Review
CSA is one of the fastest developing approaches to build and assess internal control in all types of organizations. CSA has been prompted by the dynamic changes in the world competitive environment, organization downsizing, distribution of and empowering of activities, reengineering of company processes and the need for the auditor to respond to management's needs and provide value added in a downsizing environment. Key Features of This Manual. In view of the popularity of CSA, several publications have appeared on the subject. However, most of them are based on surveys of general practices and many are mostly a compendium of papers authored by several individuals which do not provide a coherent and integrated approach to "how" to plan, develop and implement CSA. MAP-38 presents a structured approach to plan and implement CSA programs that applies to all kinds of situations and organizations. MAP-38 is based on MASP's consulting experience. A unique feature of MAP-38 is that it presents internal controls and Controls Self-Assessment from a modern business process reengineering (BPR) approach. In fact, it considers CSA a special application of BPR principles to restructuring ad implementing internal control, using the workteam concept whereby auditing specialists and line and operational personnel work together in the building and assessing of the internal controls required to offset the impediments to meet business objectives. Whether you are planning, implementing or operating CSA programs, you need a copy of this unique practitioner's publication. It will save you countless person-months of development effort. It provides you practical and pragmatic guidelines that you can apply directly to your CSA programs. -- Book Description
