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What is Internal Control

Global Trends, Practices, and Challenges in Contemporary Tourism and Hospitality Management
Internal control is a process, effected by an entity’s board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance.
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Assessment of the Internal Control System in the Accommodation Firm and Its Relation to Performance
Murat Erdoğan (Akdeniz University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8494-0.ch012
Abstract
An effective internal control system will help achieve performance and profitability targets within the core objectives of the business, help to prevent the need for loss of resources, and ensure that financial reporting is realistic and reliable. The purpose of this chapter is to identify the components of the internal control system in the enterprise and to show whether these factors affect the firm performance. When the results of the study are evaluated in general, it has been determined that the elements of the internal control system of the companies have an effect on the firm performance. According to this, the control environment 1, the control environment 2, the risk evaluation, the control activities, the information and the communication, the monitoring variables are effective on the positive side and the control variables on the firm performance have positive effect on the firm performance of the operation bed capacity, the operation period, and the existence of the internal control unit.
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The Implementation of Internal Control in the Financial Services Expenditure in a Hospital Department: A Case Study
A process carried out by the administration, management or other members of the entity, aiming to provide a reasonable degree of confidence in the achievement of operational reporting and compliance objectives.
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Activity: Building the IT Audit Project Plan
An organizational policy, procedure, directive, or practice providing reasonable assurance of expected processing performance (as specified by internal control objectives) to prevent or detect and correct undesirable events.
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Bankruptcy Prediction Using Data Mining Tools
A company’s maintenance of internal accounting system.
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Internal Auditing for Information Assurance
Internal controls are a means to provide reasonable assurance that an organization will achieve its business objectives while avoiding undesired risks (ISACA, 2004). Internal controls are policies, procedures, practices, and organizational structures put in place to reduce business risks in organizations.
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The Role of Controlling in the Business Environment
Process which providing reasonable certainty regarding the achievement of the objectives of efficiency and effectiveness of operating activities, reliability of accounting information, compliance with laws and regulations.
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What Are the Possible Methods and Techniques in Forensic Accounting Necessary to Comply With Corporate Governance in Portugal?
This is a process of interlocking the entire activities of an organization that are layered onto the normal operating procedures for safeguard assets & management policy.
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Internal Control in a Public Hospital: The Case of Financial Services Expenditure Department
A process carried out by the administration, management or other members of the entity, aiming to provide a reasonable degree of confidence in the achievement of operational reporting and compliance objectives.
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Internal Control System in Cooperative Society
Control activities and procedures established by the management and those charged with the governance to prevent error or fraud from occurring.
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The Role of Internal Controls in Corporate Governance Systems
Process which providing reasonable certainty regarding the achievement of the objectives of efficiency and effectiveness of operating activities, reliability of accounting information, compliance with laws and regulations.
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Internal Control and Assets Management
System composed of a group of activities defined to manage the risk that comes from the processes within the company, across all functions.
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Open Source for Accounting and Enterprise Systems
The set of management procedures, either manually performed or automated by information systems, that are utilized to assure that an organization’s management policies and procedures are adhered to and that the objectives of the organization are being achieved. Internal controls processes include monitoring risks and monitoring the reliability and quality of information within the organization.
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Information Systems Risk Management: An Audit and Control Approach
An internal control is processes, policies, procedures, and practices, designed to provide reasonable assurance that business objectives will be achieved, and that undesired events will be prevented or detected, and corrected or mitigated.
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