets like inventory and bank accounts all the
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Internal and External Forces Affect OB � PAGE �1� RUNNING HEAD: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES AFFECT OB Internal and External Forces Affect OB Ebonique Barber‚ Debra Herron‚ Ruby Lee‚ Brian Hammock Team A University of Phoenix MGT 307 Carol Solinger HOW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES AFFECT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ON‚ RESTRUCTURING‚ ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION‚ FISCAL POLICIES‚ COMPETITION‚ ECONOMY‚ CUSTOMER DEMANDS‚ GLOBALIZATION? INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES AFFECT OB INTRODUCTION Many organizations
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AUDIT MANAGEMENT | | | |(Topic: Internal Control & Related Aspects) | | | |
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Organisations cannot operate without communication. Communication can take various forms but all forms involve the transfer of information from one party to others. It is also one of the things that most companies struggle with. A big part of the challenge is that there are so many different people you have to communicate with and it often has to be done in different ways. Communications are at the very heart of all business activity. So it is essential that people in a company assess such practices
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