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Book Synopsis A History of British National Audit by : David Dewar
Download or read book A History of British National Audit written by David Dewar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament. Instilling effective financial control and accountability for the use of public funds and the proper conduct of public business has been an incremental process that has taken centuries. This book provides a detailed history of the forces and personalities involved in the development of public sector audit, including the battles which extended well into the 20th century to establish a public sector audit that was constitutionally and in practice independent from the influence and control of the Executive. It identifies key themes that have emerged and re-emerged in these developments, and the challenges and obstacles faced and overcome over the years to arrive at today's modern audit framework and to establish current principles and practice in accountability to Parliament and the public. The book charts the movement of public sector audit from a focus on the presentation and accuracy of accounts to the introduction of the added dimension of ensuring that funds are spent only for purposes approved by Parliament and that resources have been used efficiently, effectively and with economy. It explores the seminal relationships of the NAO and its predecessors with the Treasury, spending departments and the Public Accounts Committee; and it deals with the impact of major changes still taking place in the objectives, management and delivery of government programmes and services, including the growing involvement of outside agencies and the private sector. The book reviews the NAO's current achievements, continuing challenges, developments in the range and nature of its work, and future priorities. Importantly, it provides an authoritative source of reference for professionals and academics, while remaining accessible to readers with a more general interest in the developments and issues examined.
Book Synopsis A History of Auditing by : Derek Matthews
Download or read book A History of Auditing written by Derek Matthews and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of the British accountancy profession from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and the world-wide success of its accountancy firms, were to a large extent based on the growth of the audit function. This book explores the history of the audit process in Britain, demonstrating that the characteristic features of the auditing industry are a diversity in practice based largely on the different types of clients the auditors serve. The book examines the innovation that was brought about by the staggering developments in information technology which have been seen over the last few centuries. This comprehensive history will be a useful reference tool for accounting, business and economic historians and will also be an enlightening read for all those with an interest in auditing procedures.
Book Synopsis The Audit of War by : Correlli Barnett
Download or read book The Audit of War written by Correlli Barnett and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftly became one of the most controversial and influential historical works of its time. '[The Audit of War] argued that British industry during the Second World War was scandalously inefficient, a situation Barnett blamed on an establishment more concerned with welfare than with industry, technology or the capacity of the nation to fight a war... Alan Clark records approvingly that Mrs Thatcher herself read it...' David Edgerton, London Review of Books 'A stimulating polemic.' Times Literary Supplement 'A formidable book, essential reading.' Asa Briggs, Financial Times
Download or read book Auditing Standards written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sets out the auditing standards by which the British National Audit Office is governed.
Book Synopsis A History of Auditing by : Derek Matthews
Download or read book A History of Auditing written by Derek Matthews and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history of the audit process in Britain, demonstrating that the characteristic features of the auditing industry are a diversity in practice based largely on the different types of clients the auditors serve.
Book Synopsis Audit, Accountability and Government by : Fidelma White
Download or read book Audit, Accountability and Government written by Fidelma White and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explains the constitutional purpose and significance of audit, and aspects of accountability in the British system of government. It suggests that audit delivers managerial accountability. It explains the basic concepts of accounting and audit, and sets audit in its historical context.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Accounts Commission Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215514073 Total Pages :16 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (14 download)
Book Synopsis Corporate governance of the National Audit Office by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Accounts Commission
Download or read book Corporate governance of the National Audit Office written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Accounts Commission and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Response to the Tiner Review contained in the Public Accounts Commission, 14th report, HC 328, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780215513625)
Book Synopsis Financial Auditing and Reporting by : Great Britain. National Audit Office
Download or read book Financial Auditing and Reporting written by Great Britain. National Audit Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comptroller and Auditor General examines and certifies a variety of accounts relating to government departments, executive agencies, and other organisations audited under statute or by agreement. In addition to giving an audit opinion on the accounts and financial statements, he may bring other matters to Parliament's attention, for example those which relate to the proper use of public funds and the proper conduct of public business.The National Audit Office (NAO) undertakes the work necessary to support the duties and responsibilities of the Comptroller and Auditor General. This report summarises some of the issues arising from financial audit work undertaken in the past year.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Accounts Commission Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780103288581 Total Pages :14 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (885 download)
Book Synopsis National Audit Office Main Supply Estimate 2010-2011 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Accounts Commission
