scholarly journals The impact of COSO control components on internal control effectiveness: An internal audit perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houdini Fourie ◽  
Christo Ackermann
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
The Impact

Boards of directors have the ultimate responsibility for governance – including internal control – in their organisations. Management is tasked with the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control systems. Internal auditors play a key role in independently evaluating these controls, acting as agents on behalf of the board of directors in order to mitigate the possibility of management not acting in the best interest of the organization, leaving gaps in the internal control system, and, in some instances, doing so in order to enable unlawful personal gain. The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations’ Integrated Framework for Internal Control (hereafter referred to as the COSO framework) is used as a recognised framework, which, if implemented, could result in an effective internal control system and served as the basis for the design of the research instrument of the research. The questionnaire was distributed to internal audit practitioners. Responses were obtained from 31 participants from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape regions in South Africa. The majority of the participants provide internal audit services to the local government sphere of the South African government. This article identifies which characteristics should exist in an organization’s control system that, in the opinion of internal auditors, improve the effectiveness of the internal control system. This study concludes that internal auditors are of the opinion that control characteristics as outlined in the COSO framework for ‘risk assessment’, ‘information and communication’, ‘control activities’ and ‘monitoring’ components of internal control, do contribute to an effective internal control system.

scholarly journals The Quality of State-Property Reporting: Determinants and Intervening Role of Optimization Management in Indonesia Regional Case

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Indah Anisykurlillah ◽  
Anggita Oktaviana
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Optimization Management ◽  
Management Optimization ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the effect of legal audit, internal control system, IT utilization, and internal auditors' role as determinants of the quality of state-property reporting intervened by management optimization. The population is the Tegal Regional employee, who manages state-property, including users, regulators, and keepers in 36 regional offices. This case reflects the management and reporting of state-property in the Indonesia regional. Seventy-six respondents were sampled to answer the research instrument and analyzed it by path analysis. The results show that the internal control system, IT utilization, and state property management optimization positively affect state-property reporting quality. The use of internal control systems and IT utilization positively influence the optimization of state-property management. The results also prove that management optimization mediates the internal control system and IT utilization on state-property reporting quality. Contrary evidence that management optimization does not mediate the impact of legal audits and internal auditors' role on the state property report's quality.

The Impact of the Standards Implementation of Internal Audit Attributes on the Internal Control System Effectiveness: A Field Study of Banks in Yemen

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali M. Al-Rubaidi ◽  
Abdulelah Ahmed Khobah
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Audit Activity ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to investigate the impact of the implementation of internal audit characteristics on the effectiveness of the internal control system in banks in Yemen. To achieve the objective of this study, a questionnaire was designed as a tool for collecting the data from the study community which consisted of (18) banks in Yemen, (14) of which, in Sana'a city, were taken as a sample. The sample consisted of 190 employees selected from the internal auditors, internal audit committees and finance managers. The SPSS was used to analyze 155 questionnaires that were valid for analysis. The results of the study revealed that there is a statistically significant positive impact on the implementation of all standards of internal audit characteristics on the effectiveness of the internal control system. In the light of the findings, the study recommends that the Yemeni banks should adopt procedures to enhance the effectiveness of the internal control system, including providing sufficient authority for the internal audit activity The team of internal audit should have absolute independence and continuous training in line with international standards and developments; in addition, conducting a periodic and continuous evaluation of the internal audit activity is recommended to enhance the effectiveness of the internal control system.

scholarly journals Impact of the Effective Internal Control System on the Internal Audit Effectiveness at Local Government Level

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mu’azu Saidu Badara
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Audit Effectiveness ◽  
Government Level

Effective internal control system plays an important role in ensuring objective achievement of organizations. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between effective internal control system and internal audit effectiveness at local government level. The paper is a literature review paper and the paper concluded that effective internal control system can influence the effectiveness of internal auditors at local level. The paper needs to be validated empirically.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penilaian Kinerja Auditor dan Penerapan Audit Internal terhadap Sistem Pengendalian Intern pada Kantor Perwakilan BPKP Provinsi Sumatera Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Yukmi Yukmi ◽  
Agussalim M M ◽  
Meriyani Meriyani
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Representative Office ◽  
The Impact

This purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the  performance assessment variables of the auditor’s and implementation of internal audit on the internal control system. The collection of data on the research is using questionnaires distributed to the internal government auditors (at rhe representative office of BPKP West Sumatra Province. 57 questionnaires have been collected. The regression method is used to analyze the data. The results of this research provide evidence that the performance assessment of auditors and the implementation of internal audit has an influence on internal control system.

