Auditing & assurance services : a systematic approach

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Auditing & assurance services : a systematic approach

William F. Messier, Jr

Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c2003

3rd ed

  • : international ed

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Auditing and assurance services

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The third edition of Messier employs the new approaches currently being used by auditing professionals, and soon to be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board. This approach stresses understanding of the entity (i.e., the organization or business being audited) and its environment (i.e. industry), and then assessing the business risks faced by the entity and how management controls those risks. This new audit process focuses on business processes instead of accounting cycles. This unique and innovative approach has been developed in response to changing market dynamics. The systematic approach, referred to in the subtitle of the text, reflects the early introduction of three basic concepts that underlie the audit process: materiality, audit risk, and evidence; this allows Messier to build upon this model in subsequent chapters. These are central to everything an auditor does and a unique feature of the text. As such, this approach facilitates student development of auditor judgment, a vital skill in today's auditing environment.

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  • NCID
    BA60258635
  • ISBN
    • 0072936460
    • 007119858X
  • LCCN
    2002016534
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxvi, 795 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
  • Classification
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