Assignment: Autuditing

The integrity of financial reporting is seen by practitioners and scholars as the key to protecting stakeholders' interest in the capital markets. It requires a commitment on the part of audit firms to be dedicated to the continuous improvement of audit quality. It is argued that an offering of high quality audits means a greater credibility to audited financial statements.

Critically evaluate the above comments. Support your answer with relevant academic literatures.

Required:

a) Identify and discuss what you consider are the key elements that can impact audit quality.
b) How is audit quality assessed?
c) What recommendations can be implemented in order to enhance the quality of an audit?

Advanced Management Accounting

Managers often come across many competing projects, out of which they have to choose the most appropriate project(s) to undertake. As a result, they require a sound criterion to make their selection. Although there is ample literature endorsing the net present value method, business professionals of developed countries still apply the internal rate of return in a large proportion according to Volkman (1997) cited in Illés (2012).

References

Illés, M. (2012). Links between net present value and shareholder value from a business economics perspective, Theory, Methodology, Practice, 8(2), pp.31-36.

Volkman, D. A. (1997). A consistent yield-based capital budgeting method, Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, 10(3), pp. 75-88.

Required

Critically evaluate the above phenomenon, quoting relevant literature/case studies/examples if necessary.