Organizational identity, professional identity salience and internal auditors’ assessments of the severity of internal control concerns

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Burt ◽  
Theresa Libby
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Identity Salience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Internal Control Weaknesses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether increasing the salience of the internal auditor’s professional identity, defined by the expectations of their professional group, increases internal auditors’ judgments of the severity of internal control concerns when their organizational identity is high. Design/methodology/approach This paper tests the hypothesis using a laboratory experiment with internal auditors as participants. Findings The results support the hypothesis that professional identity salience moderates the relation between organizational identity and the assessed severity of identified internal control weaknesses. Increasing the salience of professional identity results in a more severe assessment of identified internal control weaknesses when organizational identity is high than when it is low. Originality/value Prior research in the lab and in the field provides mixed results about the impact of organizational identity on internal auditors’ judgments of the severity of identified internal control concerns. This paper contributes to the discussion on this issue. In addition, the results have implications for the debate about the benefits and costs of in-house versus out-sourced internal audit functions.

scholarly journals KEEFEKTIFAN AUDIT INTERNAL PEMERINTAH DAERAH

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Hadi Mahmudah ◽  
Bambang Riyanto LS
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
System Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Audit Effectiveness

Penelitian ini menguji efektifitas sistem pengendalian intern, dukungan manajemen dan audit professionalism terhadap keefektifan audit internal. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 39 Inspektorat Daerah dari enam Provinsi. Penelitian ini menggunakan regresi berganda untuk menganalisis data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sistem pengendalian intern dan dukungan manajemen berpengaruh secara positif terhadap keefektifan audit internal. Penelitian ini gagal memberikan bukti empiris audit professionalism berpengaruh terhadap keefektifan1 audit internal. Penelitian ini memperkaya penelitian yang sudah ada terkait keefektifan audit internal dan penekanan pentingnya sistem pengendalian intern di pemerintah daerah.This study examined the effectiveness of internal control system, management support, and audit professionalism on internal audit effectiveness of local government. The sample consists of 39 regional inspectorates of six provinces in Indonesia. By using multiple regressions, this study found that internal control system and management support has positive impact on the effectiveness of the internal audit. However, there is no support for the audit professionalism on internal audit effectiveness. This study enriches existing research related to the effectiveness of the internal audit and emphasis the importance of internal control systems in local government.

scholarly journals The role and tasks of the internal audit and audit committee as bodies supporting effective corporate governance in insurance sector institutions in Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Izabela Szczepankiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Financial Supervision ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Effective Supervision

Faced with the risk of consecutive waves of financial crisis and economic recession, government committees, financial supervision authorities and financial institutions themselves – both in Poland and worldwide – have launched a number of measures to make the supervision of insurance sector institutions more effective, particularly in aspects related to efficient risk management and internal control. The article describes the impact of the amendment of laws and other regulations on the development of the present internal control systems in insurance sector institutions. It draws attention to the need for a new structure of the internal control system, and the role and purpose of the internal audit and the audit committee as the bodies supporting effective supervision in insurance undertakings and reinsurance undertakings.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control system of the institution using key performance indicators

VUZF Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Anatolii Syrotenko ◽  
Ivan Tkach ◽  
Anatolii Loishyn ◽  
Mykola Tkach
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
The Matrix

The conducted research may be of interest to specialists of internal audit, internal control, and managers of all levels, who organize the functioning of internal control in subordinate structural units. The article practically substantiates the use of the matrix of key performance indicators (KPI) in assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The research conducted in the article is the result of the practical implementation of the developed comprehensive methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. To achieve this goal, the study conducted its decomposition and separately: evaluated the selected indicators of the effectiveness of the internal control system through appropriate testing and analysis of financial (accounting) statements; a matrix of key performance indicators is formed; the generalized indicator of efficiency of functioning of system of internal control is defined; the corresponding assessment of efficiency of system of internal control according to the chosen criterion is carried out. The results of the study made it possible to determine a numerical value that can objectively indicate the effectiveness of the internal control system of the institution. The results of the evaluation of indicators can be further systematized in the appropriate database for the formation of statistical information and taken into account in the risk-oriented planning of internal audit activities. The results of the study in the article can be used in part and applied thematically when checking other indicators in the internal control system. The article formulates the prospect of further research in the subject area to improve the accuracy of assessing the effectiveness of the ICS, as well as in finding alternative methods for its evaluation.

scholarly journals Selection of indicators of the scientific and methodological apparatus for assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system of the ministry of defense of Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatolii Loishyn
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Definition Of

The article summarizes the arguments and counterarguments in the framework of scientific discussion on the choice of indicators of the scientific and methodological apparatus for assessing the effectiveness of the system of internal control of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The main purpose of the study is to study the possibility of choosing the indicators of the scientific and methodological apparatus for assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system. The systematization of literary sources and approaches to solving the problems considered in the article showed that the research problem is partly described and needs to be generalized and revised. The urgency of solving this scientific problem lies in the fact that the system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine actively implements a risk-oriented system of internal control in accordance with the general reform of the defense department to NATO standards. The research of the choice of indicators of the effectiveness of the internal control system in the article is carried out in the following logical sequence: the definition of the corresponding conceptual apparatus is formulated, namely, the interpretation of the terms: "indicator", the available approaches to the assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control system for the presence of indicators; a choice of indicators was made based on the results of their analysis and comparison, which can be offered to the scientific and methodical apparatus for assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The methodical tools of the research were the methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, induction; the study period is the years from 1976 to the present. The object of the study is the process of assessing the effectiveness of the system of internal control in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, since it is not sufficiently investigated. The study presents the results of empirical analysis of the choice of indicators, which showed the possibility of their inclusion in further research. The study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that these indicators must be taken into account when assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The results of the research can be useful for internal control and internal audit specialists.

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