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Writing Audit Reports by Objectives

October 20 - 22, 2008 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Washington, DC	$745
January 27 - 29, 2009 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Long Beach, CA	$745
April 20 - 22, 2009 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Washington, DC	$745

Overview:

Accepted practice in performance auditing is to begin 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 can help you organize your message and write reports that succinctly communicate the audit results. Learn how to write audit objectives to form an outline of the message, as well as how to use a report conference to reach agreement on the message before writing. Develop tools for organizing the report message to answer the audit objectives and for writing a finding synopsis.

CGAP Exam Aid.

Who Should Attend?

Junior auditors and seasoned professionals who want to enhance their report-writing skills. Level: Intermediate.

Additional Information:

Follow-Up Course: Writing Value-Added Audit Reports (AUDT8521G)

Objectives:

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 the performance aspects and finding elements to be developed and form the outline for the report

Organize a finding that answers the audit objectives using different outline methods and advance organizers such as captions and topic sentences

Adapt audit objectives for use as "captions" in a report

Apply general guidelines for using appropriate visual aids

Syllabus:

Syllabus -- Writing Audit Reports by Objectives, AUDT8511G, Grad. School, USDA

Module 1 - How Report Structure Serves Various Audiences

Module 2 - How Auditing and Reporting Form a Single, Coherent Process

Module 3 - How Objectives Form the Basis for the Finding

Module 4 - How Objectives Determine the Report's Direction

Module 5 - How an Audit Program is Built from Objectives

Module 6 - How to Move from Data to Message

Module 7 - How to Use an Outline