Download or read book National Audit Office Main Supply Estimate 2010-2011 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Accounts Commission and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Audit Office main supply Estimate 2010-2011
Book Synopsis Health Policy in Britain by : Christopher Ham
Download or read book Health Policy in Britain written by Christopher Ham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically updated throughout, the 6th edition of this leading text takes the story of health policy to the end of the Blair era and into the early years of the Brown premiership. It offers a clear and thorough introduction to the history of the NHS, its funding and priorities, and to the process of policy making.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780105564683 Total Pages :9 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (646 download)
Book Synopsis National Audit Office Estimates for 1999-2000 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Download or read book National Audit Office Estimates for 1999-2000 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Follow the Money by : Duncan Campbell-Smith
Download or read book Follow the Money written by Duncan Campbell-Smith and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books on politics and government take a view from the top down. They focus on the individuals and institutions that set policies in place and make the laws. But how are these policies and laws translated into action on the ground, where their success or failure helps determine the day to day running of schools and hospitals, police forces and councils? This is the much less familiar territory explored by Follow The Money. It tells the story of the men and women responsible for keeping track of the money spent locally on public services since the early 1980s. What emerges is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the political world in which central government edicts come up against the reality of how things are made to happen at the grass roots. Follow The Money shows how the Commission has helped over 25 years to transform the management of public services, including the NHS, while mediating in an often tense relationship between central and local government from the Thatcher era to the years of New Labour. The result, encompassing a string of scandals and battles between town hall and Whitehall, is a compelling narrative for which an accounting qualification is most certainly not required.
Book Synopsis The Audit of War by : Correlli Barnett
Download or read book The Audit of War written by Correlli Barnett and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Audit of War Correlli Barnett places Britain's decline since the Second World War in a startling new perspective. He shows that Britain's wartime industrial performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterised by all the classic symptoms of the 'British disease'--incompetent management, obstructive trade unions, restrictive practices, wildcat strikes, old-fashioned plant, chronic shortages of skilled personnel, and appalling weaknesses in the newest technologies"--Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Central Government by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book The Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Central Government written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the effectiveness of internal audit in central government, covering both main departments and their associated arm's length bodies. Government is not getting the most out of the £70 million it spends on internal audit because the service does not always focus on the right issues and it is often not of sufficient quality to be useful in decision-making. 84 per cent of respondents to an NAO consultation considered internal audit added some or substantial value to their organisation, but had concerns over the current depth of insight, relevance and underlying execution of internal audit work. Many key stakeholders believe that internal audit work is not sufficiently tailored to be relevant to the different issues facing individual organisations. Treasury guidance on what internal audit should deliver is not sufficiently specific and there is little consistency in the application of standards. Variations in quality and coverage mean that the NAO often cannot take assurance from internal audit work. There are specific areas where internal audit could be more effective: the usefulness and relevance of reports; the expertise of staff, including expertise on IT-based information systems; the identification of efficiencies in the organisation; and the ability to offer advice to senior management. HM Treasury's Internal Audit Transformation Programme is a partial solution to the issues identified by the NAO, but needs more detail on what should be expected of an effective internal audit service. Nor does the Treasury have an accurate view on the costs of internal audit in government.
Book Synopsis Public Sector Auditing by : Sir John Bourn
Download or read book Public Sector Auditing written by Sir John Bourn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on 20 years of experience as Comptroller and Auditor General, and head of the United Kingdom National Audit Office, Public Sector Auditing: Is it Value for Money? is Sir John Bourn’s own account of the role and influence value for money auditing has in holding governments to account and in helping public bodies improve the ways in which they deliver services. Key features include: In-depth case studies from UK, US, Canada, China, India and Australia; Detailed analysis of complex areas of public expenditure such as health, education, privatisation, regulation, defence and IT; Examples of how auditing can promote positive outcomes rather than negative post mortems. This book is relevant for people working in both the public and private sectors, and should be essential reading for the staff of public sector audit institutions around the world, as well as commercial accountancy firms and students of accountancy, politics, economics and public management.
Download or read book Auditor's Talk written by Derek Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an oral history of the auditing profession in Britain from 1920s to the present day based on extended extracts from interviews with 77 past and present practitioners. Those interviewed ranged from a nonagenarian who qualified in the 1920s, to active contemporaries, from sole practitioners to the present day heads of the Big Five accounting firms. The often candid interviews uncover a surprising variety of experience and opinions and allow a group of often fascinating individuals to tell their own stories.
Book Synopsis The Collapse of British Power by : Correlli Barnett
Download or read book The Collapse of British Power written by Correlli Barnett and published by London : Eyre Methuen Limited. This book was released on 1972 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
