Modern auditing & assurance services
Leung, P., Coram, P., & Cooper, Prof. B. J. (2007). Modern auditing & assurance services (Third ed.). Milton, Qld: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
ISBN 9780470810910 0470810912
Review
This book is a big, long read. It's almost 700 pages and I seem to be able to read about 24-27 pages in a 70 minute period. There is a bright side to all this reading: for the student of auditing there are quizzes and case studies in each chapter and also at the end of each chapter - and I can skip those! On the days I am reading Modern auditing & assurance services (3e.) I am also indulging in a library book I happened across: Tony Russell's Country music originals : the legends and the lost; or my own copy of Louder than hell : the definitive oral history of metal.
The early chapter Ethics in Modern auditing & assurance services (3e.) contains one of the best descriptions and differentiations between ethics, morals, and philosphy, that I have read. The rest of the book is giving me a thorough understanding of the various standards of auditing, and how the role of auditors and auditing has developed over time.
A pity there isn't a similar need for thorough auditing in communications...
...I finished this book in late July and I do believe I learned a lot from it: including a strong respect for the people who have to carry out the thorough process of auditing. I hope to get the time to add a few more notes here as I used a lot of sticky notes to highlight text throughout the book; and the glossary at the end is a welcome addition.
This is not something I would normally read to complete my evening, like the music, guitar and amp books I like to turn to before turning in. But it has given me a lot of insight into the evolving process of Auditing and Assurance.
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Leeson, D., Di Sisto, S., & Flanders, D. (2009). Internal controls and corporate governance (Third ed.). Frenchs Forest, N.S.W: Pearson Australia.
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Modern auditing & assurance services (3e 2007)
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