Description:
Accepted practice in performance auditing is to begin an audit with objectives based on user needs and to develop a report that answers those objectives. This course is grounded on the concept that using audit objectives as the logical, integrated basis from planning through reporting helps you organize your message and write reports that succinctly communicate the audit results. In practice exercises, write audit objectives that, when answered, will tell audit results as a story. In a case exercise, use a report conference to reach agreement on the message before writing; organize the report message to answer the audit objectives, and; write a finding synopsis. This course is part of the Certified Government Auditor (CGA) program, Level 2.
Duration:
3 days
Level:
Intermediate
Who Should Attend?
Auditors who want to enhance their report-writing skills.
Credits:
1.8 CEU's, 24 CPE'sLearning Outcomes:
- Design a report to solve the problem of multiple audiences
- Explain the effect objectives have on findings and message formulation
- Write objectives for process-oriented and results-oriented audits that identify performance aspects and finding elements to be developed and form an outline for the report
- Organize a finding that answers the audit objectives using different methods and advance organizers such as captions and topic sentences
- Apply general guidelines for selecting appropriate visual aids
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Other Recommended Courses:
- Developing and Presenting Audit Findings (AUDT7021)
- Reviewing Other People's Report Writing (AUDT9502)
- Written Communication for Auditors (AUDT8611)
- Presentation and Briefing Skills for Auditors (AUDT8522)
Module 1: How Report Structure Serves Various Audiences
Module 2: How Auditing and Reporting Form a Coherent Process
Module 3: How Objectives Determine Finding Content
Module 4: How an Audit Plan is Built From Objectives
Module 5: How to Move From Data to Findings
Module 6: How to Use Advance Organizers for a Coherent Report
